Chapter 531: Primordial

【……】

Little Love fell completely silent.

Logically speaking, this... is completely feasible!

Moreover, this is simply a perfect plan tailor-made for this cowardly host of ours!

"How? Can't do it?"

Gu Yuan leaned back in his chair, tone relaxed, "If you can't do it, forget it. Anyway, I won't joke with my own life. At worst, we just won't take this mission."

【Okay!】

Almost the moment Gu Yuan's voice fell, Little Love's voice, filled with grievance yet a hint of urgency, sounded.

【Currently customizing exclusive mixed mode for the master... mode has been generated!】

【Please input the core resources of 'investment' and 'infusion'.】

"That's right, huh?"

Gu Yuan smiled with satisfaction.

He extended a finger; upon his fingertip, a wisp of soul fire, weak to the point of being nearly undetectable yet containing the imprint of his own origin, quietly appeared.

"Use this."

He then forced out a drop of golden blood; within the blood, the phantom of 123 immortal meridians flashed by.

"Add this as well."

Gu Yuan looked at the system's light screen and said leisurely:

"I will invest this soul of mine and this drop of origin blood into the Primordial world."

【... System is conducting highest-priority simulation...】

【Simulation complete...】

【This plan is feasible.】

After a long while, Little Love's voice, sounding somewhat hesitant mechanically, slowly rang out.

"Then it's settled." Gu Yuan snapped his fingers satisfiedly, "Let's begin. Remember, find me a good seedling; don't invest in just any cat or dog—my investment is quite costly."

【... As you wish.】

In Little Love's voice lay an indescribable, complex emotion.

It always felt that something was off.

But logically speaking, the host's request also fully complies with the rules.

As its voice fell.

The wisp of soul on Gu Yuan's fingertip and that drop of essence blood turned into a stream of light, sinking into the rotating Primordial world model.

The light flashed.

A line of golden characters appeared on the light screen.

【Investment successful.】

【Now crossing the world barrier... now analyzing the target world's laws... now searching for the best investment target...】

【Target locking...】

【Target locked successfully!】

【Ding!】

【New round of vacation world coordinates have been locked.】

【World type: Mythology】

【World name: Primordial·Witch-Demon Era】

【World background: At the beginning of heaven and earth's opening, when the primordial chaos was first divided, myriad races stood tall, and innate deities walked upon the land. The witch and demon clans, vying for the position of heaven's protagonists, are about to wage war; this is the beginning of the great calamity, and beneath the sages, all are but ants.】

【Main quest 1: Great Calamity Gambit.】

【Explanation: The witch-demon final battle is imminent, the protagonists of heaven and earth are about to change. At the center of the great calamity's vortex, make your choice.】

【Reward: Depending on the host's choice and completion degree. If choosing to aid the witches, reward: a wisp of Pangu Origin Essence Blood; if choosing to aid the demons, reward: the origin diagram of the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array; if choosing to pacify the calamity, reward: a path of Xuan Huang Merit.】

【Main quest 2: Seeking Roots and the Dao.】

【Explanation: Upon the Primordial earth, find an item that belongs to you, an innate treasure.】

【Reward: Depending on the grade of the acquired innate spiritual root or treasure. The lowest obtainable is a 'Twelve-Grade Purifying White Lotus' (lotus seed x1), innate Ren Water Peach (sapling x1).】

【Ultimate quest: Foundation of Proving the Dao.】

【Explanation: Under the Way of Heaven, sages are eternal. Here at the source of this myth, prove the Dao.】

【Reward:???】

Primordial, Sun Star.

This is the source of the utmost yang and rigid qi in the entire Primordial world.

A fireball so huge it defies description hangs silently in the endless chaos, burning unchanged for hundreds of millions of years.

The surface of the fireball is the true solar fire capable of instantly melting even a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

And within the fireball's core, in a golden ocean formed from the purest solar origin, two great lives are being nurtured.

No one knows how long has passed.

One of these lives, consciousness began to awaken.

Who am I?

Where am I?

Countless chaotic, unfamiliar, yet extraordinarily clear memory fragments surged into his mind like a tide.

Pangu opened the heavens……Three Thousand Demon Gods……Dragon-Han Initial Calamity……Dao Ancestor lecturing on the Dao……

Primeval Immortal Realm……Gu Family……transmigration……system……

His consciousness rapidly integrated and formed within the vast flood of information.

He slowly opened his eyes.

Those were a pair of eyes burning with golden flames.

He lowered his head and looked at his own body.

No human limbs; instead, there were wings covered in splendid golden feathers, and three claws capable of tearing the heavens.

Three-legged Golden Crow.

Emperor of the Sun Star.

He raised his head and looked not far away.

There, another life identical to him still slept, its aura sharing the same origin as his.

That was his elder brother, Di Jun.

And he was Taiyi.

Future demon sovereign, wielding the Chaos Bell, suppressing an era's supreme existence——Donghuang Taiyi!

……

Gu Family Divine Island, inside the secret chamber.

【Lock Success】

【Target Identity: Taiyi】

【Race: Three-legged Golden Crow】

【Origin: Essence of the Sun Star transformed from Pangu's left eye, top-tier primordial deity】

【Born Spirit Treasure: Donghuang Bell (unrecognized master)】

Gu Yuan's relaxed expression on his face instantly froze.

He slowly sat upright, staring at the two glaring words on the light curtain, remaining silent for a long time.

How could it be him?

"Xiao Ai."

【Here, Master!】

"Explain this to me." Gu Yuan's voice was calm, "What's going on?"

【According to the system's optimal matching principle……】

Xiao Ai immediately began to explain,

【The host's soul and essence blood you provided contain multiple supreme laws such as 'Heavenly Emperor Sovereignty' and 'Supreme and Ultimate'; meanwhile, your immortal body's source power has a high affinity with true solar fire. In the primordial world, the existence with the highest affinity to this drop of essence blood is the primordial deity born on the Sun Star—Taiyi. Therefore……】

"So you just turned me into Donghuang Taiyi?"

【……That's one way to understand it.】

Xiao Ai answered somewhat guiltily.

Gu Yuan said nothing.

He merely stared silently at the light curtain.

Donghuang Taiyi.

This opening is more than just a heavenly hand.

It's literally flipping the whole table, directly telling everyone that I've won this round.

But……

Gu Yuan knows better than anyone the fate of Donghuang Taiyi.

The Witch-Demon War, ending in mutual destruction with the Twelve Ancestral Witches, death of body and dao, annihilation of the primordial spirit.

This is a tragic figure destined from birth to die in the calamity.

Is the system taking revenge on itself?

Of course.

Gu Yuan knows this possibility is currently low.

His gaze returned to the light curtain.

Donghuang Taiyi.

A doomed ending.

Anyone would likely fall into despair.

But Gu Yuan will not.

In his view, so-called fate is merely an excuse the weak make for their failures.

Moreover……

He is not the true Taiyi.

His goal is not to lead the demon clan to glory, nor to fight to the death with the witch clan.

He only needs to use that identity to reach the pinnacle.

From this perspective,

The identity of Donghuang Taiyi is an invincible hegemony of the early demon clan.

It's incredibly awesome!

He only needs to use this identity to seize unclaimed primordial spiritual treasures and take the origins of cave heavens and blessed lands.

Then, just retreat completely at the right time.

Now, the only problem is.

Why would the system give me such an ultra-high difficulty world?

Or rather, has even such an ultra-high difficulty world already been infiltrated by Zang Tian Ge?