Primordial: From a grain of soil to the ancestor of all paths

Chapter 199 The Beginning: Did My Future Self Perish?

East China Sea.

A gentle breeze blows, and white clouds drift by.

Under the boundless blue sky, a gentle breeze blows.

Three figures, elegant and graceful, descended from the void, leaving a trail of seven-colored rainbows that reflected their unparalleled and peerless beauty.

Since the Celestial Court was trampled by the demon race, the entire thirty-six continents and seventy-two islands of the East Sea have been left in ruins.

Nowadays, there are hardly any powerful cultivators to be seen. Occasionally, one can see some large aquatic creatures, surging with the waves or spewing out huge jets of water.

"Wow!——"

A gate to the array appeared above a reef.

The three of them stepped into it, and the array gate quickly disappeared, merging into the entire sea area.

The three immortal islands of Penglai were formed from fragments of the Chaos Origin Crystal and are protected by a Chaos-level array. They do not have a fixed location but change constantly over time.

This is why the Three Immortal Islands have remained undiscovered for so many eras!

"Greetings, sir!"

"Greetings, Sister Tianyan! Greetings, Sister Qinglian!—"

Xuan Yuan sensed the presence of the three people and immediately awoke from his seclusion. He then stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

As a product of top-grade innate spiritual root and the essence of the five elements, after millions of years of cultivation, it has now successfully broken through to the Taiyi Realm and has even mastered the laws of the Great Dao ahead of schedule.

It is worth mentioning that——

After Qinglian attained the Great Luo Dao, she returned the 'Five Elements Dao Diagram' used to temper the five internal organs to Taichu.

Tai Chu Nian Xuan Yuan was loyal and devoted. When Tian Yan came to collect the Enlightenment Tea and Five-Needle Pine Cone last time, he bestowed this top-grade innate spiritual treasure upon him, further perfecting his inherited Dao.

"No need to be so polite!——"

Tai Chu waved his hand casually, took a step across the void, and arrived at the ancestral hall in the center of Yingzhou Immortal Island.

"Reporting to my lord—"

"Before the Three Primal Gathering, the Innate Gourd Vine finally nurtured the last 'gourd' to maturity, and then it automatically fell off and was kept by the disciple!"

Xuan Yuan respectfully handed the purplish-black gourd to Tai Chu.

"good!--"

Tai Chu took the purplish-black gourd, feeling its immense 'Soul-Nourishing Origin', and couldn't help but nod slightly.

Originally, this gourd was underdeveloped due to insufficient nutrition from the mother plant, and its grade was only that of a top-grade innate gourd. Later, through his own painstaking cultivation, it improved.

Irrigated with Chaotic Soil and Chaotic Spring, this top-grade innate spiritual root was finally brought back to life, thus completely restoring the Great Dao origin of the 'Soul-Nourishing Gourd'.

Not only did it successfully recover to the level of a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, but it also possesses even more powerful effects!
'These days, even top-grade innate spiritual treasures are of little use to me. I'll just use this Soul-Nourishing Gourd to hold wine and see if I can add the special 'Soul-Nourishing' effect to the spirit wine.'

At this moment——

If those top-tier innate saints knew what Tai Chu was thinking, they would be filled with envy and awe beyond measure.

Normally, even an ordinary innate spiritual treasure would cause many innate saints to fight each other, but Tai Chu didn't even care about top-grade innate spiritual treasures, and even used them to hold wine.

Isn't that a bit too extravagant?
"Let's go take a look at this gourd vine first and see what changes it has undergone after regaining its vitality!"

Tai Chu greeted Tian Yan and Qing Lian and went directly to the spirit plant garden where the innate gourd vine was located.

“Puff puff puff—”

As soon as his figure descended upon the Spirit Plant Garden, the gourd vine instantly sensed the energy, then stretched out its emerald green branches and leaves, condensing the pure essence of the 'Divine Soul Great Dao' towards the sacrifice.

"At least you have some filial piety; it wasn't for nothing that I changed your fate for you!"

Tai Chu absorbed and refined these origins of the 'Great Dao of Divine Soul', nodding approvingly. The innate gourd vine was originally tens of thousands of feet long, but after a rebirth, its current form is only twelve feet long. Although it has shrunk countless times, the aura of the Great Dao it emits is clearly much stronger!
"In the beginning, this gourd vine has the potential to return to the Chaos Spiritual Root!"

Qinglian swept her divine sense across the gourd vine and sensed its Dao origin aura, her expression slightly surprised.

She never imagined that in this era where the Heavenly Dao rules the primordial world, this innate gourd vine could undergo a nirvana transformation, which is enough to prove how terrifying the potential of this gourd vine is!
"Qinglian——"

"If the gourd vine were to return to the Chaos Spiritual Root, what kind of effects would the gourd it nurture have? And would it be a Primordial Treasure or a Chaos Spiritual Treasure?"

Tianyan's face was full of anticipation.

"I don't know—"

"Once it reverts to its original form as the Chaos Gourd Vine, the treasures it nurtures may no longer be gourds, but rather some top-tier rare and precious materials from the legends of the Chaos World!"

Each of the Chaos Spiritual Roots has powerful effects, and Qinglian is not clear about the true function of the Chaos Gourd Vine, so she can only speculate based on the mother plant, Chaos Qinglian (Creation Qinglian).

The Chaos Green Lotus gave birth to me and my brother. If this innate gourd vine is restored to a Chaos Spiritual Root, will it give birth to a Chaos God in the future?
Next-

Tai Chu then inspected the Enlightenment Divine Tea Tree once more.

Unlike the Five-Needle Pine, this top-grade spiritual root was not fortunate enough to awaken its intelligence. So, after being bestowed with a 'primordial essence', it began to allow Tianyan to merge with the three immortal islands.

"Brother——"

"The merging of the three immortal islands could cause a huge disturbance. In order to avoid harming the aquatic creatures of the East China Sea, we can only ask you to take action to protect the creatures in the surrounding waters!"

Tianyan is kind-hearted and does not want to cause innocent killings or create karma.

"OK!--"

"Leave everything to your brother!"

Tai Chu smiled and patted her soft hand, then stepped out of the fairy island.

"Wow!——"

When he unleashed his aura, it instantly terrified all aquatic creatures within a radius of tens of light-years, who then scrambled to flee to other sea areas.

"Daoyou Taichu?——"

At this moment.

Upon sensing the aura of the Primordial Beginning, the Candle Dragon, which had been suppressing the evil energy in the abyss at the bottom of the sea, opened its eyes, then restored its innate Dao body and appeared before him, traversing the dimensions of time and space.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Taichu!——"

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Zhulong!"

Tai Chu was somewhat surprised that his act of banishing and protecting the creatures of this sea area had actually attracted the dragon ancestor Zhulong.

"Fellow Daoist, I have something to tell you!"

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhulong took the initiative to explain his purpose.

"Fellow Daoist Zhulong, please speak!"

Seeing his somewhat solemn expression, Tai Chu gently waved his right hand, activating the 'Dao Concealing Pearl' to isolate the secrets of the entire sea area.

"I presume you know that I am inheriting the 'Great Dao of Time'. I once traveled back through the river of fate countless times in the past to find a way out, and at that time I saw three of you fighting a bloody battle."

As Zhulong spoke, he projected the 'future image' he had seen at that time onto Taichu.

“Swish!——”

When Tai Chu saw the chaotic, dark yellow figure, his expression suddenly changed.

"I actually perished in the future?!"

(End of this chapter)