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

"Ancestral Witch, this humble Taoist priest will stop here. Please proceed."

Taibai rested his hands on his knees, his body slightly hunched, and even lifting his head seemed difficult.

At this moment, he had indeed reached his limit and could no longer move upwards even an inch.

Houtu paused, and with a wave of her hand, she activated the fundamental law of earth, transforming it into a layer of deep, luminous light that protected Taibai.

"You can adjust the strength of this shield yourself to facilitate body tempering."

Taibai took a deep breath, straightened his back, and cupped his hands, saying, "Thank you for your help, Ancestral Witch Houtu."

After Houtu left, Taibai immediately sat cross-legged, adjusted his breathing slightly, and then used his divine sense to communicate with the earth element defense layer on his body.

With a slight thought, he cautiously revealed an almost imperceptible gap in the defensive aura.

In an instant, the oppressive power of Pangu penetrated through the gap.

Taibai's body trembled violently, his blood and qi surged, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, which was instantly suppressed into nothingness.

"Cough cough... This oppressive aura... it's truly deadly!"

He coughed up blood, not daring to hesitate for a moment, and activated the Five Elements Laws within his body at full power, with the five-colored Dao Wheel faintly appearing behind him.

It exudes the Daoist charm of "the cycle of flourishing and decay, and the endless cycle of life," frantically absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, transforming it into pure vitality, and repairing the Daoist body that is almost collapsing.

Having traveled from the foot of Buzhou Mountain to this point, this was already the limit of Taibai's Golden Immortal cultivation.

He knew very well that being able to stand here and catch his breath was already a stroke of luck.

And next, he will turn this stroke of luck into the foundation for the path to success.

During this period, although his cultivation level did not increase, the depth of his Dao foundation had reached the pinnacle of the Golden Immortal realm.

From the time he heard the Dao at Zixiao Palace until now, when Buzhou Mountain pressed down on him, his Dao foundation has been continuously strengthened through countless trials and tribulations.

At this moment, he can be considered one of the most solidly grounded individuals in the Golden Immortal Realm.

After adapting to the current pressure, Taibai moved his mind again and peeled back a layer of the earth element defense on his body.

An even more terrifying pressure instantly descended upon him. He groaned, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth again. He recovered using the same method as before and continued this cruel tempering.

He continued in this cycle, using his body as iron and the pressure of Buzhou Mountain as a hammer, tempering his Dao body again and again.

Until a certain moment, he abruptly removed the protection left by Houtu and put away the Azure Lotus Banner.

The moment he lost all external protection, the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique within his body suddenly became active, his blood and qi surged, and he showed a faint tendency to break through to the third revolution.

"The profound skill will soon reach the third level."

Seeing that he was about to break through, Taibai tentatively stood up and took a few more steps toward the misty mountainside.

Suddenly, the oppressive aura of Pangu that had been permeating the surroundings came to life, as if a slumbering primordial giant had suddenly turned its gaze upon this place!

boom!

In an instant, Taibai was pinned firmly to the mountain rock, utterly powerless to resist.

Every inch of his skin, every bone, and every fascia on his body was being subjected to endless crushing and grinding.

However, as time went by, when his mind was deeply immersed in pain, he actually "heard" the rhythm of the Great Dao within that oppressive force.

In a daze, Mount Buzhou was no longer an ignorant behemoth, but rather an ancient life form that exhaled the Dao.

Deep within the oppressive aura, the true meaning of the laws governing the five elements' rotation, the devouring of the mysterious, and even a trace of the power to create the world was clearly discernible.

Even more remarkably, these supreme Daoist principles, along with the permeation of the pressure, seeped into his body thread by thread. Though weak, they were incomparably pure, undergoing an unprecedented Dao foundation baptism.

After a moment of adjustment, Taibai seized the opportunity, resisted the pressure, sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state, comprehending the Dao.

The deep-seated Earth element within him was gradually activated, increasing from one percent to ten percent, to the point that his internal organs began to feel unable to contain it.

Taibai immediately activated his profound skill to guide the energy to his dantian and stabilize it.

At the same time, the four elements of metal, wood, water, and fire also grow under the nourishment of the Dao.

Taibai also draws out the excess source of the four elements, returning it to the dantian and coiling around the Wu earth.

Within the dantian, the five elements interact and rotate, like the earth, wind, water, and fire stabilizing a cauldron, faintly revealing the opening of a small world.

The five elements—metal's sharpness, wood's vitality, fire's intensity, water's gentleness, and earth's richness—achieve a delicate balance.

Within the five internal organs, the circulation of the five elements is also enhanced, with internal and external resonance intertwined, and the Daoist rhythm interwoven.

With the support of this dual cycle, Taibai's recovery ability surged, ordinary injuries healed instantly, and his magical power was inexhaustible, as if he had an inexhaustible spring of life flowing through his body.

This means that unless Taibai can be completely destroyed in an instant, any serious injury will be instantly repaired by his terrifying regenerative power, making him virtually immortal.

The dual five-element circulation within his body provides him with an almost inexhaustible supply of magical power, even in places devoid of spiritual energy.

Time stands still in the mountains; in the deepest meditative state, one is even more unaware of the passage of time.

Nearly five thousand years have passed around us.

He opened his eyes, and the image of the five elements rotating in his eyes flashed by.

His body was already shimmering with five-colored light, and the five elements in his chest were flowing and merging, showing signs of "five elements returning to their origin".

"Golden Immortal Perfection, Profound Skill Threefold Transformation."

Taibai muttered to himself, a hint of joy appearing on his face.

In fact, he could have broken through to the Golden Immortal Perfection level back when he listened to the Dao at Wuzhuang Temple. If he had followed the trend at that time, he would probably be a Taiyi Golden Immortal by now.

However, he deliberately suppressed his power and chose to complete his final breakthrough and transformation on the summit of Buzhou Mountain by relying on supreme pressure and Daoist charm. What he sought was an extremely solid Dao foundation that far surpassed that of his contemporaries.

For him, he wanted to change his own and the three religions' misfortunes, and even more so, he wanted to attain the Dao of Hunyuan.

However, achieving sainthood through the laws is extremely difficult, and it is absolutely impossible without an unparalleled foundation.

Therefore, from that moment on, he resolved to cultivate each realm to its ultimate level, repeatedly solidifying it, allowing no room for superficiality.

The stronger one's foundation, the deeper one's understanding of the laws of the corresponding realm, and the greater one's hope of attaining sainthood through the laws in the future.

Thinking of this, his resolve to follow the Dao became even stronger.

Suddenly, a powerful sensation struck my mind without warning:

"Wait... that great opportunity from before has arrived here!"

Taibai suddenly stood up, sensing the flicker of opportunity within his primordial spirit.

This sensation was not new; I had vaguely sensed its presence in the due east direction in my early years.

However, after the trip to the witch clan, this opportunity quickly shifted and eventually disappeared completely, leaving no trace.

At this moment, this sense of opportunity reappeared, and it was so clear that Taibai instantly understood:

That opportunity wasn't a magical treasure, but rather a cultivator who could survive in this place; his cultivation level must far surpass mine.

"Mount Buzhou stands majestically, and its inevitable collapse is still a long way off, so there is no need to rush to explore the entire mountain."

However, this opportunity is mysterious and unpredictable, and it involves a highly profound cultivator. If missed, it may be difficult to find again.

Then, Taibai stood up, quickened his pace, and sped off towards the direction where the opportunity was most clearly felt.

Now that he has adapted to the oppressive force of Pangu halfway up the mountain, he feels that the pressure is barely noticeable and no longer poses an obstacle to his movement.