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

Chapter 86 Pangu's Legacy: A Blessing in Disguise

"Cough cough, the final heavenly punishment, although the two Western Saints helped me withstand eight or nine-tenths of it, was still beyond what a Great Luo Golden Immortal like me could withstand. The injuries are more severe than I imagined!"

He coughed up a mouthful of blood, which contained wisps of purple-gold electric arcs. When it landed on the ground, it scorched the rocks, leaving black holes.

Li Qing looked inward and saw that the laws of the world were now full of cracks, his internal organs were being eroded by the power of heavenly punishment, his meridians were breaking inch by inch, and his magical power was almost exhausted.

Fortunately, a golden light stopped his injuries from worsening; otherwise, Li Qing would probably be dead by now.

"I must heal my injuries as soon as possible. Fortunately, I have the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir that my Grandmaster Uncle bestowed upon me!"

Li Qing barely managed to take out the Reincarnation Gourd, poured out the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, and used his remaining magical power to activate the world power within the elixir.

The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir was originally refined within a single world, and it perfectly aligns with the laws of Li Qing's world.

At this moment, a ray of clear light flew out from the elixir and fell into his body. The illusory image of the world of formation, existence, decay, and emptiness traveled through his meridians. Wherever it passed, the broken meridians were like withered trees coming back to life, regaining vitality, the five internal organs returned to their positions, and the meridians were reconnected.

However, the power of divine punishment that permeated his entire body was something that even the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir could not eliminate, and it remained entrenched within Li Qing's body.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Qing slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.

Having consumed a Nine-Turn Golden Pill, his injuries from the Heavenly Punishment healed by 20%. The remaining 80% were remnants of the Heavenly Dao Laws, which could not be resolved by the power of the Golden Pill. Li Qing could only try to slowly wear them down using his own Devouring Divine Power.

"However, it's improved by 20%, which is enough for me to walk and ride the clouds."

Li Qing coughed twice more, and with a wave of his hand, the Tai Chi symbol transformed into a cane. He struggled to his feet and began to survey the valley.

The fact that his teachers had the ability to protect him, yet allowed him to fall to this place, must have been for a deeper reason.

"Could it be that the opportunity that Goddess Nuwa spoke of, which could grant me an additional ten percent chance of attaining the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, lies here?"

Li Qing pondered silently, when suddenly his eyes lit up. There were faint divine patterns flowing on the stone walls of the valley, but they were so well hidden that they could not be discovered without careful observation.

"This is... a formation?"

A thought struck Li Qing, and he got up and walked towards the stone wall. The moment his fingertips touched the stone wall, his face lit up with joy.

The arrangement of these divine runes is exactly the same as the record in the "Comprehensive Explanation of the Shangqing Formation" transmitted by the Tongtian Sect Master!

"Could it be that Master has been here before?"

Li Qing carefully examined the array's structure, finding layers upon layers of divine runes, with new runes enveloping older ones, but it was indeed identical to the Shangqing Array he had learned.

"Could this place have been arranged for me by my master?"

Even the Goddess Nuwa had the opportunity to grant him a ten percent chance of attaining the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. As one of the Three Pure Ones, did the Tongtian Sect Leader not have anything comparable to it?

He tentatively infused a wisp of Shangqing magic power into the divine runes, and the runes on the stone wall immediately brightened a bit.

Without further hesitation, Li Qing pressed his palms against the stone wall, and the Shangqing magical power within his body surged in continuously.

As the divine runes lit up one after another, a beam of azure light shot up from the ground and enveloped Li Qing.

Li Qing felt a blur before his eyes, and the world turned upside down.

Once he regained his footing, he found himself no longer in the mountainside, but in a world he had never seen before.

This is an underground cave.

The cave was not large, about a thousand feet in circumference. The surrounding stone walls were covered with densely packed Shangqing divine patterns, each pattern emitting a soft blue light.

In the center of the cave was a pool of spring water, clear and bright, reflecting a divine light of gold, silver and blue, the divine light intertwining and rising in a misty haze.

"The Three Lights Divine Water? Such a huge pool!"

Li Qing scanned the area with his divine sense and immediately felt that the injury to his divine sense had lessened by two points. He then knew exactly what the object in front of him was!

Heaven has three treasures: the sun, the moon, and the stars; Earth has three treasures: water, fire, and wind; and man has three treasures: essence, energy, and spirit. The three lights and divine water are the most precious treasures of heaven.

This thing is mysterious and wondrous. The divine water of sunlight erodes flesh and soul, the divine water of moonlight corrodes the primordial spirit and soul, and the divine water of starlight devours true spirit and consciousness. Each of them is extremely poisonous, but when the three are combined, they become the most supreme healing treasure in the world!

The pool in front of us is a full three zhang square!

Even though Li Qing was used to seeing all kinds of innate spiritual treasures, he couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

Just as Li Qing was about to use the Three Lights Divine Water to heal himself, a ripple suddenly appeared in the center of the pool, reflecting a water mirror.

Within the water mirror, a phantom figure held a cane, with white hair and beard, surrounded by the ethereal light of the Supreme Purity.

A majestic figure appeared, surrounded by ethereal, jade-like light.

A phantom figure, dressed in fluttering blue robes, was surrounded by a pure and ethereal light.

The three people formed a circle, with a lotus bud about to bloom in the center.

The lotus was entirely azure, with endless laws of the Great Dao flowing across its petals. Although it was only a phantom, it exuded an aura that made the entire cave tremble.

"I see."

Li Qing muttered to himself, and he suddenly realized that this was no other place than the place where the supreme treasure, the Creation Green Lotus, grew!

After Pangu separated heaven and earth, the thirty-six-petaled Chaos Green Lotus shattered and transformed into countless innate spiritual treasures scattered throughout the primordial world.

The Creation Lotus is the transformation of the most mature lotus seed nurtured by the Chaos Lotus.

This treasure has been nurtured for countless eons, and its grade has reached the level of innate supreme treasure. Furthermore, if it absorbs the origin of other lotus platforms, it can even grow into a chaotic spiritual treasure.

Unfortunately, the Creation Lotus was feared by the Heavenly Dao. When the Three Pure Ones were born, this supreme treasure was drawn by the Heavenly Dao and became the opportunity for the Three Pure Ones to attain enlightenment.

At that time, Lao Tzu obtained a red flower, which transformed into the Qiankun Cane; Yuanshi Tianzun obtained a white lotus root, which transformed into the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi; and Tongtian Jiaozhu obtained a green lotus leaf, which transformed into the Qingping Sword. Later, these became the supreme treasures for the three sages to prove their Dao.

This is what is meant by "red flowers, white lotus roots, and green lotus leaves; the three religions were originally one family."

Those three illusory figures were the traces of the Dao left behind by the Three Pure Ones when they divided the Creation Lotus here!

Looking at the pool of Three Lights Divine Water, Li Qing felt a sudden sense of enlightenment.

"No wonder there are my master's Shangqing divine patterns here, no wonder I was able to open the great formation by inputting Shangqing magic power."

As Li Qing was pondering this, the Tongtian Sect Leader in the water mirror spoke: "This place holds your destiny; quickly enter the pool!"

"This disciple thanks Master, Eldest Master Uncle, and Second Master Uncle!"

After bowing, Li Qing did not hesitate and stepped into the pool.

The moment the Three Lights Divine Water enveloped him, a gentle power surged into his body.

The divine water of sunlight tempers flesh and blood, the divine water of moonlight nourishes the primordial spirit, and the divine water of starlight nourishes the true spirit. When the three lights unite, creation arises spontaneously, resisting the destructive power of divine punishment.

In just a few breaths, the 80% of the injuries that the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir had failed to repair began to recover at an incredible speed!

"No, the Three Lights Divine Water alone cannot achieve this!"

Li Qing keenly sensed that the Three Lights Divine Water contained a power he had never encountered before.