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

Each of the nine sand statues was a thousand feet tall. On the statues, endless turbid air swirled and flowed like living things, exuding a heart-palpitating sense of oppression.

The nine auras intertwined, forming a natural formation in this world.

This formation is connected to the Yellow River's geological veins, constantly absorbing the endless turbid energy from heaven and earth.

Li Qing vaguely sensed that once this grand formation was activated, even a Great Luo Golden Immortal would have their Three Flowers and Five Qi diminished. Even a primordial spirit would be dissolved!

"Senior brother, this is the opportunity I sensed!"

Yunxiao's eyes lit up as he pointed to the divine runes in this world: "This place is extremely compatible with my Hunyuan Golden Cauldron. I have a feeling that this is an array created for me!"

Li Qing composed himself and looked in the direction Yunxiao pointed; the turbid air was slowly flowing.

The trajectory of its flow subtly forms a winding path.

The path twists and turns, and at each bend, it passes a statue.

As the turbid air passed over the statue, the statue became more solid, and the turbid air became heavier.

After nine bends, a wisp of turbid air seemed to gain sentience and disappeared into the myriad divine patterns filling the sky.

"The Yellow River winds nine times, senior brother, I've understood!"

Yunxiao murmured to himself, his eyes gradually brightening.

She was a genius in the art of formations, and after listening to the teachings in the Shangqing Hall, she gained a profound understanding of the Shangqing formations.

Upon seeing this naturally formed nine-bend formation, countless insights suddenly welled up in her mind.

Yunxiao sat cross-legged, with the Hunyuan Golden Cauldron suspended above his head, isolating the world's turbid air from him, and began to comprehend the Dao of Formations contained within this world.

Li Qing glanced at her but did not disturb her. The opportunity of the Yellow River's nine bends and the clouds' heights was indeed here.

Once she fully comprehends this formation, it will become her greatest trump card in the future.

"Tsk, senior brother, ever since you arrived, Yunxiao and the other two haven't even called you 'big brother' anymore, they just keep calling you 'senior brother'!"

Zhao Gongming walked up to Li Qing and said, seemingly casually.

Li Qing laughed and said, "So it seems they still prefer to be closer to me?"

"Then naturally, the newcomers will surpass the old ones."

Zhao Gongming stroked his beard and responded with a smile.

Li Qing shook his head and strolled to a statue made of yellow sand: "Junior brother, although this is Junior Sister Yunxiao's fortuitous encounter, all formations in the world have commonalities. You should also study it carefully!"

Zhao Gongming didn't press the matter further, and nodded with a smile: "Senior brother is right!"

So he took out the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, isolated himself from the turbid air, and began to comprehend the array's divine patterns.

Li Qing looked at the huge statues in front of him, feeling quite puzzled. Who were these nine giants of yellow sand at the bottom of the Yellow River, a place where turbid air gathered? Why did they look so familiar, but he just couldn't figure out who they were?

It should be noted that, given his level of cultivation as a Taiyi Golden Immortal, this situation would almost never occur.

After some thought, Li Qing decided to study the nine statues carefully.

Li Qing didn't sense any opportunity or danger here, so he cautiously probed in with a wisp of his divine sense.

The next moment, Li Qing's consciousness seemed to vanish into thin air, the connection instantly severed.

"hiss!"

Li Qing's face paled slightly. He hurriedly activated the Shangqing Great Law to stop the injury to his divine sense. He then took out the Nine-Turn Golden Pill and rolled it on his Niwan Palace, completely restoring the injury to his divine sense.

As soon as the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir was produced, the sand statues seemed to sense something and all looked over.

"this?"

Li Qing's mind raced: "Could it be the work of my grandmaster uncle?"

So he carefully brought the Nine-Turn Golden Pill closer to the statue, but the statue did not react at this time.

"strangeness."

As Li Qing's thoughts raced, he sat down to meditate beneath the statue. After a long while, he gradually closed his eyes, reflecting on his cultivation path from his transformation into human form to the present.

Throughout his spiritual practice, although his path has been fraught with twists and turns, it can be said that he has turned misfortune into good fortune and difficulties into auspiciousness.

Transforming into human form and devouring heavenly lightning, the Tongtian Sect Master became a saint and was spared the tribulation of lightning, and also had the innate spiritual treasure Taiji Talisman Seal by his side.

He joined the Jie Sect, broke through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, obtained the Falling Treasure Coin, condensed the Undying Spiritual Light, and was bestowed a Daoist title and the supreme innate spiritual treasure, the Reincarnation Gourd, by the Dao Ancestor. Now he has broken through to the mid-stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

But behind this lies the repeated protection of the Tongtian Sect Leader and the legacy of a sage.

Without the Tongtian Sect Master, he would have been struck down by the Heavenly Dao long ago after absorbing the source of Heavenly Thunder, swallowed by the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon on the shore of the East Sea, and captured by Taiyi and the Styx River on Mount Tai.

But a disciple of a sage is ultimately not a sage.

The identity of a sage's disciple was not enough to achieve the free and unrestrained life he desired.

Without the Primordial Purple Qi, one cannot become a sage; the only path left is to become a Primordial Golden Immortal.

But this path is harder than an ordinary person climbing to heaven!

In this world, Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming were comprehending the innate divine runes, while Li Qing was silently pondering. He always felt that there was something mysterious about this place, but he could never figure it out.

"Could it be that only a Great Luo Golden Immortal can comprehend the mysteries here?"

Li Qing frowned. No matter how he studied them, the nine statues remained motionless, which left him quite helpless.

At this moment, the purple aura above the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir stopped hanging down.

"So five hundred years have already passed."

Li Qing was startled. He had been lost in thought and had barely felt the passage of time. How could five hundred years have passed?

"Moreover, my innate Qi has unknowingly reached perfection over the past five hundred years!"

Looking at the nine statues before him, Li Qing vaguely guessed that his improved cultivation was probably related to them.

Li Qing got up and glanced at the formation. Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming were still studying the formation. He also sensed that the Taiji talisman was still near the Yellow River. Li Qing made up his mind.

"Since I've unknowingly pushed my cultivation from the mid-stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal to perfection, I might as well break through to the late-stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal right here!"

Although this place is full of turbid air, he has the Nine-Turn Golden Pill to replenish his spiritual energy, which is enough for him to advance his cultivation level to another level!

Without hesitation, Li Qing calmed down and began to push the primordial energy in his ancestral aperture down into his five internal organs.

The five divine beasts within the five internal organs seemed to be summoned by something, roared, and flew around the primordial energy.

The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir once again released purple energy. Li Qing felt the Primordial Qi carrying the five divine beasts roaming throughout his body. After a full 100,000 times, the Primordial Qi carrying the five divine beasts returned to his Ancestral Aperture.

Subsequently, the magical power throughout Li Qing's body flowed like rivers into the sea, converging towards his ancestral aperture.

The three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit are also beginning to converge towards the primordial qi.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Qing formed a hand seal and began to practice the Shangqing Great Law.

Within the ancestral aperture, the primordial energy is like a bright moon, its clear light shining down and illuminating the entire body.

Essence transforms into Qi, Qi transforms into Shen (spirit), and Shen returns to the primordial Qi.

When the three are combined, they are no longer three independent forces, but a complete whole.

Late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal, accomplished!