Primordial Era: Starting with the Immortals of the Jie Sect to Prove the Dao of Hunyuan

Since Pangu created all things, the three races of dragon, phoenix, and qilin have gone into seclusion. Demon Ancestor Rahu was defeated. After Hongjun became a saint, he gave three lectures at Zixiao Palace. More than a thousand eons have passed.

Ten thousand miles from the East Sea, there is a green mountain covered with cypress trees. It is a remarkable sight in the wilderness, as only half of the cypress trees on the mountain are evergreen, while the other half are withered.

During the initial calamity of the Dragon Han Dynasty, the Dragon Clan felt that this mountain was strangely shaped and must contain extraordinary treasures. However, after searching the entire mountain, they could not find a trace of spiritual roots or treasures.

Later, those who listened to the Dao in Zixiao Palace and demons also came one after another, but they all gained nothing. Gradually, fewer and fewer people who had achieved success in cultivation came to this mountain.

On the ninth day after Yuanshi Tianzun became a saint, and on the eighteenth day after Laozi became a saint, dark clouds suddenly covered Qingcang Mountain, and a majestic green lion leaped out of a cave.

Before long, the gale-force winds, sharp as knives, tore through the clouds above the Azure Thunder Abyss and then crashed down on the Azure Lion.

The thunderbolt struck, leaving the once majestic blue lion with numerous wounds, its mane scorched by the purple lightning.

The thirty-sixth bolt of heavenly lightning was still brewing in the cloud vortex, with lightning dragons swimming within the lightning flashes.

"Today is the day I transform into my innate Dao body!"

Li Qing raised his head and roared, the beastly roar causing the black water at the bottom of the abyss to flow backward.

He was originally from a later era, but for some unknown reason, he traveled to this place and merged with a wisp of turbid energy from the twelve-story Pangu Tower, becoming one with the demon race's Azure Lion, becoming inseparable.

Since waking up, I have been holed up in the Azure Mountain of the East Sea for 100,000 years, and my cultivation has finally reached the edge of human form.

Once he survives these thirty-six tribulations of transformation, he will be able to take human form as a Golden Immortal. From then on, as long as he avoids further tribulations, he can live a long and carefree life!

Boom!

The final bolt of tribulation lightning descended from the thunderclouds, seemingly slowly, but in reality, it was extremely swift. As soon as it left the tribulation clouds, it transformed into a roaring thunder dragon, its claws and fangs causing the void to tremble and tremble.

"Come on, my supernatural powers have never failed me!"

Li Qing's front paws dug deeply into the black iron rock, while seven hundred and twenty acupoints on his back simultaneously emitted blue light, and the Tai Chi pattern on his forehead sprayed out yin and yang energies, rotating endlessly.

Enveloping himself in his supernatural powers, he leaped into the sky with a burst of power from his hind claws, directly confronting the heavenly lightning that terrified all living beings in the primordial world!

"Swallow it!"

As the thunder dragon approached, Li Qing roared, opened his mouth wide, and bit down on the thunder dragon's neck with his sharp fangs. The scalding and numbing lightning exploded in his mouth and descended down the twelve-story tower.

Stimulated by the lightning's scorching effect, the swirling Tai Chi symbol on his forehead drooped down with more Yin and Yang energies, suppressing the lightning while simultaneously repairing his body.

Li Qing suddenly tossed his head up, then leaped and grabbed the Thunder Dragon again, exposing its reverse scales. He then bit down, and a terrifying suction force came from his mouth, completely swallowing it!

Then he leaped into the air, opened his mouth wide, and swallowed the Thunder Pool in the sky in one gulp!

Boom!

The tribulation clouds in the sky seemed to be enraged, letting out a roar like a divine dragon. The color of their surface changed from blackish-red to deep black, and they began to nurture divine lightning to punish him, who dared to devour lightning!

"It's time to become a saint!"

Li Qing silently chanted in his heart, while mobilizing all his magical power and using his devouring divine abilities to suppress the transformed heavenly lightning that had been devoured in his stomach, all the while glancing at Kunlun Mountain out of the corner of his eye.

If it weren't for the fact that Yuanshi Tianzun became a saint nine days later than Laozi, and that Tongtian's energy had been held back on Kunlun Mountain, he wouldn't have dared to be so audacious as to provoke the heavenly thunder.

After all, it is the Heavenly Dao that controls the Heavenly Thunder!

Even if the entire thundercloud before us is swallowed up, the Heavenly Dao will definitely unleash an even greater tribulation, and the Eye of the Heavenly Dao may even personally intervene!

When that time really comes, unless you're a saint, anyone who touches it will die!

Li Qing guessed that if Yuanshi Tianzun became a saint nine days after Laozi, then Tongtian, the last of the Three Pure Ones, would also follow suit and become a saint nine days after Yuanshi Tianzun attained enlightenment.

When this cult leader, who saved countless lives, became a saint, auspicious omens filled the primordial world, and even the heavenly tribulations had to give the saint face.

Even if he doesn't give it, but instead directly sends it down, given this cult leader's personality, he will surely exempt all living beings from the lightning punishment.

That's why he dared to directly swallow the last lightning tribulation and turn it into his own foundation!

Sure enough, just as the thunder in the sky was about to finish gestating, a figure in black flew out from Mount Kunlun, holding the Qingping Sword, exuding a terrifying aura.

"By the Heavenly Dao above, I am Pangu Shangqing Tongtian, the third disciple of Dao Ancestor Hongjun. Today, I establish a great sect called the Intercepting Sect. With the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, I will suppress the destiny of all beings, impart the great law to all living beings, and cut off a sliver of life for them. May the Heavenly Dao bear witness!"

As the Tongtian Sect Leader's voice faded, endless Xuanhuang merit began to gather in the sky. Amidst the boundless purple glow, the Xuanhuang merit descended straight down, landing in the Tongtian Sect Leader's Niwan Palace, stirring up the creation merit left behind by Pangu.

"It's finally here!"

A smile appeared on Li Qing's lion head, and sure enough, a terrifying aura erupted immediately. Azure clouds swelled on Kunlun Mountain, and the Tongtian Sect Master became a saint!

Purple clouds drifted from the east for 30,000 miles, flowers rained down from the sky, and golden lotuses sprang from the earth.

Li Qing was directly overwhelmed by the aura of a saint and collapsed to the ground. Although the tribulation clouds above his head were menacing, they dissipated completely when the auspicious signs of a saint descended upon the primordial world, just as he had predicted, when the Tongtian Sect Leader became a saint!

A golden light descended from the sky and landed on Li Qing. His mane fell off little by little, turning into specks of brilliant light that slowly merged into his body.

Within the golden light, the enormous body gradually shrank, and Li Qing's original lion-like form gradually became indistinguishable from that of an ordinary person.

With a flash of azure light, a young man of about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a resolute and strong face, appeared on the mountaintop. His eyes flashed with lightning as they opened and closed.

"It was worth risking the Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Pool to swallow the Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Pool. After digesting the Heavenly Tribulation, I can now use the power of thunder."

As Li Qing raised his hand, a three-foot-long bolt of purple lightning coiled around it, with divine runes of heavenly punishment flashing within the lightning, radiating an aura that sent chills down one's spine.

"My breath becomes wind and clouds, my mouth becomes thunder and rain, and with my innate ability to devour, I should be considered top-tier among Golden Immortals."

Even if they encounter some low-level Taiyi Golden Immortals, they might still be able to put up a fight.

Unfortunately, this is the primordial world, specifically the primordial world during the Lich Wars.

The Golden Immortal realm is merely the starting point of cultivation; the Taiyi Golden Immortal is simply a slightly larger ant.

Above, the demon race rules the heavens; below, the witch race rules the earth. Demon gods at the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm are equivalent to great witches of the witch race at the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and they often fight each other in the primordial world.

If one is not careful and gets caught in the crossfire of a battle at this level, one might die!

"To reach the level of Pangu, the great god from the inherited memories, who could kill demon gods with a single roar, I still need to cultivate! My current strength is too low, and I'd better find a backer, otherwise, in the Lich War, I might accidentally become cannon fodder for the demon race!"

Li Qing sat atop the mountain, contemplating his future path.