The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 178 The Crimson Cloud Treasure, the Law Possesses Primordial Spirit, the Demon Clan's Treasure-Collecting Technique (Second Update)

The grotto is called Huoyun Bieyuan. It is vast, covering three hundred miles of land. It is full of flowers, trees and plants, wild animals and birds. A jade belt runs from east to west, making it a beautiful place that people linger.

Luo Zu stood there, unable to extricate himself, not because of the scenery, but because all the flowers, trees, jade belt pool, beasts and birds were Taoist magic left by Hong Yun.

"The Dharma has become spiritual, and the treasures have their own nature. They cannot be forced or seized. I ask you, fellow Daoists, to treat them kindly." After saying this, Hongyun disappeared without a trace.

Hongyun's heartache was palpable, but He was now nothing more than a wisp of the Great Dao and had no use for these things. Therefore, He would bestow them upon Luo Zu, the destined one.

When Luo Zu heard His explanation, he was also surprised. He had never imagined that magic could give rise to spirituality.

"Master, my old master often says that he possesses a primordial spirit, which is only possible because he has fully grasped the profound principles of the Great Dao," the toad croaked from the side.

"Your old man didn't witness it either?" Luo Zu asked absentmindedly, looking at the world before him.

The toad kowtowed and replied, "No, no, if he had truly realized that the Dharma possesses a primordial spirit, he should be hanging in the sky today, presiding over a celestial star."

The old man he was referring to was his biological father, not his ancestor.

The first requirement to become a demon god and preside over the celestial star is to attain the Golden Immortal realm.

Therefore, it can be inferred that this technique, which possesses primordial spirit, is a method that can only be mastered by those at the Golden Immortal level.

Hongyun Laozu was a famous Da Luo, and the method of having Yuanling in the Dharma would be a piece of cake for him. It was an easy thing for him, so it was normal for so many Daoist techniques to transform into flowers, trees, beasts and birds in this cave.

Of course, some Taoist practices did not transform into flowers, trees, beasts, or birds, but rather into the wind, rain, and weather within the grotto-heavens.

It's also hateful that these Dao techniques are all at the level of having a primordial spirit. If Luo Zu wants to acquire them, he has to fight them first. With Luo Zu's current realm and strength, if he wants to overcome these Dao techniques, each of which is almost at the Golden Immortal level, then he's really asking for trouble.

Therefore, this treasure mountain can only remain empty for now. He can only look on with longing and count how many kinds of methods and treasures are inside.

There are a total of 129,600 Dharma gates, which is exactly the number of the era.

As for the treasures, they gather and disperse without form, taking no shape, but only manifesting themselves in the natural order of the grotto heaven.

Some of these treasures are of innate nature, while others are spiritual treasures. It would be difficult for Luo Zu to obtain even one of them now.

"So we're just guarding a treasure mountain in vain." Luo Zu was speechless.

"Exactly, exactly," Toad clapped his hands beside him.

Upon hearing this, Luo Zu became furious and glared at him.

The toad peeked out and immediately shrank its neck, saying, "Many fellows don't even have a treasure mountain yet, sir."

That makes sense. Luo Zu rubbed his temples and then prepared to leave the cave and put it away.

However, as soon as he opened the cave, he was slightly delighted, because he had finally found a treasure that he could use.

boom!

The air in front of us was already trembling, and the smooth mountain wall beneath our feet was shaking violently.

A huge, ferocious beast charged in.

Its head has a single horn, and its snout is hundreds of miles wide. If Luo Zu were not not a mortal with eyes of flesh and blood, he would have been blinded by darkness at the first glance, and the world would have been plunged into darkness.

When it opens its mouth, thick smoke and foul odor rush out, and acidic fumes wash over its body.

However, Luo Zu smiled broadly upon seeing this: "Good baby, good baby, quickly come into my hands."

With Luo Zu's call, the owner of the gaping maw seemed to be frozen in place, stopping its devouring of Luo Zu. Then, its body slowly rose and began to shrink.

hoo hoo hoo!

Then came thirteen consecutive roars. The thirteen giant unicorns that had previously been coiled outside the cave were now dancing wildly on the mountain wall like grass swaying in a strong wind, spewing out countless plumes of smoke and dust, and smashing the smooth stone walls within a radius of tens of thousands of miles into one pit after another.

But Luo Zu, who was in the middle of it, was not flustered at all. He stood leisurely in place, perpendicular to the mountain wall that was perpendicular to the earth, forming a strange right angle, without falling. This was just a small trick. The huge craters created by the wildly dancing one-horned serpent were also flying around at high speed. Birds that accidentally flew by from thousands of miles away were smashed into mincemeat by an unexpectedly flying rock, leaving not even a feather.

No matter how many stones were scattered like raindrops, they couldn't touch Luo Zu at all; they could only narrowly pass by him and then brush past him.

The chaos lasted for three hours before the thirteen giant unicorn serpents finally calmed down. Then, their bodies slowly emerged from the mountain wall, and Luo Zu finally saw their true appearance.

It turns out they weren't individual entities, but rather a single entity; they were actually a colossal beast with thirteen heads.

Rumble!

At this moment, it seemed as if the entire mountain was shaking, and a huge pit suddenly appeared on the smooth mountain wall, and the sky was completely dark.

Moreover, as its massive form moved, concentric waves of air expanded outwards from it, rippling and undulating outwards.

It further expanded the groove where it hid itself, lifting up the mountain wall again and again, as if trying to cut the mountain wall outside the groove to be as flat as the groove.

hoo hoo hoo!

After that, the thirteen-headed behemoth finally revealed its full form.

It was a giant snake with thirteen long, narrow necks and a three-legged toad body. Its skin was dry and hard as stone, a hazy gray, without a single scale or bump. After it emerged from the mountain wall, its three legs stepped onto the foot of the mountain, stirring up clouds of dust and causing many mountains tens of thousands of miles away to shake.

Its body already spans 300,000 li, and with its thirteen heads, it becomes a colossal creature spanning over 400,000 li.

Such a behemoth would have been equivalent to a planet in Luo Zu's previous life.

A planet lay before them. If it weren't for the fact that Luo Zu's divine sense covered a range of thirty million miles, one wouldn't have recognized it as a giant beast, but rather as a mountain.

However, Luo Zu knew the true nature of this giant beast; it was neither a living being nor a Daoist technique imbued with sentience, but a magical artifact.

Of course, it also has a little bit of intelligence, but not much. Just like those giant beasts in the primordial world, it only knows how to roar, only knows how to devour, and only knows how to indulge its instincts.

However, it has no lifespan limit. If the giant beast cannot understand its nature, gain intelligence, and embark on the path of cultivation, it will eventually turn into a handful of dust.

The lifespan of giant beasts is generally around 10,000 years, and some powerful giant beasts can live for hundreds of thousands of years.

However, these thirteen-headed behemoths are magical artifacts, so their lifespan is uncertain. The spirituality within them will dissipate after a few hundred years, and then a brand new spirituality will be generated.

The reason why this magical treasure appeared here is only one: it was formed by the light of many treasures lost from the cave that permeated the mountain wall.

There are seventy-two treasures in the cave, each of which is a spiritual treasure. Among them, nine are even innate spiritual treasures. Although they cannot compare to the top-quality spiritual treasures such as the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd, they are still spiritual treasures. Therefore, it can be seen what kind of wealth these great figures who have existed since before the beginning of time possess.

Come to think of it, if Luo Zu had been born hundreds of millions of years earlier, he would have surely plundered the entire prehistoric world.

No, even if he was born hundreds of millions of years earlier, there probably wouldn't be many decent treasures left in the primordial world. Even a kind-hearted person like Hongyun was able to collect so many, and this was just one of His villas. He had more than a dozen such villas, and even a Fire Cloud Palace, which contained many of His treasures.

If a rogue cultivator like Hongyun can possess so many treasures, what about the Witch and Demon races?

It's enviable just thinking about it.

Unfortunately, those capable of robbing treasures from two families would not covet their treasuries, while those without such ability could only watch helplessly and drool.

Returning to the thirteen-headed behemoth, the mere seventy-two spiritual treasures emanating the light of the cave heaven could transform a mountain rock into a natural magic treasure, even giving it sentience. According to the division within the world of the gourd, it could already be considered a true magic treasure.

How could Luo Zu allow such a treasure to be scattered and harm the world?

Therefore, it must be subdued and kept peacefully in Luo Zu's hands.

Then Luo Zu raised his hand and threw out a yellow sand pearl.

This magical artifact originally belonged to the demon immortal Huang Liulang. Now it has fallen into the hands of Luo Zu and has been refined for more than ten years. All the demonic techniques within it have been neutralized and transformed into a magical restriction by Luo Zu. This magical restriction was also refined into a treasure restriction by Luo Zu before, and now it is also a magical artifact.

Under Luo Zu's command, the Yellow Sand Pearl immediately emitted countless wisps of yellow smoke, which rolled down and transformed into a vast array spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, trapping the thirteen giant beasts within.

But how could this behemoth sit idly by and wait to die? It opened its mouth and spewed out countless white lotus poisonous smoke, like clouds of smoke, which then turned into a large cloud formation.

This cloud and mist formation was not aimed at the Yellow Sand Pearl, but at Luo Zu.

Seeing its arrogance, Luo Zu thought to himself, "Not only do the enemies not surrender, but they dare to fight back!"

Then Luo Zu urged the Yellow Smoke Formation to trap the thirteen-headed giant beast, summoned the Giant Sword, and attacked it.

With a single sword strike, he achieved immediate success, severing a head from its roots with the giant sword. Yet, Luo Zu still felt that one sword strike was not enough, because the giant beast's white mist had already formed an array around him. It even felt that although it was injured, it could still exchange its injury for victory.

Click! Click! ...

Three more slams rang out, and three more unicorn heads were severed, then crushed by the sword energy and turned into dust.

Then the giant sword returned, and a golden light swept across, cleaving the vast array of clouds and mist surrounding Luo Zu in two before dissipating.

Oh oh oh!

The remaining nine giant beasts continued to wail, already showing signs of surrendering.

Seeing this, Luo Zu also unleashed a treasure-collecting technique used by the demon race.

This technique was bestowed by Toad Koko, and it can be used to subdue some spiritual treasures that refuse to submit.

As Luo Zu cast the Treasure-Collecting Technique, the giant beast that was whimpering and crying underwent a change.

(End of this chapter)