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

Because of the transformation of water and clouds, the innate array protecting the money tree dissipated, and bursts of precious light shot into the sky.

Hongyun's gaze fell on the money tree. "Fellow Daoist, please put the money tree away so that no one can see it."

The money tree is a top-grade innate spiritual root. If people find out about it, there will probably be a lot of trouble later.

"That's exactly what I was thinking!"

Shuiyun nodded slightly and casually waved her hand, sending blue magic power like ribbons falling onto the money tree.

The money tree could not resist the power of the water cloud; its branches and leaves swayed, actively cooperating with the water cloud to collect the money.

Then, Shuiyun patted her forehead, and the three flowers gathered at the top of her head, the five energies converged, and the three flowers of essence, energy, and spirit slowly bloomed.

Shuiyun's three flowers bloom at the eighth grade, Hongyun's three flowers bloom at the ninth grade, and Xueyun's three flowers bloom at the seventh grade.

The grade of the Three Flowers is determined by the innate origin. The more innate origin you possess, the higher the grade of the Three Flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and the greater the probability of attaining enlightenment in the future.

With Shuiyun's original innate essence, she could only bloom at the seventh grade at most. However, with the help of the money tree, she strengthened her essence and barely managed to bloom at the eighth grade when she broke through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Blood Cloud has even less innate origin, possessing only a little bit of the original power of Pangu's heart blood.

With Xueyun's original innate origin, it could only bloom at the sixth grade at most, but through repeated tempering and opportunities, its origin grew stronger, and it bloomed at the seventh grade when it broke through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal.

The innate origin is not static; every breakthrough in realm, every moment of enlightenment, and every opportunity can strengthen the innate origin.

The premise is that your cultivation level is below that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Once you break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, the Three Flowers will no longer change, which means that your origin can no longer be improved.

There is a legend in the primordial world that a flower that blooms to the seventh grade has the potential to attain enlightenment, while those below the seventh grade have virtually no hope.

It is said that "Golden Immortals are no better than dogs, and Great Luo Immortals are everywhere." These Great Luo Golden Immortals are generally below the seventh rank and may be trapped in the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm for all eternity.

It wasn't until Hongjun passed down the Three Corpses Method that they had a chance to advance further, but even if they used it to break through to Quasi-Saint, they would still be at the lowest level among Quasi-Saints.

Shuiyun made a hand seal, her expression solemn, and a golden beam of light shot out from the golden flower above her head.

Golden light fell on the money tree, drawing it towards the water cloud, making it smaller and smaller until it finally landed in the water cloud's fine flowers, further stabilizing the water cloud's fortune.

Shuiyun breathed a sigh of relief after successfully acquiring the money tree; it seemed the money tree was quite happy to go with her.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on obtaining this spiritual root," Hongyun said with a smile.

Shuiyun pursed her lips, "My lord, between you and me..."

Before Shuiyun could finish speaking, the two of them simultaneously felt a strange force lock onto them.

Hongyun frowned slightly, her eyes seeming to shimmer with starlight as she looked at the person who had locked onto them through the void.

"Looks like we're really going to have to fight."

Shuiyun, somewhat eager to try, said, "Fellow Daoist Hongyun, leave this guy to me!"

Hundreds of millions of miles away, a six-winged monster is rushing towards us at lightning speed.

"Six-winged Golden Cicada? Early stage of Great Luo Golden Immortal."

Hongyun nodded and said, "Alright, I'll leave it to you. It'll be a good opportunity for me to see the power of array formations."

Shuiyun winked mischievously, and with a swaying motion, she instantly flew towards the six-winged golden cicada.

Soon, Shuiyun met the six-winged golden cicada.

Upon seeing Shuiyun appear, the six-winged golden cicada transformed into a strange-looking middle-aged Taoist priest with three pairs of wings on his back and a sharp aura emanating from him.

The six-winged golden cicada is a rare species from the primordial world. The number of individuals in this species is far less than that of the dragon, phoenix, and qilin races, and their racial talents are even higher. They are renowned throughout the primordial world.

In terms of individual combat strength, even dragons, phoenixes, and qilin are no match for the six-winged golden cicada clan.

The three races of dragon, phoenix, and qilin once dominated the primordial world, dividing it into three kingdoms, not because they were the strongest individually, but because their combined individual strength and population size were the strongest.

No matter how strong an individual member of a race is, if the number of races doesn't keep up, they are not qualified to rule the primordial world.

In the primordial world, there were quite a few exotic species like the six-winged golden cicada. Some individuals had an average strength that surpassed that of the dragon, phoenix, and qilin races, but they were ultimately defeated by the three races because their numbers were small and their tolerance for mistakes was low.

Under the scale effect of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans, the individual advantages of the primordial alien species were diluted to the lowest point.

The six-winged golden cicada's lewd eyes stared at the water cloud standing in the void, frantically trying to find out something.

The six-winged golden cicada sensed the aura of the money tree on Shuiyun's body, confirming that Shuiyun had taken it, and clusters of black flame-like baleful energy appeared on its body.

"Fellow Daoist, I unintentionally witnessed a precious light appearing here. May I ask what treasure you have found?"

"May I be allowed to witness the radiance of this treasure?"

The Six-Winged Golden Cicada asked with a smile. As fellow Great Luo Golden Immortals, the Six-Winged Golden Cicada's racial advantage made it very confident.

"Baby? There's no baby!"

Shuiyun smoothed her hair and said lazily, her mature and sophisticated aura making people's bones melt.

The six-winged golden cicada sneered, "Hmph, since you refuse to show it to me, I'll just snatch it and have a look."

"Hehehe, that sounds nice, but it all comes down to a fight to see who's better. Just make your move."

Shuiyun's lips curled into a cold smile. She was itching to make a move, and she was afraid that the Six-Winged Golden Cicada wouldn't!

"Heaven-Piercing Blade—!!"

The six-winged golden cicada let out a cold shout, its eyes lowered, and the wings behind it flashed with blade-like light.

The next instant, a black light appeared from his body, and a terrifying power swept in all directions.

The moment the black light appeared, Shuiyun sensed a chilling aura that made her very uncomfortable.

This is a dark power, its aura emanating a nauseating scent that makes people feel disgusted.

Shuiyun frowned slightly, as if she had smelled something foul, and shook her hand with a look of disgust.

"You rascal, I find you very annoying."

Shuiyun snorted coldly, and with a flick of her wrist, a stream of blue water appeared, enveloping Shuiyun.

The next second, six black blades flew over and shot into the water curtain surrounding Shuiyun. As if entering a swamp, they sank directly into it.

Seeing this, the Six-Winged Golden Cicada immediately felt a sense of threat, knowing that Shui Yun's strength was extraordinary.

Shuiyun glanced at the winged blade in the water curtain. It looked very similar to the wings on the back of the six-winged golden cicada, except that this one was completely black. It should be a divine weapon made from the old body.

"Boundless Array, Deep Blue Judgment!"

Shui Yunxiu pointed her finger into the void, and streams of deep blue water appeared, transforming into a spear of judgment that descended.

The six-winged golden cicada moved swiftly, trying to use the speed of the six-winged golden cicada clan to evade the deep blue judgment, but it misjudged the boundless water and cloud formation.

Shuiyun pinched her middle finger with her right thumb, as if she were holding a fishing line. In her eyes, the surrounding void was shrouded by an endless array, like a fishing net slowly opening, and the six-winged golden cicada was the fish caught in the net.

The six-winged golden cicada seemed to have avoided Shuiyun's attack, but in reality, it was only getting deeper and deeper into the formation.

As expected of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, the Six-Winged Golden Cicada quickly sensed something was wrong. Its three pairs of wings vibrated rapidly, shooting out sharp, dark blades.

The dark blade shattered upon landing in the void, but Shuiyun's Boundless Array was also exposed.

"Heh, you're only realizing it now?"

Shuiyun: "But it's too late!"