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

Chapter 114 Li Qing is a Stone, His Background Revealed

Zhunti Daoist's lips twitched slightly. He was the fastest to act, but in the end, he came up empty-handed.

The guide still clasped his hands together, but the speed at which he moved the prayer beads was several times faster than usual.

Yuanshi Tianzun put away the Pangu Banner and looked in the direction of Zixiao Palace, his eyes flashing uncertainly.

This battle for innate treasures has given the saints different thoughts.

Only Nuwa remained calm. Seeing that everyone had stopped fighting, she spoke up: "Everyone, we should discuss and agree on a procedure for what is currently happening. Otherwise, are we supposed to stay here and support them forever?"

Not to mention that it would take at least a sage to plug this hole, the hole is getting bigger and bigger. If it is not repaired and allowed to continue to grow, I'm afraid the entire primordial world will perish.

The Guide Daoist turned the prayer beads in his hand, his expression neither sad nor happy, and said, "Among us, Fellow Daoist Nuwa is the most skilled in the Great Dao of Creation. This matter will probably fall to Fellow Daoist Nuwa."

"Back then, on the Treasure Sharing Cliff, I obtained many five-colored stones containing pure energy. These stones can be refined with a little bit of luck to mend the sky."

However, there are several difficulties in mending the sky. Since heaven and earth are incomplete, we cannot use them as a furnace. Without this furnace, the pure energy refined will always be tainted by impurities. Even if we can mend it temporarily, it will crack again before long.

Upon hearing this, the saints frowned, but they were at a loss for what to do.

Lao Tzu pondered for a moment and then said, "What if we used a vast universe as a furnace?"

Nuwa shook her head.

Just then, the gates of Zixiao Palace opened again. Two figures flew out of the palace; the man had a handsome face and held a small bronze cauldron in his hand.

The woman was beautiful, clad in flowing robes, and held a jade scroll in her hands. The two descended on clouds before the assembled saints and bowed in reverence.

"Haotian, carrying the Jade Pool, and following the decree of the Dao Ancestor, presents the Qiankun Cauldron for the purpose of mending the heavens."

Haotian raised the small bronze cauldron in his hand high. The cauldron was entirely dark yellow, and the power of primordial universe flowed on its body. It was the Qiankun Cauldron that Hongjun Daozu used when he refined the Reincarnation Gourd.

This cauldron can transform the acquired into the innate, returning to the origin, and its wondrous uses are boundless. The task of mending the heavens cannot be accomplished without this cauldron.

Nuwa nodded slightly and accepted the Qiankun Cauldron. Haotian and Yaochi bowed again and stepped aside.

Nuwa, holding the Qiankun Cauldron, lingered for a moment on the ever-growing hole in the sky, then a sudden inspiration struck her, and she turned her gaze to Jin'ao Island.

"Senior Brother Tongtian, please allow me to have a chat."

The next moment, a beam of azure light rose from Jin'ao Island, and wherever the Tongtian Sect Master's obsession manifested, a patch of azure lotus leaves sprouted.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Nuwa. May I ask what brings you here?"

The goddess Nuwa said, "I have five-colored stones, but they lack a bit of vitality. They need to be named after a Daoist who is in harmony with the Heavenly Dao, connected with the Earth, and in communion with reincarnation, in order to activate vitality and forge the work of mending the heavens."

Upon hearing this, the saints immediately understood that Xuanqiong was to accomplish this task.

"Is there any danger?"

The Tongtian Sect Leader frowned slightly as he looked at the Goddess Nuwa. Was she sending Xuanqiong here now to fulfill her promise to give Xuanqiong an extra chance to break through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm?

"His name is Xuanqiong, meaning 'heaven is black and earth is yellow.' Qiong means heaven, and no one but him can mend the heavens."

The goddess Nuwa smiled and said, "With me here, there is naturally no danger."

"In that case, my disciple Xuanqiong, are you willing?"

Upon hearing this, Li Qing immediately flew out, saying, "This disciple is willing."

"Good. Back on Mount Kunlun, I promised you that after you succeeded, I would bestow upon you a great fortune, enough to increase your hope of attaining the Primordial Dao by one-tenth. Today is the time to fulfill the first half of that promise."

Nuwa nodded slightly and sent a telepathic explanation to Li Qing.

He then announced loudly, "Since you are willing, then enter the cauldron!"

Li Qing stepped forward, bowed, and said, "This disciple will respectfully obey the instructions of my master."

Nuwa flicked her finger, and a beam of mysterious light flew out from the Qiankun Cauldron, taking Li Qing into it.

"The stone that mends the heavens should be borne by a primordial body. You were originally born in the West, but before you took human form, the great battle between the Dao and the Demon shattered the protective array, causing you to be tainted by turbid energy and lose your primordial divine and demonic identity."

Later, when Di Jun and Tai Yi established the demon race, they sprinkled the Emperor's Dew, which enlightened you, but you were also classified as a demon.

Later, failing to attain the status of a Great Immortal, he lingered in the mortal world, incurring even more karmic entanglements. Today, I will restore you to your original state, cleansing you of all these troubles and returning you to the body of a primordial demon god. Calm your mind, guard your will, and do not resist.

Nuwa's voice came from outside the cauldron, calm and majestic. Li Qing felt a burning heat from the depths of his true spirit, even more painful than when he was struck by the Heavenly Punishment and seriously injured!

"So, I was originally destined to be born in the West, and this is how I became a demon!"

Upon hearing Nuwa's words, many of Li Qing's doubts were resolved.

"During the conflict between Dao and Demon, wasn't I brought to the East by the Dao Ancestor? No wonder, no wonder, the events on Mount Tai have a different explanation!"

Li Qing's mind was racing, but he immediately forced himself to circulate his mental energy, calm his mind, and use his inner fire to control the fire that was refining his body.

Nuwa nodded, and the fire of creation burned even brighter, seeping from her skin into her flesh and blood, from her flesh and blood into her bones, and from her bones into the depths of her true spirit.

Li Qing felt as if he was being burned, filled, and reforged one by one in the fire of creation, from the inside out, gradually moving from a semi-innate to a semi-acquired state.

After a long while, Li Qing felt as if a shackle had been removed from his true spirit, or as if a dusty mirror had been thoroughly polished!

Seeing that Li Qing had already transformed into a primordial being, the Goddess Nuwa then threw in five-colored stones. The five colors of divine light—blue, red, yellow, white, and black—intertwined and swirled, creating a faint bridge between Li Qing and the Qiankun Cauldron.

Once the bridge was completed, the energy of the five-colored stone became one with Li Qing's Dao fruit.

Nuwa said no more. She tossed the Qiankun Cauldron into the sky, and as it slowly spun, Nuwa leaped up, placing her delicate hand on the cauldron and chanting: "Heaven and earth are the furnace, and all things are the craftsmen. Yin and Yang are the charcoal, and all things are the copper!"

Nuwa flew in the air, using her divine powers. Countless golden flowers fell from the sky, accompanied by the phantoms of divine dragons and phoenixes. Fairies held flower baskets and scattered endless wonders into the Qiankun Cauldron.

"There is still one difficulty in mending the sky: the pillar of heaven has broken, and there is nothing in the world to support the sky. We must find something."

"This matter is easy. In the North Sea there is a black tortoise left over from the chaos. It is in a state of confusion and lacks intelligence. Although it is mindless, it has committed countless atrocities in the North Sea. Now it is time to use it to support the sky."

Lao Tzu remained indifferent, his divine sense surveying the primordial world, and immediately found the optimal solution.

"Third brother, you have a connection with the Black Tortoise; you should go and take a trip with it!"

"good."

The embodiment of the Tongtian Sect Master's obsession nodded. Li Qing was having a stroke of good fortune, so he no longer needed to stay here. After bowing, he headed straight for the North Sea.

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