The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 179 Turning Stone into Gold, Nine-Toothed Rake, Am I the Supreme Being? (First Update)

This was a very strange change, which only Luo Zu, the person involved, could explain clearly. This change gave him a lot of amazing inspiration, both in terms of cultivation and weapon crafting.

Amidst a sudden tremor and dramatic change, the remaining nine giant beasts spontaneously initiated a metal-refining technique, forging their own weapons.

Moreover, its spirituality sought the ideas and concepts of Luo Zu, and made many changes to itself. The creation of the magic restriction was Luo Zu's "suggestion", and the immortal gold refined from its body was also the main material of the Giant Sword Immortal Gold in Luo Zu's knowledge.

Even though it doesn't have the metallic elements of this immortal gold alloy in its body, it can absorb them from the air or transform them from within itself. This is truly terrifying, and the energy consumed in it makes even Luo Zu's heart pound.

Only a giant beast with such a physique could have achieved this after storing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for millions of years.

Although this giant beast was ignorant and chaotic, without any awareness or feeling, the energy contained within its body was equivalent to the essence of tens of millions of suns and moons, enough for a primordial spirit to cultivate for more than eight billion years.

However, it had the energy but couldn't use it, and in the end, it was easily subdued by Luo Zu.

This transformation allowed Luo Zu to comprehend a new magic—turning stone into gold.

A spell that involves a change in matter and requires a large amount of energy to cast.

However, after directly deduce the energy in his 108 spiritual brains, Luo Zu tried to minimize the energy consumption when using it.

Using the "Turning Stone into Gold" technique once requires consuming three strands of immortal energy, which is rare among Luo Zu's many immortal techniques. Only when using a major immortal technique would it consume more strands of immortal energy.

When Luo Zu was deduce how to turn stone into gold, the nine-headed beast also completed its final transformation. Its enormous body had been stripped of its heavy glaze, leaving only pure and refined metallic immortal gold, and now it was only two people tall.

However, its appearance left Luo Zu somewhat speechless.

"Second Brother Pig, you've wandered onto the wrong set."

My second senior brother is actually myself? No, wait, now that this magic weapon is in his hands, then isn't he... Laozi!

The above was merely a fleeting thought of Luo Zu, which he has already dismissed, ensuring it would not offend the future Supreme Lord Laozi.

The final form of the nine-headed beast was the nine-toothed rake.

The nine heads transformed into nine lotus nails, and the majestic body became a pole, within which surging energy gathered and converged to rake the heavens and earth.

Although the rake nails were shiny silver and gold, they sent chills down one's spine, making one fear that a single rake would smash nine bloody holes into one's body.

Lozo was still not satisfied with its design.

Therefore, its form was changed, transforming it into a nine-tiered lotus platform.

It is easy to change its appearance; it can be transformed with just a gentle shake.

"Transform!" Luo Zu shouted.

The nine-toothed rake changed its appearance and took on a new look.

The physical form may be reconstructed, but the essential spirituality remains unchanged, and the restrictions and prohibitions within it have not been altered either.

Its effect is the same as before; when thrown, it can also create a huge, bloody hole in a person (or lich).

Then, boundless sword energy bursts forth from within, directly tearing the enemy to shreds and leaving them mangled and battered.

Having done all this, Luo Zu finally put the Nine-Toothed Rake—no, the Nine-Rank Lotus Platform—into his possession.

"Congratulations, Master! Congratulations, Master! You've acquired another excellent magic weapon!" Toad Knock Knock jumped out and offered his congratulations.

Luo Zu nodded slightly, then beckoned, summoning the hidden grotto in the mountain wall and recalling the Yellow Sand Pearl, and then...

"I'll leave you here for now." Luo Zu placed the small grotto into the Yellow Sand Pearl.

A burst of yellow light erupted, and the Yellow Sand Pearl took in the small cave, then trembled again and spat it out.

"Couldn't even withstand it?" Luo Zu found it strange.

This small grotto actually rejected his yellow sand pearl, saying it was too coarse and could not contain it.

But then again, it makes sense. This small grotto-heaven was opened by the Great Luo, and it contains 129,600 methods with primordial spirits, as well as 72 spiritual treasures. They really have the right to look down on the Yellow Sand Pearl.

After pondering for a while, Luo Zu came up with another idea. He took out the Nine-Rank Lotus Platform and placed the cave dwelling on it.

This grotto-heaven is supported by a nine-tiered lotus platform. This time, the grotto-heaven remains silent, quietly sitting in the very center of the lotus platform, as still as a chicken.

As for why he didn't take it into his primordial spirit, it was mainly because Luo Zu had his own concerns. If something went wrong with this treasure, Luo Zu would be finished.

It's never wrong to be cautious.

After closing the cave, the lotus platform, under his command, transformed into a long robe, replacing its fashionable tiger-skin coat and fish-scale pants.

This lotus platform truly possesses the ability to transform in countless ways, its form constantly changing. This reminded Luo Zu of the real eighty-one transformations, which are far more wondrous than his Eighty-Nine Arcane Arts. Of course, if he were to master his Eighty-Nine Arcane Arts, it would enhance his physique and physical body, and the immortal techniques and immortal energy he could bear would also increase accordingly. At that time, any transformations would be nothing more than a minor matter to him.

Luo Zu urged his thoughts to arise, and thus did not linger there. He put away the toad clattering and ascended the steps, instantly soaring vertically for a hundred miles.

The mountainside was now covered in frost and snow, and even a breath of hot air could instantly turn into snow.

Luo Zu didn't try to turn his breath into frost; he only cared about how high the mountain was. He was already a million miles off the ground, and he wasn't holding back his speed, so a single somersault covered a million miles, which was many times faster than Sun Wukong's somersault of 108,000 miles.

Then he flipped over again, covering a distance of three million miles. This was the first time he had flown so high since he arrived in the primordial world.

However, he did not develop acrophobia. Instead, he felt a powerful pulling force extending from the earth, trying to drag him back down, while a repulsive force in the sky was trying to push him back down. Both forces worked together to prevent him from flying higher.

"Master, this is not a restriction set by the Lich and Demon races, but a law of the primordial world itself. The Lich and Demons call it the Earth's gravity and the limit of the Nine Heavens. It usually appears when a living being flies over a hundred million miles away from the lowest point of the earth," Koko, the advisor, answered easily.

These two forces seemed to have no effect on him whatsoever.

"Once you open your own path, you can neutralize these two forces and leap above the Nine Heavens limit," Kou Kou answered.

"So, there is a place in the primordial world that is nearly a hundred million miles deep." Luo Zu was somewhat surprised, but he didn't find it strange at all; on the contrary, he found it quite ordinary.

The unit of length in their conversation was a cognitive transformation that Kou Kou was forced to undergo by Luo Zu, changing all his original cognitive units to those of Luo Zu, otherwise there would have been a lot of trouble communicating.

"Yes," Toad kowtowed in response.

"If someone continues to dig down from that lowest point, wouldn't this restriction just keep getting lower and lower?" Luo Zu discovered the bug.

Toad Knock shook his head helplessly: "Theoretically speaking, that's true, but the Lich and Demon races are constantly monitoring all the low-lying areas on the earth. If there's any unusual activity, they'll take action."

"If we were to dig more than 100 million miles underground, then..." Luo Zu began to daydream again.

"Uh...then all the creatures on earth would have to stick their heads into the ground, or even bury them directly in the earth..." Toad Knock felt a chill run down his spine.

"Then why don't the Heavenly Emperor and the Ancestral Witches revise this Great Dao?" Luo Zu asked.

Toad Knock could only shake his head: "I don't know. How could we possibly fathom the wisdom of the Heavenly Emperor?"

What he said wasn't wrong. There might be some key points or secrets hidden within, which we don't know.

"Trust in the wisdom of the Heavenly Emperor."

As they continued their ascent, Luo Zu finally understood why this land of ever-changing clouds and frost-covered snow had become devoid of life.

However, after soaring for millions of miles, he encountered a sorcerer who was practicing asceticism halfway up the mountain.

He carved out a cave dwelling in the snow-covered cliffs halfway up the mountain, and then sat inside, quietly contemplating the natural wonders of the mountains and rivers.

Upon seeing Luo Zu, he was quite surprised: "Are you a fellow human cultivator who has come from afar?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Zu stopped, passed through the frost, and landed outside his cave: "Fellow Daoist is... Elder Nan of the Pig Witch Tribe?"

This Pig Witch Tribe was a witch tribe that Luo Zu passed through on his journey. It was a medium-sized tribe, similar to the Moon Witch Tribe, and had three Earth Witches in charge. When they saw Luo Zu's Moon Witch Paper, they were particularly enthusiastic and arranged a grand banquet for him. They also showed Luo Zu the various advanced entertainment tools of the witch tribe, and Luo Zu almost couldn't get away from it.

This tribe has two extremes: one group enjoys life to the fullest, while the other group practices asceticism.

The "enjoyment" school claims to practice spiritual cultivation through pleasure, enjoying boundless freedom; the "ascetic" school, on the other hand, finds joy in suffering, believing that the path will naturally be attained.

Although the two sides were somewhat at odds, they had no choice but to live together and cultivate in the same tribe under the orders of Dayi Township.

This often led to friction and some conflict between the two factions, which is why Luo Zu was able to receive such a warm welcome.

He was entertained by the pleasure-seeking faction, who were extremely hospitable to every witch clan member and their allies they encountered on the way, all to demonstrate their path of enjoyment to the ascetic faction.

The ascetic sect dismissed them, but two of the three earth shamans in the tribe were ascetics, so they firmly believed that asceticism was the right path.

Luo Zu didn't know how to comment on this, as he always believed that a balance between work and rest was the best approach.

Of course, they didn't intend to seek outsiders' opinions; they simply wanted to enjoy themselves while others did so...

In short, they are also very pure. With this purity, wisdom also emerges, and cultivation can naturally be twice as effective with half the effort. This may be the argument for their way of enjoying life.

As for how Luo Zu recognized the identity of this witch, it was due to a characteristic of the Pig Witch Tribe—a pig's head.

"Uh, wait, I just got the Nine-Toothed Rake and then I ran into Pigsy? Is this really Journey to the West?"

"But shouldn't the eldest brother be Sun Wukong...? Hmm? How can a toad be the eldest brother?"

This was just a fleeting thought of Luo Zu, and it has now vanished with the howling winds from the mountainside.

This second... no, this Elder Pig then explained why he knew Luo Zu.

It was a message sent from within the clan. He happened to be away from the seclusion of thoughtlessness and apathy, so he learned of the matter. After that, he sat there quietly, watching the wind and snow, while waiting for Ancestor Luo.

(End of this chapter)