The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 500 The Western Eight Treasures Merit Pool, where the Eight Heavenly Beings do not enter.

Luo Zu didn't intend to clash with this rogue Golden Immortal, but since this guy had made it impossible for him to hide, he stopped him first and then fled the blessed land, no longer accepting the control.

The rogue Golden Immortal cultivator from the underground had not expected that there was another Golden Immortal hidden here. As expected, he stopped fighting first. After all, a battle between Golden Immortals was earth-shattering and might destroy this blessed land. He still had great use for this blessed land, so he naturally could not let it be damaged.

Therefore, He also wanted to talk to Luo Zu, otherwise they could divide this place and each take the treasures within.

Luo Zu had already calculated and decided to pose as an underground rogue cultivator who had been lurking in this place for many years, all for the purpose of seizing this blessed land.

He used this identity to deceive the powerful demon clan members who were pursuing him.

"What do you mean, fellow Daoist?" The rogue Golden Immortal pressed his hand to the side, revealing his true form before Ancestor Luo, even though he was hundreds of light-years away.

It resembled a subterranean worm with long arms and legs covered in various creatures.

Chiqu is His self-designation, which He openly displays in His mysterious light, making it accessible to all. However, those whose cultivation is insufficient who receive this name will likely become part of His body, their entire life's essence becoming His resources for cultivation.

His method of cultivation was also strange; it did not belong to demonic arts, nor was it a method passed down by the Sage Taiqing, but rather it was something he figured out himself.

He was not a stingy rogue cultivator; he used his own methods freely and spontaneously, without any intention of hiding anything.

That is why Luo Zu was able to see the origin of His cultivation method at a glance.

His Golden Immortal cultivation was obtained later through a fortuitous opportunity from a fellow cultivator from the underground. This fellow cultivator had been to the surface and had some exchanges with other cultivators there. He then learned about the path to cultivation, such as the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit. After that, the two cultivators decided to practice together.

Their dual cultivation was no simple matter; it involved mutual devouring, from the physical body to the spirit, and then to the Dao and the Great Dao. In the end, Chiqu merged with his fellow rogue cultivators and attained his current unique Golden Immortal status.

At this point, the path ahead was lost, simply because His Golden Immortal Cultivation was too complex and could not bear the weight of the future.

Later, when the sage preached, He also went there, but unfortunately, He still could not change the situation unless He were to die and return to the Dao and start anew.

Unable to bear the thought of his arduous cultivation being completely wasted, he devised this unorthodox method: collecting 36,000 kinds of spiritual fire, then refining a precious elixir of fire, burning his own body and past achievements to ashes, thereby burning away impurities, obtaining the essence, and finally seeking the path to enlightenment again.

These are the stories that Chi Qu told Luo Zu after carefully considering them in his mind.

After hearing these stories, Luo Zu couldn't help but sigh at the difficulty of practicing as a wandering cultivator.

Meanwhile, Chiqu thanked the Three Pure Ones and also thanked the Two Sages of the West, as he hadn't missed a single one of their sermons.

Unfortunately, even the enlightened sage Shangqing, who taught without discrimination, did not accept him into the Jiejiao sect. However, the two Western sages, who were eager to find talented individuals, offered him a way out. They created an Eight Treasures Merit Lotus Pond. If he was willing to enter it, he could transform into an Eight Treasures Merit Lotus. Then, after listening to the Western believers chanting scriptures and reciting Brahma for 36 million years, he could shed his old form and become one of the eight heavenly beings of the West.

Chiqu was unwilling to go. He said to Luozu, "I think it would be too time-consuming, and my years of hard work in cultivation would also be dissipated, like being reborn after death. So I refused the sage. But the sage saw that I was eager for quick success and gave me a golden lotus leaf to help me find another way."

Thus He found the method of liberation that He has now found.

If it succeeds, then He might actually be able to re-attain the Dao Fruit and become a true Golden Immortal of the Primordial World.

When Luo Zu heard that this matter was related to the two Western Saints, he immediately became alarmed.

"It is truly fortunate that you have such a fortunate connection, fellow Daoist." Luo Zu was secretly surprised, but offered his congratulations on the surface.

This person could be considered to have gained the favor of a sage, but unfortunately, he was unaware of the sage's realm and only cared about the present. Otherwise, becoming a disciple of the two Western sages would have been a good way out.

The eight classes of celestial beings in the West have only just been established. If He were to join them now, His future prospects would be truly limitless.

Unfortunately, He refused and went down the path He is on today.

However, Luo Zu cannot say that He has gone astray. After all, the future is uncertain, especially for Golden Immortals, who will occupy many future branches. Therefore, their possibilities are too numerous to count. Only if Da Luo intervenes can he grasp all the future branches of the Golden Immortals.

"Looking back now, I regret it. If I had accepted the invitation from the two sages, perhaps I wouldn't be so busy now." Chi Qu was filled with mixed feelings.

The path He chose was His own, so Luo Zu did not offer Him any comfort.

But then we returned to the current situation.

"If you don't hurry, Fellow Daoist, the Heavenly Witch will soon arrive," Luo Zu said quietly.

The title of the Heavenly Witch who controls the soil layers three hundred light-years away in this area is this—Terror!

Of course, this is just his name, not a nickname, and we cannot assume that his path of cultivation is a terrifying one.

"Fellow Daoists, are you alright?"

As the saying goes, "Speak of the devil and he shall appear," and as soon as Luo Zu uttered his name, his figure had already enveloped the area.

The power of the Great Dao permeated this place, sealing Luo Zu in place and rendering the rogue cultivator Chi Qu unable to move.

However, all of this was also one of Luo Zu's goals.

With the involvement of a third party, especially the involvement of the Witch Clan, the powerful demon clan members would only glance at this matter and would not pay much attention to it, otherwise it would be bad if it aroused the suspicion of the Witch Clan.

"Fellow Daoist Kong has arrived at just the right time." Luo Zu remained calm and composed, quietly using his Daoist magic to neutralize Kong Tianwu's power of the Great Dao, but he did not go any further to fight her. This was to show that he was not someone Kong Tianwu could manipulate at will, and also to show that he had no ill intentions.

"Hmph, just the right time? Do you really think so, fellow Daoist?" The figure of the Fear Heavenly Witch was quite huge, and he directly absorbed this place into his body, merging it into his Great Dao body.

Its power of the Great Dao was also revealed at this moment; it was the Great Dao of the Foul Earth, a lower-level Great Dao than the Great Dao of Earth and the Great Dao of the Land.

Further along this main road, one can reach some branch roads, and of course, some more magnificent roads as well.

However, it is probably difficult to reach the third step of the Golden Immortal – proving the Dao through divinity.

But reaching the second step is more than enough; at least he's much stronger than those rogue Golden Immortals.

If He wants to suppress Luo Zu, He needs to study His own Dao of Incarnation more deeply and see if He can sublimate it and refine it into an even more powerful Dao.

Therefore, He quickly lost the ability to sense Luo Zu's presence. Although He could still "see" him, Luo Zu left no trace in His body.

His heart sank, realizing he had kicked a hornet's nest.

But He is fearless. He was appointed by the ancestral witch Houtu to govern all things in this place, including the affairs of the witch clan, as well as all living beings and inanimate objects here.

(End of this chapter)