The Primordial Era: Starting from Being Forced to Become an Apprentice of the Three Pure Ones

On the cloud bed in the Taibai Palace.

Taibai sat cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed, surrounded by his magical treasures such as the Fuhai Fuchen, each in its proper place, guarding him in the center.

His mind had already sunk into the deepest state of tranquility.

Using the "Laws Chapter" of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to control his divine sense, he could multitask and simultaneously guide the laws and Daoist principles contained within several spiritual treasures around him.

Ordinary cultivators, when comprehending the laws of spiritual treasures, usually choose one and focus on it, waiting until that law is perfected before seeking other laws.

While such progress is rapid and the gains are profound, it can easily lead to significant time and depth differences in one's understanding of different principles.

This might not be a problem for ordinary cultivators with a single attribute, but Taibai pursues a balance of the five elements, and this kind of "specialization" is precisely the way to bring disaster.

If one's understanding of a certain law advances rapidly while the other five elements stagnate, it will only exacerbate the imbalance of the origin, potentially leading to collapse.

Therefore, Venus adopted a more difficult method.

He did not pursue a profound understanding of a particular law, but rather used the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique as the pivot and his own Dao heart as the yardstick, while simultaneously invoking the different laws and Dao rhythms of several spiritual treasures.

At this moment, a silent battle has already begun within his body.

As the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique was activated, strands of pure wood, water, and fire essence from those spiritual treasures were absorbed into Taibai's body.

At first, the newly acquired Qi of the three elements was as weak as a stream, barely causing any ripples.

However, as time goes by, the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth constantly react within the body.

At this point, the biggest problem was also fully exposed.

He did not possess any earth-attribute spiritual treasures, thus putting the earth element within him at a disadvantage.

Among the Five Elements, Earth occupies the center, bearing the weight of the other four elements. It is the mother of all things and the key hub for balance and transformation.

Earth can generate metal, and it can also weaken fire; earth can overcome water, and it can also be overcome by wood.

With the solid and stable Earth element acting as a mediator, the elements of Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire can interact in an orderly and balanced way, forming a stable and continuous cycle.

Knowing full well the danger, he still insisted on doing so, precisely for a deeper scheme—

Use this crisis to unleash your potential and force the earth law hidden deep within your bloodline.

This process was extremely painful for Taibai.

With the Earth element weak, the Fire element power could not be transformed or channeled, and Taibai's physical body had turned crimson.

His primordial spirit was constantly tormented by this interplay of mutual generation and restraint, as if it were about to be torn apart.

The innate Geng metal essence within his body, which was originally unruly, became even sharper.

During this time, there were countless times when Taibai felt his Dao heart was about to shatter and be completely torn apart by that power.

But each time, in the final moment before his consciousness was about to succumb, a stubborn unwillingness would pull him back from the brink of collapse.

"No, if this continues, I won't be able to hold on until the Earth's essence is activated..."

"No! Absolutely not! No matter how good the opportunity, you have to be alive to enjoy it! My life is more important!"

While enduring extreme pain, the intense will to survive brought Taibai's mind into an unusual state of clarity.

The many Taoist classics and theories of the Five Elements that he had read in his previous life flashed clearly through his mind at this moment.

The most urgent task now is not to force the Earth element to appear, but to differentiate it and introduce the power of the five elements into the corresponding five internal organs, so as to first build a preliminary framework for the circulation of the five elements within the body.

In this way, the Earth element has a chance to breathe, and the power of the five elements no longer clashes and consumes each other, but can instead form a preliminary cycle.

Moreover, most of the most violent innate Geng metal essence has already been sealed by Taiqing.

As long as one doesn't forcefully disrupt things, the gold trading business remains under control.

Immediately, he stopped circulating the Five Elements within his dantian and instead, following the principles of the Five Elements' mutual generation and restraint, used his primordial spirit as a guide to direct the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth elements to his lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, and spleen, respectively.

"The kidneys belong to water, the heart to fire, the liver to wood, the lungs to metal, and the spleen to earth... Each of the five elements is in its proper place, and the internal organs form their own universe, constantly regenerating and endlessly rotating..."

Taibai repeatedly recited this principle in his heart, focusing all his mind on continuing to guide it.

However, the process was far from smooth sailing.

If one is not careful and the guidance becomes unbalanced, it may lead to a sudden excess of a certain element, making it dominant.

At that time, not only will all previous efforts be wasted, but it will also cause a serious imbalance in the five elements of the internal organs, resulting in irreparable damage to the foundation of one's spiritual path.

He then completely immersed his mind in that small space within his body, guiding it little by little with immense perseverance and patience.

Outside, time flowed by; inside the palace, all was silent.

a hundred years.

Five hundred years.

A thousand years.

a thousand years……

I don't know exactly how much time has passed; perhaps it's ten thousand years, or perhaps it's a hundred thousand years.

Time lost its measure in this profound meditation.

Taibai, who had been sitting quietly on the cloud bed in Taibai Palace for countless years, finally trembled slightly and slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, his snow-white Taoist robe was already soaked with sweat and clung to his body.

The once restless and unstable atmosphere has gradually subsided.

Unless one deliberately uses their divine sense to carefully investigate, one cannot detect the dense innate Geng metal source within his body.

Within his body, where his internal organs reside, the five elements quietly reside and circulate endlessly.

However, he only managed to awaken one percent of the long-dormant source of Earth.

Although this one percent of the origin is far from enough, the power of the five elements has already begun to circulate.

In this cycle, it can be described as a wildfire that cannot be extinguished, and a spring breeze that brings it back to life.

Suddenly, a power far exceeding that before erupted from his body, but was perfectly contained in an instant.

Within his Purple Mansion Sea of ​​Consciousness, the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit had undergone a drastic change in appearance.

The sharpness and brilliance of the past have all been concealed, replaced by a flowing, vibrant rhythm.

"Late-stage Golden Immortal, I am truly the chosen one! This body can indeed be called the Five Elements Dao Body!"

Taibai muttered to himself, a carefree smile spreading across his lips.

At this moment, the crisis that had plagued him for tens of thousands of years has been initially resolved.

Through this training, Taibai also roughly created a theory about the transformation of the five elements.

However, Li Bai's aspirations extended far beyond this.

Deep down, he wanted to advance along three paths simultaneously: using the understanding of laws as his soul, his physical body and blood as his furnace, and his magical power as his fuel.

However, this path is by no means smooth. Practicing the three methods simultaneously may seem to lead to promising progress, but if there is any deviation, the result will be the destruction of one's path and death.

Currently, the Earth element is weak, and the development of the Earth element's essence within the body requires the support of cultivation level.

Therefore, he needs to seek external things to strengthen his weak earthly essence.

Only with a stable foundation can the five elements circulate more powerfully, and the simultaneous practice of the three methods will be more successful in the future.

"It seems I'll have to make a trip to Wuzhuang Temple."

Thinking of this, Taibai immediately stood up, transformed into a streak of light, and flew away from Taibai Palace.

Within the fading light, his lips moved slightly as he muttered to himself:

"Geng metal governs killing and warfare, making it a suitable primary means of attack."

The other four elements can serve as internal balancing forces, thus preventing the five elements from becoming unbalanced.

Moreover, the supernatural powers and techniques combining the five elements can also be used as a trump card.

When my cultivation reaches the Great Luo realm and my foundation is deep enough, I will then attempt to completely fuse the Five Elements.