Primordial Era: I, Hongyun, take charge of the literary path

Seeing that Hongyun had extinguished his attack in one blow, the Earth Qilin's expression changed slightly, but its eyes turned red in an instant.

The Earth Qilin grabbed at the frozen Ice Soul, shattering the Qilin within and turning it into chunks of earth and stone encased in ice, which were then flung into the red clouds in the sky.

The earth and rocks rubbed together rapidly in the void, the ice instantly sublimated, and the crimson energy filled the earth and rocks, causing them to crash into the red cloud at high speed like a meteorite.

Hongyun drew his bow and shot out a series of ice arrows, accompanied by booming explosions. Meteorites exploded, and a fiery red meteor shower fell from the sky.

"Hey! The four elephant seals!"

Hongyun formed hand seals, and four colors of light—yellow, cyan, blue, and red—condensed from his hands, transforming into a massive divine seal that suppressed the enemy.

The earth unicorn suddenly felt immense pressure. Looking up at the divine seal, it saw mysterious phenomena such as the unicorn, white tiger, vermilion bird, and black tortoise.

"Don't underestimate me, I can shake the world!"

The Earth Qilin roared, unleashing a surge of powerful magic, its yellow light filling the heavens and earth.

The Earth Qilin transformed into its true form, tilted its head back, and crashed into the Four Symbols Seal with a thunderous roar that shook the heavens and the earth.

The Four Symbols Seal exploded with a deafening roar, sending rocks flying and revealing phantom images of the Qilin, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, which directly trapped the Earth Qilin within.

The Qilin, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise revolved around the Earth Qilin, and the power of the four symbols began to refine him.

The earth qilin let out a painful howl, finally sensing the threat to its life, and begged for mercy: "No, don't kill me! If you kill me, the qilin clan will not let you go, and you will be hunted down by the qilin clan."

Hearing the Earth Qilin's pleas for mercy, Hongyun remained unmoved. When the Earth Qilin attacked him, Hongyun had already decided to offend the Qilin clan.

Amidst its screams and wails, the Earth Qilin was refined by the power of the Four Symbols, transforming into a golden elixir with a Qilin pattern.

With a casual wave of his hand, Hongyun sent the Qilin Pill, radiating a bright yellow light, flying into his hand. A powerful force emerged, automatically absorbing the earth's energy.

Hongyun looked at the Qilin Pill in front of him, which emitted a clear yellow light and vaguely revealed the phantom of an Earth Qilin. This was the core of an Earth Qilin.

The Qilin Pill, Dragon Pearl, and Phoenix Pill are the core of power for the three races, possessing the miraculous effect of transforming bloodlines.

Sensing the power within the Qilin Pill, Hongyun could clearly perceive the terrifying earth power within it.

If the Qilin Pill continues to absorb the power of the earth, it may eventually transform into mountains and rivers.

If the Qilin Pill is placed into the earth's veins, after hundreds of thousands of years, a new Earth Qilin may be reborn. Only by destroying the Qilin Pill can it be killed.

Hongyun would never waste it like that. The Qilin Pill is a top-grade material for alchemy and weapon crafting. Only a few powerful beings possess the Golden Immortal level Qilin Pill. Not just anyone would dare to offend the Qilin Clan.

"Haha, today's harvest is not bad, a piece of Frost God Soul and a Qilin Pill."

A hint of joy appeared on Hongyun's face. After taking one last look at the place, she vanished into the sky, disappearing tens of thousands of miles away.

In the vast wilderness, years are forgotten; in the blink of an eye, the ocean has become a vast expanse.

Centered on Buzhou Mountain, a red streak of light streaked across the sky to its northwest.

The light kept flying towards Buzhou Mountain, occasionally stopping to land on the ground or disappearing into the void, collecting some rare divine materials each time.

One day, Hongyun heard a series of clanging sounds and followed the sound to a valley.

Ding ding ding—

In the valley, the crisp, tinkling sound echoed in all directions, like a mysterious and profound musical movement.

Hongyun looked toward the source of the sound. In the center of the valley was a huge piece of black iron, and a creature resembling a mantis was frantically attacking it.

That mantis was only at the level of a Celestial Immortal.

The mantis's scythe struck the black iron, sparks flying intermittently, accompanied by clanging sounds.

After observing for a while, Hongyun discovered that the mantis was not trying to destroy the Xuan Tie, but rather using it to sharpen his scythe. Every time the mantis struck the Xuan Tie, it was as if it was using the Xuan Tie to hammer his scythe.

The mantis behaves somewhat like a blacksmith in a blacksmith's shop, forging its scythe into the strongest weapon.

Forging is a branch of the art of crafting. Even the most ordinary iron and stone can be transformed into refined gold and divine iron through forging.

ding ding ding...

Watching the mantis repeatedly forge its scythe, Hongyun unknowingly entered a state of enlightenment.

Hongyun's insights into forging and the way of weapon crafting poured out like a torrential downpour.

A wisp of profound magical power emanated from Hongyun, silently merging into the valley.

As the mantis repeatedly struck his sickle, a trace of the profound mystery of weapon crafting was infused into his sickle.

With Hongyun's unconscious help, the mantis's scythe underwent a transformation.

Hongyun's enlightenment was as if aided by heaven. All his insights over the years were transformed into fruition at this moment. The Wenyun Diagram Recorded Hongyun's insights at this time and assisted him in his enlightenment.

For cultivators, every moment of enlightenment is a rare and precious opportunity; the stronger their cultivation, the more difficult it is to achieve enlightenment.

This also made Hongyun extremely eager for the legendary Enlightenment Tea Tree, as Enlightenment Tea is a treasure for cultivating Tao.

This enlightenment lasted for a thousand years. When Hongyun finally came to his senses, his cultivation had already broken through to the late stage of Golden Immortal, and he had also comprehended a trace of the laws of weapon crafting.

Hongyun looked at the center of the valley again. The black iron was broken, and the mantis creature had disappeared.

Hongyun shook his head, not paying any attention, and transformed into a streak of light that flashed across the sky, continuing to fly towards Buzhou Mountain.

In the vast wilderness, years are forgotten; in the blink of an eye, the ocean has become a vast expanse.

After thousands of years of chasing stars and the moon, Hongyun arrived at a dangerous place. Here, turbid air rose all day long, and evil energy rolled in like a tide.

Compared to the surrounding clear and majestic mountains, this dangerous place is like a festering sore on a person's body.

Seeing this, Hongyun frowned deeply.

There is only one possibility for this to happen: the earth's veins in this area have been damaged.

The earth's veins were damaged, preventing the transformation of the turbid and malevolent energy in the area. Over time, this accumulated and eventually rose to the surface, causing the area to become like this.

Hongyun's primordial spirit sensed the Heavenly Dao and learned that this place was a remnant of the Great Calamity of Ferocious Beasts, which had not yet been eradicated.

Upon learning the reason for the appearance of this place, Hongyun also had an idea: if he could purify this dangerous place, wouldn't Heaven give him a cleaning fee (merit)?

With that thought in mind, Hongyun flew into the dangerous place.

The red clouds immediately revealed a scene of smog and chaos, with foul and malevolent energy rising everywhere in this dangerous place.

This kind of place, filled with turbid and malevolent energy, is instinctively repulsive to cultivators who cultivate pure spiritual energy, but it is a fertile ground for ferocious beasts to grow.

Hongyun also cultivates the pure spiritual energy.

Hongyun naturally loathed these turbid and malevolent energies, as they were detrimental to his cultivation.

However, this does not mean that turbid and malevolent energy is useless to heaven and earth. After being transformed by the earth's veins, turbid and malevolent energy can form various spiritual minerals and divine materials, enriching the earth's origin.

Looking at the vast expanse of turbid and malevolent energy here, Hongyun felt a pang of regret. It was a pity that there wasn't a single innate spiritual root, as innate spiritual roots could also purify turbid and malevolent energy.

This is a common ability possessed by innate spiritual roots: to regulate purity and turbidity, and to distinguish between spiritual and malevolent energies.