Chapter 110 Qiankun Cauldron
He comprehended the innate formations, refined the "Heavenly Array Divine Palace," absorbed and digested the merits of the Heavenly Dao, and experienced the profound mysteries of the newly obtained Qiankun Great Dao Heavenly Lineage. More than eight thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, the aura emanating from the Qiankun God and Demon became even more terrifying.
He not only mastered the complete Earthly Branch, but also grasped 30% of the Great Dao Rules of the Heavenly Branch, greatly increasing his offensive power.
What is revealed is that Qingyun's maximum coverage area has expanded by another 30%.
Qingyun merged with his companion spiritual treasure, the Qiankun Reverse Origin Pearl, transforming it into a small sword that fiercely stabbed towards a node of the innate formation.
At the same time, Xu Qiankun also had a long spear in his hand, which was the "Sky-Piercing Spear" that he had obtained as a spiritual treasure of acquired merit.
Although the power of the Void-Piercing Spear is only at the Golden Immortal level, as an acquired merit-based spiritual treasure, its essence is already at the Great Luo level. Even if used to fight against a Great Luo Golden Immortal, there is no need to worry about damage.
The small sword formed from the Qiankun Reversal Source Pearl pierced the node of the innate formation, causing the formation to tremble violently and nearly breaking the extremely stable energy balance.
Just then, Xu Qiankun made his move.
"aurora"
Suddenly, he thrust out his spear, and a dazzling point of light, as bright as the sun, landed on another array node.
bang
The balance of the formation was completely broken, and the great formation collapsed directly, turning into countless points of light that scattered.
Just as the great formation collapsed, a dark green light suddenly flew out from the formation and crashed into Him.
Xu Qiankun quickly reached out and caught it.
This is a bronze cauldron that is half the height of a person, with two handles and four legs. The body of the cauldron is decorated with the Eight Trigrams and the stars of the celestial sphere, and chaotic true fire occasionally appears at the mouth of the cauldron.
"As expected, it really is a primordial treasure, the Qiankun Cauldron."
He quickly used his innate divine and demonic power to refine the cauldron, and a message appeared, immediately letting him know the origin of the cauldron.
Xu Qiankun originally thought that since the Qiankun Cauldron was named after Qiankun, it should be related to the Qiankun Demon God during the Chaos period. In fact, there was indeed some connection between the two, but it was not related to the Qiankun Demon God, but rather to both the Qiankun Demon God and the Creation Demon God.
This treasure was transformed from the lotus seedpod of the thirty-six-petaled Chaos Green Lotus, which was on par with the Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Heaven-Opening Axe. It contains the complete rules of the Great Dao of Reincarnation and the complete rules of the Creation Great Dao. Moreover, the two Great Daos are perfectly integrated, and the power it exerts has surpassed that of the complete Great Dao, which is why the Qiankun Cauldron has 49 restrictions.
This is also why the Qiankun Cauldron is in harmony with the Great Dao of Qiankun; it can be said to be an object destined by the gods and demons of Qiankun.
Of course, if Nuwa were the one who encountered it first, that would be a different story.
As a supreme innate treasure, although it is not best at offense and defense, the effects it can produce are still extremely terrifying, and almost no other innate spiritual treasure can compare with it.
As for the ability to refine acquired skills to return to innate ones, it wasn't very important in the early stages of the primordial world. After all, in that era, any random stone you picked up might be an innate object.
He put away the Qiankun Cauldron, then searched the innate array space that had nurtured it, digging out all the valuable treasures inside.
To Xu Qiankun's surprise, there were actually two innate spiritual roots in this innate array space, and both of them were of superior quality.
One of them is the Primordial Spiritual Source Wood, whose function is to continuously produce primordial spiritual energy, and its leaves and branches are excellent materials for refining weapons.
The other spiritual root is a tea tree, the Enlightenment Tea.
Three thousand tea leaves grow on the tea tree, symbolizing enlightenment. When cultivating, holding one of these leaves in one's mouth will allow one to enter a state of sudden enlightenment. This is effective even for Great Luo Golden Immortals, and its effect lasts for one hundred years.
He happily transplanted the two innate spiritual roots into the "Heavenly Array Divine Palace".
"Next, we will focus all our efforts on refining the Qiankun Cauldron."
Xu Qiankun left all the miscellaneous tasks to his clone and Zi Lei, and focused on his seclusion to comprehend and refine the innate restrictions on the Qiankun Cauldron.
While refining the restrictions, Xu Qiankun was also comprehending the profound mysteries of the Great Dao within the Qiankun Cauldron, which deepened his control over the Great Dao of Qiankun and gave him some insight into the Great Dao of Creation.
The Heavenly Array Divine Palace, like street urchins, roamed aimlessly across the primordial continent.
As a treasure of the God-King level, and evolved by fusing with the merits of the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Array Divine Palace can also be considered a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. Even innate gods and demons at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm could not destroy it.
In this era, apart from the awakened Heavenly Dao, there was nothing in the primordial world that Xu Qiankun could be afraid of.
After 380,000 years, Xu Qiankun finally refined the 40th innate restriction of the Qiankun Cauldron. This was the limit of how quickly he could refine it. The remaining restrictions would either need to be worn down little by little over time, or he would have to wait until his strength improved before trying to refine them.
Xu Qiankun has plenty of time, but he doesn't want to drag things out.
How could He be willing to let the advantage He had worked so hard to build be cut off like this?
If you want to continue to improve your strength rapidly, there are only two ways.
Alternatively, one could seek out items produced by top-grade spiritual roots such as the Ancestral Root of the Peach of Immortality, the Yellow Plum, and the Creation Green Lotus Seed, which contain immense energy that can rapidly enhance the energy accumulation of innate gods and demons.
Either find a way to accumulate merit.
Although Heavenly Merit is not omnipotent, using it to comprehend the Great Dao or even to directly become a saint in place of the Great Dao is tantamount to cutting off one's own future. However, using it as energy to improve one's cultivation is not a problem at all, and can even create a stronger foundation.
"Merit, you still need to accumulate merit."
After much deliberation, Xu Qiankun decided that finding a way to accumulate merit was the more reliable approach.
He knew there were many ways to earn merit: calamity, teaching, mending the heavens, establishing the heavenly order, establishing reincarnation... as long as one did something beneficial to the primordial world or the heavenly way, or something that could remedy the defects of the heavenly way, one could earn merit.
Since there was no method of weapon crafting in the primordial world, He gained merit when He delivered the "Sky-Piercing Spear".
There were no cultivation methods in the primordial world that were truly suitable for all living beings. After he created the "Ascension to Immortality Technique," he also gained merit.
The same principle applies to the creation of formations.
"But now is not the right time."
In the primordial world, even the earliest innate gods and demons are hiding in their respective innate formations to cultivate, unwilling to come out. On the vast land, there are only ferocious beasts without any intelligence, and it is impossible to find anyone to teach them.
As for eons of suffering and the cycle of rebirth in the six realms, those are even further away.
The most reliable approach is still creation.
"Creation..." Xu Qiankun looked at this desolate land. "If one day, the race I created gradually takes over this primordial world, that wouldn't be impossible."
"I have just finished researching the life gene at 90,000 times its original value, and I can take it a step further and increase the life gene to 100,000 times its original value."
The life gene level of the Swallowed Star world is 100,000 times that of other worlds. In terms of foundation, it is already at the top level of innate gods and demons. The only difference lies in the control of the Great Dao.
But is mastering the Great Dao a matter for Xu Qiankun?
If he so desires, he can break through to become a true god right now, transcend reincarnation, and then immediately ascend to the rank of god-king.
The God-King who swallowed the starry sky is somewhat different from the Great Luo Golden Immortal of the primordial world.
The Great Luo Golden Immortal possesses immense power that resides within himself. The Great Dao, the power of gods and demons, the physical body, the primordial spirit, and so on are all integrated into one. Even the causal relationship with the past and future is severed. Everything returns to himself, and everything depends on himself.
The God-Kings who devour the stars are different. They have small universes outside, and as long as they reach the required level of understanding, they can immediately advance in rank without worrying about energy accumulation.
Because their inner universe evolves in sync, providing them with energy that matches their strength.
"I'm not in a hurry to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Whether it's the Great Dao of Life that the primordial universe has mastered or the Great Dao of Destruction that the world beasts have mastered, they will be of great help to me. I must find a way to comprehend them all."
Xu Qiankun's ambition was not to become a peak Great Luo Golden Immortal or an ultimate God King.
With the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth as a foundation, cultivating other Great Daos that are beneficial to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and integrating them into the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth will inevitably improve the quality of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and may even lead to the attainment of the Origin of Heaven and Earth.
The Heavenly Array Divine Palace stood at the foot of Mount Buzhou, feeling the terrifying pressure emanating from this enormous mountain peak.
He arrived at the foot of Buzhou Mountain 180,000 years ago. However, Buzhou Mountain held too many secrets and still contained the terrifying will left behind by the Great God Pangu. Even as a Great Luo Golden Immortal, Xu Qiankun could not get close.
However, Xu Qiankun could clearly sense that as time passed, the will of Pangu on Buzhou Mountain was gradually weakening. Perhaps in another 30 to 50 million years, a Great Luo Golden Immortal would be qualified to ascend this mountain.
Xu Qiankun began studying his own genes in a vast world within the Heavenly Array Divine Palace, a world spanning tens of millions of miles.
Every drop of His blood contains the imprint of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and cannot appear in the world of Swallowing the Stars, otherwise it will inevitably attract the attention of the primordial will of the universe and the supreme rules.
Therefore, he could only study his own genes in the primordial world, letting the consciousness of the Devouring Stars verify them to avoid going down the wrong path.
Xu Qiankun firmly believed that as long as he could understand the life genes of his innate gods and demons, creating all kinds of life forms would be a piece of cake.