Chapter 9: The Path of Primordial Energy

The divine formula card is a unified entity; each time it is used, only one person can utilize it.
The Golden Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, Fire Lord, and Earth Lord listened to the words of the Divine Vessel God and then fell silent for a moment.
“Fire Lord, you go ahead,” the four—Golden Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, and Earth Lord—decided unanimously.
Currently, the one active in the Immortal Realm is the Fire Lord. It is necessary for him to rapidly improve his cultivation and achieve success at Tongzhou Hall, so as to gain fame on Zhu Yan Star and eventually have the chance to go to Huoxia Star.
Hearing their words, the Fire Lord nodded and smiled, saying, “I understand. Then I won’t decline and will use it first.”
The “Five Energies and Three Flowers” divine formula card appeared in the Fire Lord’s hands. At the same time, he entered the Fire Element Primordial Pool first—a pool filled with pure warmth energy.
The Golden Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, and Earth Lord also quickly went to their respective primordial pool areas and entered their own pools.
The Golden Lord, having already grasped the power of sharpness, chose the power of firmness primordial pool.
The Wood Lord, having grasped the power of flexibility, chose the power of extension primordial pool.
The Water Lord, having grasped the power of moisture, chose the power of nourishment primordial pool.
The Earth Lord, having grasped the power of support, chose the power of bearing primordial pool.
Firmness, sharpness, flexibility, moisture, and bearing.
After entering the warmth energy primordial pool, the Fire Lord relaxed his entire body, and his immortal consciousness immediately dispersed into this realm of pure warmth, sensing the continuously flowing Fire Element primordial energy and getting familiar with its various characteristics.
At the same time, the divine formula card also entered the Fire Lord’s soul space.
At this moment, the card took the shape of a purple magnolia, with one of its petals glowing and emitting a hazy red light. Within this red light, six black stone slabs, each as tall as a person, appeared.
Enlightenment Steles.
The front sides of the steles suddenly lit up completely, like mirrors, on which images appeared.
A flame spread through the air, causing the spatial spiritual energy to expand.
Snow fell everywhere, turning all things to ice; silence reigned supreme. Suddenly, sunlight shone, bringing warmth to the cold, and signs of revival appeared in the world.
In a section of the starry sky, a stream of meteorites flowed slowly, as if an invisible hand was pushing them along.
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One after another, scenes appeared on the Enlightenment Steles, allowing the Fire Lord’s soul to continuously gain insights.

At the same time, the pure Warmth Energy in the Warmth Energy Source Pool had seeped into the Fire Lord’s body, driving the Fire Energy Source within him to flow out. As a result, the entire Fire Lord’s body seemed to become part of this source pool, forming a perfect cycle of Warmth Energy.

In the other four areas, the Gold Lord was comprehending the Strength of Firmness, the Wood Lord was comprehending the Strength of Extension, the Water Lord was comprehending the Strength of Nourishment, and the Earth Lord was comprehending the Strength of Support. However, when these four were comprehending these four types of source energies, they couldn’t compare to the Fire Lord. Their bodies had not yet merged with the source pool as one entity, and the information their souls received was extremely limited.

Nevertheless, the Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, and Earth Lord gained insights in this source pool much faster than through cultivation outside.

While Qu Yi’s five avatars were busy in the cultivation space, Qu Yi’s true self was inside the Inch Realm Sphere. Qu Yi’s true self didn’t need to cultivate— the achievements of his five avatars would appear in his dantian, and all the gains from their cultivation would be directly acquired by him. Thus, Qu Yi’s true self, like a Divine Artifact, lay comfortably on a soft chair, gazing at the rippling lake surface ahead.

“Divine Artifact, you’ve seen those twenty formation jade slips given to me by the fat guy, right? What do you think?” Qu Yi asked with a smile.

Zhen Nan Tian had given the Fire Lord all the formations from the Absolute Fire Peak. Since the Fire Lord was currently cultivating, the task of scanning these formations was assigned to Qu Yi’s true self. Earlier, Qu Yi had asked the Divine Artifact to take a look.

“Trash. All of it is trash. This Tongzhou Hall can only show off on Zhu Yan Star,” the Divine Artifact snapped disdainfully.

Tongzhou Hall had only its hall master, Yun Zhouzi, who was a Earth Immortal. Naturally, the formation manuals within the sect were not very powerful. Thus, in front of this master of formations, even Earth Immortal-level formations were dismissed as worthless, let alone these Human Immortal-level ones.

Qu Yi didn’t take it seriously and said with a smile, “Regardless of whether they’re trash or not, Divine Artifact, explain these formations clearly and teach them all to me. In a year, the Fire Lord will have to report back.”

There was only one year in the cultivation space. The Fire Lord had promised himself that he would master all the formations given by Zhen Nan Tian within this year.

The Divine Artifact chewed on its words, sighed, and said indifferently, “It’s really frustrating. They’re clearly just trash, yet you still want this master of formations to waste time on them. Fine, I’ll get busy and sort these trash out for you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, twenty formation jade slips floated in front of the Artifact God. One after another, they emitted a flash of light before landing on Qu Yi’s body. In just a short while, the Artifact God had figured out all the formations in those twenty jade slips. Qu Yi put the jade slips into his space ring, then smiled at the Artifact God and winked, signaling that it was time for the Artifact God to teach him the formations. The Artifact God snorted, pointed with his finger, and cursed, “From now on, don’t make me help you decipher these trashy things again. It truly disrespects my reputation as a master of formations.” Hearing this, Qu Yi wanted to laugh, but suddenly stopped—some new content had appeared in his soul, as the Artifact God had directly imprinted the contents of those twenty jade slips into his soul. Undoubtedly, Qu Yi could learn all these formations with just a soul scan. After a preliminary scan, he estimated it would take only ten months to complete scanning all of them. “Oh, by the way, Artifact God, during my time in the cultivation realm, I learned all the formations you taught me, from the First Principle Path to the Fifth Principle Path. You once said that once I reached the Immortal Realm, you would continue to teach me more formations. Should we start now?” Qu Yi suddenly asked. All of the Artifact God’s formations were collectively called “Formation Heart.” In the cultivation realm, he had taught Qu Yi the basic formations, divided into the First Principle Path, Second Principle Path, Third Principle Path, Fourth Principle Path, and Fifth Principle Path, which involved the use of various elemental energies. In the Immortal Realm, the focus of formation research would be on the primal elemental energies, and naturally, the formations would evolve. However, with the previous basic formations as a foundation, learning these new formations based on primal energies would be much easier. The Artifact God looked at Qu Yi and suddenly said, “Heh, it seems you’re eager. Alright, I’ll start teaching you the new formations now.” Qu Yi immediately sat up in the soft chair and watched the Artifact God attentively. “In the Immortal Realm, I’ll also teach you the formations in five stages. The first stage is the Primal Power Path, where formations are used to unleash primal power to create effects such as attacks, defenses, and illusions. The formations at this stage need to be coordinated with the cultivation levels of your five avatars. Without understanding primal power, it’s impossible to grasp the corresponding formations,” the Artifact God said slowly. After listening, Qu Yi thought carefully for a while and then understood.

The power of the origin is extremely rich in content. If one has not fully comprehended this power, it is impossible to understand every magic pattern, sigil, or artifact within the formation, nor can one fully unleash this power of the origin. In other words, the formation remains incomplete and fails to achieve its intended effects.

“God of Tools, I understand. Then I won’t rush. Wait until my five avatars have grasped the power of the origin, and then teach me the formation,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile.

Yet as soon as Qu Yi spoke, the God of Tools laughed and said directly, “But you are different, Qu Yi. Your true body is a body of chaos. I have also noticed that this chaotic energy can instantly transform into any type of origin energy, and it can also devour origin energy to form chaotic energy. I think I can teach you the formation now, and you can use this chaotic energy to replace the origin energy and simulate the effects of the formation.”

In Qu Yi’s true body, the dantian absorbed spiritual energy, which then split into five types of origin energy, which in turn merged back into chaotic energy. Similarly, the chaotic energy in the dantian could also transform into origin energy.

It seemed that chaotic energy was omnipotent.

Hearing the words of the God of Tools, Qu Yi immediately smiled and said, “Then I’ll give it a try.”

As soon as he spoke, his soul space became chaotic, as if countless things had been stuffed in at once, creating a massive disturbance in the space.

After it calmed down, Qu Yi found that there was much more content in his soul.

The core of the formation, the path of origin power.

Just now, the God of Tools had already taught him the formation.