The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 402 Sword Overwhelms Golden Immortal, Heavenly Emperor Falls

Upon hearing that Golden Immortals were fighting, everyone was shocked, and even the most composed people changed color.

"Chieftain, what should we do?" Luo Zu has always been their pillar of support, so they have no choice but to entrust their safety to him.

Luo Zu raised his hand to reassure them. Although this battle of Golden Immortals came suddenly, it was not aimed at them, so there was no need to be nervous. They just needed to be careful not to be hit by the aftershocks of the battle.

Although they have already stumbled into this fierce battleground, leaving would not be difficult if they wanted to.

Luo Zu naturally didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble, so he wanted to choose another direction and cross the void, leaping three hundred light-years across space.

But just as he broke free from the shackles of the void turbulence, a mysterious light containing the power of the Great Dao descended ahead, pinpointing the route of his spatial jump, intending to intercept him during his void crossing.

This is no accident.

"Master, I'll be right back." With a thought, Luo Zu took out the Xishui Sword, which was being nurtured within his primordial spirit.

In that instant, the Xishui Sword transformed into a streak of blue light, piercing through the void and severing the Xuan Guang that was being attacked from afar.

Soon, the Golden Immortal who had attacked him showed signs of wanting to beg for mercy and stopped pursuing him. But Luo Zu was no saint; he could not be humiliated like this. Even though he was only a "half-step Golden Immortal" and the other party was a Golden Immortal, it was still unacceptable.

Even when traversing the primordial wilderness, one must have spirit; otherwise, everyone can bully you.

So Luo Zu had Xi Shui Sword teach that bastard a lesson.

"Understood!" The Xishui Sword received the order and unleashed a sword light that cleaved the void into countless equal fragments. Then, a storm arose, sweeping across three hundred light-years of sky, and crashed directly into the battle ahead.

Rumble.

After a long time, Luo Zu drove his flying boat across the void three hundred light-years away before he heard the magnificent commotion from an extremely distant place.

His divine sense was actually keeping a close eye on that place, but Golden Immortals would not fully reveal their true forms in a battle, so Luo Zu only saw parts of the Great Dao colliding there, crushing space and all matter, causing the spiritual energy within an eighteen-light-year radius to degenerate and all things to end.

It was absolutely brilliant.

Meanwhile, the Xishui Sword unleashed a slash from afar, specifically targeting the Golden Immortal who still had time to intervene. The sword energy and void storm engulfed the Golden Immortal's Daoist form, striking even more precisely at every magical combat ability he emitted.

That area instantly became "floating in the air like waves," as if the Milky Way were hanging upside down. Emerald-like fragments of the void emitted a dangerous yet mesmerizing thirteen-colored celestial light under the sunlight, dazzling the eyes and leaving the mind blank, thus captivating the soul.

After Xishui Sword struck, the battle situation in that arena immediately reversed. The side that was initially at a slight disadvantage immediately put on a powerful spell and began to overpower the oblivious Golden Immortal.

One side is at a greater disadvantage when it has to guard against attacks from both sides.

However, with this balance tipped, Luo Zu did not intend to intervene further and allowed the Xishui Sword to return first.

Upon receiving the order, Xishui Sword naturally withdrew its sword light and the essence of the Great Dao to avoid being exploited.

Among the Golden Immortals, there are none who are good. These two Golden Immortals have already violated the taboo of the Ancestor Luo by fighting on the earth without regard for the lives of the prehistoric beings. If the Ancestor Luo were not lacking in ability, he would definitely capture them all and suppress them in his own sea of ​​hearts and heavens, and use their power to open up more heavens and earths as a form of punishment.

As for wielding the Xishui Sword to fight them, that's quite difficult. Although the Xishui Sword is a spiritual treasure, it is ultimately no match for a true Golden Immortal. It has never attained the Dao Fruit; it merely occupies the Great Dao through an alternative method.

If he were a Golden Immortal, he would be confident in fighting two Golden Immortals alone with the Xishui Sword at this moment.

After a brief hiccup, the human spaceship re-entered the void and took a detour.

Head west, ever west, and there will be no more obstacles ahead.

The elders of the Upper Cave Man also went to their respective caves on the flying boat to oversee things or to cultivate in seclusion.

The structure of this void flying boat is quite different from others. Its main body is a celestial alloy created by Luo Zu by melting down many kinds of primordial metals. Its hardness and toughness far exceed ordinary celestial metals, and it can even be compared with some rare and precious materials. It is more than enough to be used to forge magical treasures.

There is even a chance to refine it into a spiritual treasure. Of course, this is just Luo Zu's speculation and should not be taken seriously at present, since Luo Zu has never successfully refined a spiritual treasure.

Such materials are naturally sufficient to build a flying boat that can traverse the void. In addition, with the relevant restrictions, the methods of refining, and the immortal energy and power of the Great Dao that Luo Zu has absorbed into it, it is enough for it to traverse the void without falling apart. Afterwards, Luo Zu placed the Nine Directions Grotto Heaven inside, forming a mysterious small array, which can both suppress and stabilize the overall structure of the flying boat, and also provide it with the energy to traverse the void.

However, the grotto-heaven also needs to maintain normal operation and must be in harmony with the mysterious array at all times. Therefore, someone is needed to guard the grotto-heaven, sort out all kinds of changes, and someone is needed to sit in the central hub to regulate and maintain the mysterious array.

The task of overseeing the grotto-heavens was assigned by Luo Zu to a group of elders and numerous primordial spirits, each responsible for a different grotto-heaven, with the Five Elements, the Four Directions, Yin and Yang as the general framework, and the mysteries within all residing at the center.

Only in this way can we quickly draw energy from the primordial chaos, and only in this dimension of the pure spatial Dao can we prevent the living beings in our dwellings from being reduced to simple spatial structures—one-dimensional, two-dimensional, or three-dimensional bodies.

However, due to this method, many elders were unable to escape from the cave formation most of the time.

As for whether it can help their spiritual practice, it certainly can, but it won't be as helpful as their usual seclusion, meditation, and contemplation.

The saying "practice makes perfect" is not always a good thing.

Sometimes this also means a constraint. A cultivator's understanding of the world will be subject to an additional cognitive shackle. Therefore, a breakthrough in a realm often means breaking a shackle on one's own understanding of the world.

After all, with a higher level of understanding, one can perceive a wider world and observe more subtle things, which naturally leads to significant changes in what one sees and feels.

This is also one of the meanings of the word "境界" (jingjie, realm/state).

Luo Zu wanted to broaden the perspectives of the elders, but it was too difficult. At this point, he had to use the phrase "unworthy of their positions."

If one's cultivation level is insufficient and one's realm is not high enough, then being given this kind of perspective is of no benefit to the cultivator.

It is highly likely that it will undergo Daoization, and be assimilated by the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth as observed from a higher level of perspective.

Such transformation will not be an instantaneous burst, but rather a gradual and subtle process. It may take three months or ten years, but it will surely manifest itself before one attains the next realm.

Therefore, Luo Zu could not force growth; his clansmen could only cultivate step by step until they reached the heavens.

The journey was long and arduous, and the many elders, their thoughts diverging, gathered around Luo Zu, still by that same campfire.

This campfire is no ordinary thing; it is the central hub of the Void Flying Boat, where Luo Zu has long been stationed to oversee the many mysterious changes within the entire flying boat.

In the tenth year after their journey began, they discussed a major event in the myriad realms of the mind.

Someone's about to cause trouble.

And it wasn't just one person, it was a group of people.

No one could have imagined that such a thing was not only happening in the human realm, but also in the Nine Netherworlds, the Eight Immortal Realms, the Floating Life Realm, and the Dragon Realm.

Only the physical world is unique, and there is no one who can go against it.

"They've stormed the Immortal Realm. I wonder what their situation is now," Fire Boy whispered, leading the group around the campfire.

"Of course it was destroyed by the Heavenly Emperor, is that even a question?" Iron-Headed Boy sat with his eyes closed, replying indifferently.

"Little Deer, my son, what's the battle report from the front?" Huowa called to his rather promising son.

Unfortunately, the deer ignored him and closed its eyes to rest ten paces away from him.

At this time, Luo Zu had just finished preaching, and everyone was digesting the teachings he had imparted.

Huowa wanted to start some idle chatter.

"Dead, dead, the Heavenly Emperor is dead!" an elder suddenly shouted from the crowd.

"What? What?!" Everyone was shocked and immediately released their thoughts to ascend to their own incarnations in the myriad heavens of the mind sea.

"In the human realm, one can witness the fall of the Heavenly Emperor."

An elder offered a reminder.

Elders who had left avatars in the mortal realm could see the strange sight when they looked up, while the other elders could only stomp their feet in frustration, regretting that they hadn't left more avatars here, and directly split off their clones to other lower realms.

From then on, they could only listen to others relay the situation to them.

At this moment, the human realm was bathed in the blood-red glow of the setting sun, and heavenly fire raged like a torrent, pouring down upon the earth.

A huge, dark hole appeared in the sky, from which glimpses of the celestial realm, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, would occasionally appear.

(End of this chapter)