Chapter 424: The Primordial Ocean, East Coast

The Primordial Ocean, East Coast.

Zhao Xing was carried by the sea waves and delivered to the shore.

After leaping onto the shore, Zhao Xing turned back and cupped his hands toward Lans, who was at the crest of the tide: "Many thanks to Fellow Daoist Lans for the escort."

"Until we meet again."

"Until we meet again."

Swish~

Zhao Xing disappeared into the entrance specifically for Coral-level members.

"I hope we really can meet again." Lans smiled. He was now at the peak of the Life-Death Dao Domain realm, a ninth-rank Coral member.

To enter the Reincarnation realm, one must see through life and death, but how easy is that to say?

Lans had stayed in the Primordial Ocean for three hundred thousand years, hoping to borrow a bit of courage from the vast sea, but even now, he dared not take that step.

"The closer one gets, the more awe one feels."

A faint, almost imperceptible sigh dissipated with the waves.

…………

Emerging from the Instant Flower and transferring via the Thousand-Star Vine, Zhao Xing walked along the path in high spirits.

"At the Origin realm stage, standing firm for ten breaths at one million nautical miles in the Primordial Ocean signifies that one already possesses the capabilities of the Life-Death Dao Domain realm in certain aspects."

"As long as one can achieve this, one can directly top up their points to 102. million and become a first-rank Coral member."

"A rule specifically formulated for the geniuses among geniuses."

"If one waits until reaching the Dao Domain realm to attempt it, the original point rules still apply. Reaching the one-million-mile mark would only yield nine million-plus points, and one would have to keep moving forward."

An Origin realm cultivator reaching one million nautical miles and a Dao Domain realm cultivator reaching one million nautical miles are two completely different concepts; the former has a higher future ceiling!

"Many members from the Primordial Assembly 1, 75 years ago have already entered the Dao Domain realm now." Zhao Xing looked at the Star Mirror. "Their path in the Origin realm has reached its end; staying any longer won't make their Origin foundation any more robust."

"Like Han Chuchen and True Person Miaosong, they have already entered the Dao Domain realm, birthed magic power, and transformed their Dao fields into Dao Domains."

"They reached their limits long ago, and I should also see my own limits, break through to the Dao Domain realm early, and seize the initiative for the next version."

"First, let's use up these 100 million-plus points. Primarily to recover from the sequelae in my soul."

……

Seaweed City, Treasure Exchange Hall.

Naina Zi had been waiting early in front of the exclusive high-level reception hall.

"Lord Zhao, congratulations on becoming a respected Coral-level member."

Glancing at the curvaceous Naina Zi, Zhao Xing smiled: "Naina Zi, you're not bad yourself. Over a thousand years have passed, and you're almost at the Yin-Yang Dao Domain realm."

"Many thanks for the praise, my lord. You are the sun and moon, while I am but a tiny firefly." Naina Zi was very respectful. "Please, take a seat, my lord."

Amidst the flattery, Naina Zi welcomed Zhao Xing into the hall to be seated: "My lord, after becoming a Coral-level member, your residence will be changed. You will no longer live in Seaweed City, but in Coral City, which is built on the first layer of the Dao Manifestation stratum and has a higher spiritual energy index."

"In addition, your attendant members will also be replaced, unless you specifically request to retain someone..."

Naina Zi began to introduce the new benefits and treatment.

Seaweed City and Seagrass City are both temporary residences; members can only stay for at most two thousand years, and can at most be considered 'tenants.'

After becoming Coral-level, one can move into Coral City and possess ownership of land and manors; that is what it truly means to be a master.

Otherwise, one is just a passerby in the Primordial Realm.

The Star Mirror was further upgraded, and permissions were correspondingly increased.

Zhao Xing even discovered that in the newly replaced Star Mirror, options such as 'Starfire Organization,' 'Imperial Military Department,' and 'Red Star Frontier' had appeared.

"From this moment on, I can be considered a true member of the Primordial Realm; I finally have a foundation." Zhao Xing sighed with emotion.

True Primordial Realm members have permissions to connect directly to the empire's major critical departments! Such as Starfire, the frontier, and the military department.

Before this, if Zhao Xing wanted to contact Starfire, he had to send a clone out of the Primordial Realm and then use personal connections to find them; now, he could connect directly.

These permissions are meant to cultivate a sense of ownership among Coral-level members and enhance their sense of belonging.

"My lord, these two storage rings: one contains the physical benefits for Coral-level members, and the other contains the treasures you ordered."

"Hmm."

Zhao Xing opened the smaller ring to take a look.

Inside were a few elixirs, seven types of identity seals, and twenty-four sets of 'one-click deployment' magic arrays.

They were either keys to certain safe houses or emergency distress signals. In extreme situations where the Star Mirror is blocked, they can be used for self-rescue.

This was not much different from what Zhao Xing knew in his previous life, so he just took a casual look and set them aside.

The second ring contained the treasures he had spent over 100 million points to purchase.

Primarily treasures to compensate for the soul sequelae.

"Last time, in order to pass Zuo Qiyu's checkpoint, I swallowed 500 Soul-Returning Pills in one go. Although it raised my soul level to the Yin-Yang Dao Domain realm, it also left behind sequelae."

"Three pieces of 【Soul-Cleansing Jade】 and two 'Rice Soul Worms' should be enough." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Next are the Five Elements Origin Stones and Yin-Yang Stones needed to cultivate the Hunyuan Diagram, and the intermediate Boundary-Setting Tower."

The Hunyuan Realm cultivation technique is the biggest consumer; the ceiling of the Origin space determines the ceiling of the 'flood-of-troops' style.

"I am going into seclusion."

Zhao Xing waved his hand, and Naina Zi immediately retreated.

…………

Inside the cultivation room, three palm-sized, dark purple Soul-Cleansing Jades floated around Zhao Xing.

The three purple jades emitted light, penetrating directly into Zhao Xing's soul.

Warm and comfortable.

The swelling and strange bubbles on Zhao Xing's soul were all alleviated.

"Next are the Rice Soul Worms."

Opening two silver metal boxes, two rice-grain-sized worms quickly broke through Zhao Xing's head and burrowed inside.

Rice Soul Worms are not true living organisms, but medical-type Dao soldiers created by the 'Mechanic Physician' branch of the Mechanic profession.

The two 'Rice Soul Worms' followed the illumination of the purple light and entered the sea of consciousness.

Soon, they divided into two, then four, and in the blink of an eye, there were 100, 00 of them.

They swarmed forward, heading straight for the life soul.

"The sequelae of the three souls are actually in the life soul; the other two souls are only listless because the life soul is ailing."

Zhao Xing remained motionless, watching the Rice Soul Worms fly over.

Immediately after, he enjoyed a 'health defense battle' with clear division of labor and extremely high efficiency.

A large number of Rice Soul Worms burrowed into his soul body, cutting and devouring the cystic bubbles, and pulling out soul parasites that were micro-imperceptible yet real.

The entire process lasted only two and a half months; apart from being a bit itchy, there was basically no discomfort.

After the treatment was finished, the purple light shone on the Rice Soul Worms, guiding them out.

"Patta~"

The two Rice Soul Worms had grown four or five times larger. They returned to the silver metal boxes, and after they were closed, a flash of fire and high light occurred, leaving only ash inside the boxes.

"Refreshing."

Zhao Xing stretched his body, then looked inward at his sea of consciousness, finding his soul body bright, round, and solemn, having recovered its former luster.

"The empire is truly awesome; it deserves to be a country with God-realm Mechanics."

In many ancient countries, gorging on 500 Soul-Returning Pills would be an intractable disease.

In the empire's Primordial Realm, Zhao Xing didn't even need to find a physician.

This avoided the risk of having his soul pried into.

"It's just a bit expensive."

"100 million points; repairing the soul sequelae took 60 million, and 40 million went into the cultivation technique—it was gone in an instant."

"This little bit of resources isn't even enough to fill the gaps in my teeth." Zhao Xing clapped his hands, opened the Star Mirror, and accepted over a thousand missions in one go.

"Send out the Void Grass Man for a grand point sweep!"

…………

July, the 1775th year of entering the Primordial Realm.

Zhao Xing dispatched the Void Grass Man, comparing it with the point missions of the Primordial Realm, and began to sweep them one by one.

"Wind-Thunder Canyon, combining the Wind and Thunder Daos; the canyon is only ten thousand miles long, and I get 100 points for every mile walked? The total points are only a million, but even a mosquito is meat."

"Hmm? There's also a record bonus? If I can refresh the clearance time and enter the top ten of this session, I can get an extra multiplier bonus. If I can break the first-place record, I can get a 10x bonus, which is 10 million points."

"This is worth doing."

The Void Grass Man stood outside Wind-Thunder Canyon and glanced at the stone tablet at the entrance, which only had ten names on it.

"First place is Tuo Sen, taking three quarters and two breaths."

"Second place is Pu Tianrui, taking three quarters and eight breaths."

"Third place is Wu Yanlin, taking three quarters and twelve breaths."

"Fourth place is a Heavenly Time school Agronomist named Fang Hongyu, taking three quarters and nineteen breaths."

"Fifth place, Fairy Youling..."

"Sixth place, Han Qianye."

"Seventh place, Miaosong."

"Eighth place, Su Jiudao."

"Ninth place, Wei Lan."

"Tenth place, Kaslo."

"The top five all cleared within four quarters of an hour, and the last five all took more than four quarters, but the gap is not large."

With a thought from Zhao Xing, the Void Grass Man immediately began its first attempt.

"Boom~"

Thunder rose from the flat ground.

Just as it entered the canyon, continuous thunderbolts struck toward the Void Grass Man.

The Void Grass Man's figure flickered, and the series of thunderbolts struck behind it.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

The Void clone flew rapidly.

"Compared to the comprehensive test of the Primordial Ocean, Wind-Thunder Canyon is a pure spell attack; two major arrays shroud the canyon, and the power continuously escalates."

"If you get hit by a thunderbolt or a gale, you will immediately enter a cycle, hindering your progress."

"Hiding underground is useless; the intensity of the Yin wind and Yin thunder underground is equally high."

The entire Wind-Thunder Canyon can be said to be an exquisite Yin-Yang Wind-Thunder Array!

For the ten-thousand-mile journey, if one were traveling normally, it wouldn't even take the time of a blink.

But now Zhao Xing was flying very slowly because the two Daos of Wind and Thunder were continuously interfering with the Void Grass Man's control over the Void Dao.

They couldn't defeat Zhao Xing, but they could slow him down.

In the end, Zhao Xing's first clearance time was fixed at three quarters and sixteen breaths.

"Replacing Fang Hongyu in fourth place, I get a seven-fold bonus, which is 7 million points."

"The first time was just to get familiar with the level; the speed was a bit slow, it should be possible to improve it further." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"If I can surpass the first place, I can get another 3 million points; let's try it."

Whoosh~

Regrouping, Zhao Xing entered Wind-Thunder Canyon again.

…………

"He went to Wind-Thunder Canyon!" Han Qianye and Daoist Miaosong were staying in Seaweed City when Daoist Miaosong suddenly received news that his ranking in Wind-Thunder Canyon had dropped by one.

"I saw Zhao Xing in the new ranking."

"What rank?" Han Qianye suddenly looked up, his eyes burning.

"Fourth, it only took him three quarters and sixteen breaths!"

Han Qianye's eyes were filled with high fighting spirit: "Good, good, what a Void Grass Man!"

Whoosh! Han Qianye disappeared from the spot instantly.

……

In Wind-Thunder Canyon, Zhao Xing's second attempt ended.

"Three quarters and seven breaths, reaching second place."

Zhao Xing took a look, lost in thought.

After adjusting for a while, he continued his third attempt.

Just after he entered Wind-Thunder Canyon for the third time.

Pu Tianrui and Wu Yanlin, who had been surpassed, also received the news.

"Zhao Xing is in Wind-Thunder Canyon?"

"He's already in second place."

"Good opportunity."

Pu Tianrui and Wu Yanlin were also in Seaweed City, and at this moment, they immediately rushed toward Wind-Thunder Canyon.

It wasn't just Han Qianye and True Person Miaosong who wanted to witness the capabilities of the Void Grass Man; they wanted to have a fight with Zhao Xing even more.

After all, this was the legendary Grass Man unique skill!

There were no shortage of people camping out in Seaweed City, and the number of people sending invitations to Zhao Xing via the Star Mirror was countless.

However, Zhao Xing's true self was cultivating the Hunyuan Diagram and didn't look at the Star Mirror at all; he had no idea that many geniuses were looking for him, wanting to compete.

…………

The third clearance ended.

Zhao Xing stood at the other end of the canyon.

Arcs of electricity crackled on the Grass Man's shoulders.

There were scorch marks in many places.

"Two quarters and fifteen breaths." Zhao Xing patted the arcs on his shoulder with satisfaction: "10 million points in hand; the only flaw is that it doesn't count as a flawless clearance."

The first two attempts were aimed at flawless clearance, so they were naturally slower.

The last time, he didn't plan to dodge, so it was naturally much faster.

"My Void Grass Man is using practice materials, so there is still room for improvement, but this is also Tuo Sen's record from five hundred years ago."

"I don't know who is stronger between him and me now."

Zhao Xing saw his name above Tuo Sen's, then set it aside and went to the next location to fish for points.

……

Just after he left, a large crowd appeared outside Wind-Thunder Canyon.

"Is Zhao Xing here? Coral-level member Haibo, please enlighten me!"

"Mushroom King, please have a great battle with me, Hongyue!"

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, why don't you accept the challenge invitations in the Star Mirror?"

"......"

There were many people, and neither Han Qianye nor True Person Miaosong had a chance to speak before being preempted.

"It seems everyone has the same idea." The two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake their heads.

With so many people, including many old-school Dao Domain realm experts of the seventh or eighth Coral rank, they didn't know if it would even be their turn.

However, after scanning for a while, they found that Zhao Xing was nowhere to be found in Wind-Thunder Canyon, leaving only the name on the stone tablet and the incredibly eye-catching record of two quarters and fifteen breaths.

……

Primordial Realm, Layered Boundary Mountain.

"Layered Boundary Mountain is a very unique natural landscape in the universe, with peaks layered upon each other in the void."

Zhao Xing stood on a green vine leaf, looking into the distance.

Standing outside, he could see the outside and inside of the peaks, macroscopically and microscopically.

The reason for this is that Layered Boundary Mountain usually penetrates multiple layers of the void.

If it penetrates the Elephant Manifestation stratum, the Dao Manifestation stratum, and the Dao Ancient stratum, it is called a Three-Layered Boundary Mountain.

This Layered Boundary Mountain was a typical Three-Layered Boundary Mountain.

The mission related to it is called the 'Mountain Moving Mission.'

"The more Layered Boundary Mountain stones dug out within the specified time, the more points obtained." Zhao Xing looked at this mission and couldn't help but smile.

"Well, the Primordial Realm also plagiarizes; this is clearly the training content of the Primordial Hill."

Digging out a complete Three-Layered Boundary Mountain is extremely difficult.

Because the Three-Layered Boundary Mountain continuously converts the origin of the void to form new mountain stones.

The Five Poisons Emperor once complained that the eldest disciple of the Hongshan Emperor of the Primordial Hill was a waste, taking over three hundred years to dig away one Three-Layered Boundary Mountain; in fact, this speed was already very good, but it still failed to meet the needs of the higher-ups.

"The Foolish Old Man moves the mountains, relying on his endless descendants, but if the mountain is also endless, what should be done?" Zhao Xing muttered a sentence, then plunged into the Three-Layered Boundary Mountain.