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

The outline of Kunlun Mountain had shrunk into a green shadow behind us, with only the side hall of Shangqing Palace still lit up with firelight.

Taibai couldn't help but look back again, and upon sensing the Kunlun Mountains, he shivered.

Although the fire did not spread to other areas of the Kunlun Mountains.

However, the flames and explosions did indeed destroy the side hall of Shangqing Palace.

"Fortunately, Kunlun Mountain has protective restrictions, otherwise I would have been afflicted by karma."

Without pausing for a moment, he frantically unleashed the magical power within his body.

The streak of light tore through the clouds and fled in the opposite direction from Kunlun.

At that moment, he had no map or goal in his mind, only the word "get away".

He only slowed down when he was 108,000 miles away from Kunlun Mountain.

Although he traveled at a fast pace, he also took in the surrounding world.

He once saw a towering sycamore tree that reached into the clouds, and on it stood a colorful peacock.

I have also seen the plains below filled with malevolent energy, where the Lich and Demon races were constantly fighting to the death.

I have also seen a mountain range whose veins were pitch black, and the malevolent aura rising from it was far more intense than that of the Lich battlefield I had seen before.

The stench hit me, a mixture of rust and rotting flesh, a pungent, sweet smell that stung my very soul.

A deep, muffled roar echoed from the mountains from time to time, unlike the cries of ordinary beasts; each roar shook the surface of the mountains, causing the sand and gravel to tumble down.

Based on his previous perceptions, Taibai fully understood: the primordial world was indeed extremely dangerous.

Therefore, by slowing down, Taibai gathered all his energy to the extreme.

He no longer flew recklessly, but drifted silently over the mountains and rivers like a feather.

Wherever he went, no matter where it was, he would first explore it with his divine sense.

He would not set off again until he was certain that there was no one within dozens of miles ahead who could pose a threat to him.

More importantly, the vast wilderness is now filled with powerful beings gathered in the Purple Cloud Palace, listening to the Dao Ancestor expound the Great Dao of Hunyuan.

However, those cultivators of similar cultivation level to him became a more common factor on this land.

Taibai was confident that, relying on his own background and the Taoist magic of the Three Pure Ones, he had a 99% chance of winning when facing an opponent of the same level.

But the real trouble comes from inside the body.

Once he gets caught up in a prolonged fight, the innate Geng metal power within him might go out of control, so he must be extremely careful.

More than a thousand years have passed since they fled, and Taibai is now much farther and farther away from Kunlun Mountain.

At this time, the primordial world was just before the complete outbreak of the Lich War, and the spiritual energy was abundant, truly deserving the description of "treasures everywhere".

Along the way, he was impolite, adhering to the principle that "if you do not take what Heaven has given you, you will suffer the consequences."

Whenever I come across something of decent quality, no matter what it is, as long as it's unclaimed and there's no major karmic hindrance in taking it, I'll casually slip it into my sleeve.

As Taibai rode his escape light aimlessly across the hills and wastelands, his figure suddenly stopped, halting in mid-air.

Below is a massive mountain range, which, though not as grand as the Kunlun Mountains, is still rich in spiritual energy.

Taibai arrived above the mountain and enveloped most of the mountain range with his divine sense.

As my divine sense swept across the landscape, the entire panorama of Wuyi Mountain was captured in my mind:

There, the air is filled with ethereal mist and rising clouds, and the mountains are dotted with strange rocks, brimming with spiritual energy.

After a moment, he finally realized that this mountain was Wuyi Mountain, and that the creatures on it had little spiritual awareness.

After confirming that it was safe, Taibai went directly into the Wuyi Mountains.

Upon entering Wuyi Mountain, Taibai had a clear goal in mind—to obtain the Luobao Golden Coin.

This item would later become quite famous, as it was Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao's good fortune that allowed it to fall below all other treasures, even those of the highest innate level.

If it could be obtained before Xiao He and Cao Cao, it would be an excellent trump card, whether for personal use or for future calculations.

However, after searching the entire Wuyi Mountain area, he couldn't find any trace of the Fallen Treasure Coin.

"Could it be that the Treasure-Locking Coin hasn't been invented yet? What a pity."

Taibai decided not to insist and instead went to the Wuyi Mountain Da Hong Pao tree.

"A superior innate spiritual root, when consumed, can enlighten the mind and make it easy to enter a state of enlightenment."

He looked at the innate spiritual root in front of him and couldn't help but swallow.

However, just as he was about to touch the crimson robe, a barrier blocked Taibai's path.

The barrier before them was the innate restriction protecting the Great Red Robe.

Seeing this, Taibai took the opportunity to use his own magic power to dissipate the restriction.

More than a decade later, he stopped and sighed silently.

"Even with the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal, it's still impossible to break through the innate restrictions of a superior-grade innate spiritual root. It seems the only option is..."

Taibai's eyes darted around, and he conjured a stone tablet, which stood before the innate restriction.

He then wrote the words "Kunlun Sanqing" on the stone tablet and then infused it with the magical power of Taiqing, Yuqing and Shangqing.

For those spiritual roots or treasures whose restrictions he could not break, Taibai would, as was customary, first swear that they belonged to their Kunlun Mountain.

In this way, when someone wants to touch these things, they will consider whether they can bear the karmic consequences of the Three Pure Ones.

He directly took those that could break the restrictions.

Most of these items were used to apologize to Tongtian.

He believed that as long as he was sincere enough, Tongtian would not mind that he burned down Shangqing Palace.

Thinking of this, Taibai glanced at his storage bag and nodded in satisfaction.

However, this is not the end yet. He now wants to test one of his previous hypotheses.

While searching Wuyi Mountain, he sensed a jujube tree there that was close to a mid-grade innate spiritual root.

Although this spiritual root contains a branch of the fire element, it is enough for Taibai to comprehend some of the laws of fire.

Since obtaining the source of water last time, Taibai has already absorbed it.

At this moment, Taibai already possesses the foundation of the three elements of metal, earth, and water within his body.

At this moment, comprehending the laws of fire allows one to operate naturally according to the principles of the five elements' mutual generation and restraint.

That would not damage its innate Geng metal origin, but would instead have the effect of harmonizing and tempering it.

Even if the Geng metal element erupts again in the future, he will have more means to control and channel it.