Chapter 3: Ancestor Yang Mei, Reversing Time and Space

Cultivating for countless months.

After activating the 100,000-fold cultivation speed, Gu's cultivation also reached the Daluo Late Stage.

Just one step away from reaching Daluo Peak.

"Eh?"

Just at this moment, Gu tilted his gaze slightly.

Because he discovered that an innate spiritual treasure had been born beneath his true form.

It radiated endless divine brilliance and treasure light.

"A Superior Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Life Staff!"

After Gu finished investigating the information on this companion spiritual treasure, his heart was filled with joy.

"Although the grade is a bit low, it is a companion spiritual treasure after all, and it is the closest to my origin!"

Immediately following this, Gu entered into a deep slumber once again.

After another ten thousand eons.

Gu's cultivation finally reached Daluo Golden Immortal Peak.

"With my current cultivation, I reckon I can be ranked in the second tier of Honghuang."

Gu smiled faintly.

In the current Honghuang, the Great Calamity of Fierce Beasts has just passed, the strong have withered, and the myriad clans have either fallen or retreated into seclusion.

On the surface, only the Ancestral Dragon, Yuan Huang, and Shi Qilin of the Innate Three Clans are at the Hunyuan Golden Immortal level.

Daluo Golden Immortal Peak is indeed the second tier.

Moreover, the Daluo of the current Honghuang are all Daluo who have walked their own Rice.

They are not comparable to those Immortal Rice Daluo of later generations!

One creates their own Rice techniques, while the other merely picks up the scraps of others.

The two cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

"Right, ten thousand years have passed; I wonder if the Life Tree in the Small World has survived!"

As early as ten thousand years ago, Gu had taken a branch of his own and transplanted it into the Small World.

At this time,

In the center of the continent of Yuanyi World.

A giant tree several thousand zhang tall grew atop a Shenshan.

This was precisely the Low-grade Innate Spiritual Root Life Tree that Gu had transplanted.

At this time, the Life Tree had not yet birthed consciousness.

For this reason, Gu specifically used his own life essence to irrigate it.

He believed that it would not be long before it birthed spiritual consciousness and became the second Life Tree of Honghuang.

"Little one, grow up quickly!"

Gu said with immense anticipation.

This feeling was just like having a child of his own.

Both excited and expectant.

If it weren't for the fear that Yuanyi World could not withstand too many Life Trees, he would have really wanted to plant a few more.

Just like this, Gu stayed in Yuanyi World for several hundred years.

During this period, besides cultivating the Life Tree, he also satisfied his idea of creating life.

Because of this, the many small animals of Yuanyi World could not avoid being toyed with by him.

Over the past few hundred years, Gu created quite a few low-intelligence species.

【You began to create life, you understood the animal body structure, you gained accumulation.】

【You began to create life, you analyzed the laws of life, comprehended the ability of creation, you gained accumulation.】

【You began...】

Honghuang does not record years.

Gu awakened from his slumber once again, a trace of confusion in his eyes.

"What time is it now?"

"How long have I slept?"

He was, after all, a tree.

Not yet transformed.

These years, besides cultivating, he was either sleeping.

He had long forgotten the concept of time.

Holding a curious mindset, he could not help but extend his Divine Sense to probe outside of Mount Buzhou.

Just as his Divine Sense probed outside the Great Array.

Suddenly, an aged voice came through.

"This fellow Daoist, this old Daoist offers his greetings!"

At this moment, at the foot of Mount Buzhou, an old man with white hair and beard, and long eyebrows hanging from his brow tips, was looking up toward the direction of the mountain peak.

"Hmm?"

Gu felt a shock in his heart and almost withdrew his Divine Sense.

However, Gu quickly steadied himself.

With a majestic tone, he replied:

"Who are you!"

The long-browed elder frowned slightly, but did not act rashly.

Although with his strength, he feared no one.

He was not invincible, however.

After some thought, the long-browed elder smiled courteously: "This old Daoist is merely an ordinary seeker of the Rice, passing by by chance; I did not expect to encounter a fellow Daoist."

"What is your business?"

Gu fell silent for a moment.

Subsequently, his voice resonated out again from all directions.

The long-browed old Daoist smiled indifferently, not responding to Gu directly, but instead probing his Divine Sense toward the depths of Mount Buzhou.

"Judging by the situation, fellow Daoist, you must be hiding within an Innate Great Array, right?"

"Moreover, based on the fluctuations of your Divine Sense, you must be an accomplished master of the Space Great Rice!"

Hearing this, Gu smiled.

Over these years, relying on his heaven-defying comprehension, he had realized many of the Three Thousand Great Daos, and he considered that in terms of the Space Great Rice, apart from Yang Mei and the Space Ancestral Witch Dijiang.

No one else could surpass him.

"This old Daoist is curious, what is your origin, fellow Daoist, that you could rival me, Yang Mei, in the way of space?"

As he spoke, the elder's Divine Sense probed fiercely, then he said with pleasant surprise: "Found you!"

The next moment, Yang Mei's figure vanished.

He then appeared outside the Primordial Hunyuan Heavenly Secret Array at the peak of Mount Buzhou.

"Hmm?"

Looking at the void in front of him, Yang Mei furrowed his brows.

He had originally thought he would appear directly in front of the other party.

But for some reason, at this very moment, he had completely lost the other party's presence.

It was as if the other party had never appeared at all.

"It seems there is an extremely terrifying hidden Great Array here!"

Yang Mei shook his head.

"Forgive my intrusion, fellow Daoist, this old Daoist was too abrupt!"

Gu, whose Divine Sense was back inside the Great Array, breathed a sigh of relief.

That was close, that was close.

The Heavenly Rice-level Innate Great Array had blocked Yangmei Laozu.

This Yang Mei was, after all, a Great Supernatural Being of the way of space.

At the same time, he was a Hunyuan Saint in the Primordial World who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Hongjun.

Facing such a Great Supernatural Being, no matter how arrogant Gu was, he could not help but feel a bit nervous.

Now it seemed it was all a false alarm.

Gu replied: "You are too polite, fellow Daoist; this seat is... Yuan Yi!"

"What is your intention in coming here, fellow Daoist?"

Yang Mei sighed slightly, "This old Daoist just wanted to tour the Primordial Land before entering seclusion; I happened to pass by this place and have no ill intent."

"Meeting is fate; I was abrupt with you, fellow Daoist, and having no decent gift to offer, I shall present you with the Lock Heaven Chain, a Superior Innate Spiritual Treasure formed from a section of my willow branch."

As he spoke, Yang Mei tossed it into the air.

A streak of light, under his guidance, submerged into the Great Array.

But because it lacked Gu's guidance, the Lock Heaven Chain could only spin foolishly in the void.

Immediately after, starlight shone again in Yang Mei's hand, and he said: "This is my realization of the way of space; I shall gift it to you as well, hoping you may gain some insight into the way of space, fellow Daoist!"

The next moment, Yang Mei vanished from where he stood.

Leaving behind a bewildered Gu.

"????"

"This Yang Mei, is he really this kind?"

He shook his head, unable to make sense of it.

Finally, Gu used his divine power to pull both the Lock Heaven Chain and Yang Mei's space insights into the Great Array.

Although the Lock Heaven Chain was a Superior Innate Spiritual Treasure, to Gu, it was better than nothing.

What Gu truly valued was this set of space insights.

【You have comprehended Yang Mei's space insights, you have attained enlightenment on the way of space, and by combining it with your own Space Rice Law, you have mastered the complete Space Rice Law.】

【Combining it with the Space Rice Law, you have a flash of inspiration and create a divine ability: Disorderly Space-Time!】

【You...】

In the Primordial World, time flies like a shuttle.

But for other worlds, only an instant had passed.

Just at this moment, a long-lost mechanical sound rang out.

【Ding!】

【Ding, Changsun Wugou of the Great Tang World has accepted your friend request.】

(End of this chapter)