Primordial Era: A member of the Jie Sect, apprenticed to Tongtian

Inside the Jianyun Palace, Shi Yuan's figure slowly appeared.

After naming that new world "Shiyuan Realm" inside the Chaos Pearl, his excitement gradually subsided. Only then did he seem to suddenly remember something, and pause slightly in surprise.

"Hmm? Seven days have already passed?"

He did a quick calculation with his fingers, then froze in surprise. Time did not exist within the chaos, and naturally, there was no clear concept of time within the Chaos Pearl. The Shiyuan Realm had just been born; even day and night, sun and moon had not yet formed, and the flow of time was clearly completely different from the outside world.

In his mind, it seemed as if he had only stayed there for a short while, but in reality, seven whole days had quietly passed in the outside world.

Just then, a familiar and calm voice rang in his ears.

"Disciple, come to the main hall to listen to the teachings."

Shi Yuan instantly snapped back to his senses, a chill running down his spine. The Tongtian Sect Leader had previously stated that he would preach once every seven days, and today happened to be that day.

He dared not delay, so he quickly got up, rode on auspicious clouds, and flew towards the main hall of Biyou Palace.

But halfway there, his heart sank suddenly.

"wrong……"

A thought involuntarily surfaced in his mind... Had the Tongtian Sect Leader already noticed that he had "disappeared" in the Jianyun Palace?

The answer to this question is almost self-evident, requiring little thought.

I definitely know.

A sage, presiding over his own dojo, would be truly absurd if he couldn't even detect his disciples disappearing into thin air. Thinking of this, Shi Yuan felt a sudden unease.

If the Tongtian Sect Leader pressed him for an answer, how should he respond? Should he truthfully reveal the existence of the Chaos Pearl, or try to conceal it and hide this opportunity?

Before he could come up with a solution, he had already stepped into the main hall of Biyou Palace.

The Tongtian Sect Leader remained seated on the futon, his black robe unchanged, his jade sword still in place. Upon seeing Shi Yuan enter, his gaze fell upon the man, a meaningful smile appearing on his lips.

"Your cultivation has reached the peak of the Celestial Immortal realm in just seven days... You're quite lucky."

His tone was relaxed, but his words carried a hint of teasing.

Shi Yuan's heart tightened, and he immediately realized that his previous guess was indeed correct. In fact, the moment he stepped into the Shi Yuan Realm, the Tongtian Sect Master had already noticed the abnormality.

What truly astonished this sage was not Shi Yuan's disappearance itself, but rather... even with the help of the Intercepting Sect's Ancestor's Register, he could not sense Shi Yuan's existence. At that moment, it was as if the other party had been completely erased from the Three Realms.

When Shi Yuan reappeared, his cultivation had already reached the peak of the Celestial Immortal realm.

This change was something even the leader of the Tongtian Cult had not anticipated.

"Hehe... Teacher, you flatter me. It was just a lucky breakthrough."

Shi Yuan forced a smile in response, but his heart was pounding. He couldn't help but wonder if his trump card as a transmigrator was about to be exposed.

"Stop with the nonsense."

The Master of the Heavens gave a light snort, as if he could see through his nervousness, but there was no blame in his tone.

"Does your master possibly steal your opportunity?"

After saying that, he casually waved his hand.

"Sit down and listen to the word."

This statement already makes the statement clear.

The Master of the Heavens had no intention of delving into Shi Yuan's secrets. To him, the opportunities his disciples received were always their own. He neither coveted them nor interfered with them.

Back then, the Hunyuan Golden Cauldron of the Three Immortals and Zhao Gongming's Sea-Stabilizing Pearl were both treasures that would make even saints envious. Yet, the Tongtian Sect Leader never had the slightest thought of taking them for himself.

Moreover, in his eyes, Shi Yuan was almost the only hope for the future of the Jie Sect.

"Yes."

Shi Yuan responded, finally feeling a sense of relief, and quickly sat down on the futon.

Then, the Tongtian Sect Leader began his sermon.

As soon as the Daoist voice rang out, extraordinary phenomena appeared throughout Biyou Palace. Heavenly flowers rained down, golden lotuses sprang from the ground, and beams of immortal light spread out. When a sage preached the Dao, it was almost equivalent to directly dissecting the laws of heaven and earth and placing them before the cultivators.

This lecture was only for Shi Yuan, and the Tongtian Sect Leader naturally taught according to Shi Yuan's aptitude, and the content he taught was all about the laws of heaven and earth required for the Celestial Immortal realm.

If it were an ordinary celestial being, they would most likely have already entered a deep meditative state, their spirit wandering through the heavens and earth.

But Shi Yuan was an exception.

"It feels like... I could comprehend things much faster in the Shiyuan Realm."

As he listened to the teachings, he secretly compared them in his mind. He could clearly feel that the Tongtian Sect Leader's sermons were indeed helping him understand the universe, but the speed of that improvement was obviously not as good as observing the process of the creation of the universe.

The reason is also very simple.

Even when a sage preaches the Way, no matter how directly it points to the origin, it is still imparted after his own understanding, and there is always a layer between them. But to witness the creation of heaven and earth from nothingness is almost equivalent to directly confronting the naked laws of heaven and earth.

The Tongtian Sect Leader, who was preaching at the time, naturally noticed this as well.

A sense of doubt arose in his heart.

The sage himself was personally expounding the Dao, yet this newly accepted disciple couldn't even enter a deep meditative state? Could it be that the Dao Ancestor himself had expounded the Dao to him in his previous cultivation experience?

Thinking of this, the Tongtian Sect Leader simply stopped preaching.

The master and apprentice stared at each other in silence for a moment, the atmosphere slightly awkward.

After a moment, Shi Yuan coughed lightly and spoke first: "Teacher's teachings are indeed incredibly profound; this disciple is in awe..."

"Alright."

The Master of Heaven raised his hand to interrupt him.

"Do you possess the means to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth?"

Shi Yuan paused for a moment, then nodded.

"Since that's the case, then you should cultivate on your own. If you have any questions in the future, then come and find me again."

At this moment, the Tongtian Sect Leader felt a sense of helplessness. He had originally planned to give his disciple some extra help, but now he realized that the disciple's opportunities were probably even more extraordinary than he had imagined.

Continuing to provide this extra help will only become a burden.

"Yes."

Shi Yuan nodded in response, his respect for his teacher growing even stronger. Such an enlightened sage was probably one of a kind in the entire Three Realms.

After a slight hesitation, he spoke again: "By the way, teacher. I have something in my possession and would like to ask you to help me determine its origin."

"What is it?"

The Tongtian Sect Leader frowned slightly, his doubts deepening. In these short ten days or so, he probably had more questions than in the past hundreds of thousands of years.

It should be noted that ten days ago, Shi Yuan was just an ordinary person with no cultivation.

But now, there are things that require his personal inspection, this saint.

However, in his sage-like eyes, he could not see anything unusual about Shi Yuan.

Just as the Tongtian Sect Leader was puzzled, Shi Yuan slowly extended his right hand.

The next moment, a wisp of strange, dark yellow spiritual energy appeared out of thin air in his palm.

"Teacher, this is it."

This is precisely the kind of spiritual energy that comes from the Stone Origin Realm.

The Shiyuan Realm is newly born, and in theory, it should not contain any special things. However, it has given birth to this strange spiritual energy, which is something that Shiyuan has been unable to understand.

However, he never expected this.

The moment that wisp of dark yellow spiritual energy appeared...

The Tongtian Sect Leader, the Primordial Saint who stood at the pinnacle of the Three Realms, suddenly stood up from the futon.