NOVPUBThe clear chime of the bell echoed within the Taoist palace, yet atop the highest cushion in the Miluo Heavenly Palace there was nothing.
Shen Yuan’s heart jolted suddenly, and he quickly halted his words.
Tens of thousands of years ago, the Primal Chaos Realm was different from the era after the Great Schism; in this world, if one rashly mentioned the taboo of certain Highest Heaven beings, there was a high probability of being detected by them.
After waiting for a long while, Shen Yuan did not feel any prying eyes from beyond the Primal Chaos Realm, so he steadied his mind somewhat.
As for those blank memories, and the words "Fu Li," Shen Yuan dared not contemplate them any further.
Refocusing on himself, his Mana was in complete disarray due to the influence of the time-space turbulence, and no amount of effort in his cultivation practice showed signs of calming it.
At the moment, Shen Yuan could not mobilize even a trace of his Mana, but fortunately, the Primordial Elemental Qi was barely maintained in a normal state under the control of the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Great Divine Power.
However, the chaos of his Mana had caused a substantial decline in Shen Yuan’s strength, and he could only rely on the Primordial Elemental Qi to maintain the cultivation of the Qi Training Stage.
"But fortunately, the price of Mana disorder is not entirely without benefit."
A flicker of relief crossed Shen Yuan’s eyes.
Although he had lost parts of his memory, having witnessed the scene of tens of thousands of fish swimming upstream in the time-space tunnel and the river of history, Shen Yuan’s understanding of the Time Major Path had greatly enhanced.
The Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power had also taken a major step forward, almost reaching the threshold of entering a new realm.
As long as Shen Yuan restored his cultivation, he could elevate the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power to the level of that realm.
One must know that this is a Heavenly General Great Divine Power involving the Time Major Path, and the difficulty of its comprehension is imaginable.
The progress in Shen Yuan’s Divine Skills was almost akin to an instant ascent to heaven.
But... this still was not his greatest gain.
With this thought, Shen Yuan reached his right hand into the void in front of him, and then took out an authority token from his Sleeve Space.
The jet-black token was branded with traces of gold, and with a few simple strokes, it outlined a collapsed mountain peak resembling a pillar of heaven, filled with a suffocating oppressive aura.
This was Shen Yuan’s greatest reliance in traversing tens of thousands of years, the Heaven’s Decree Secret Order!
Having already experienced a time-space traversal, Shen Yuan knew well that the Heaven’s Decree Secret Order would change upon returning to the time tens of thousands of years prior—the collapsed mountain peak on the token would be restored to its original state.
Only by completing the task assigned by the Artificial Intelligence System could one obtain the opportunity to traverse back.
However, the Heaven’s Decree Secret Order in front of Shen Yuan was still in an unused state.
Attempting to perceive with the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power, Shen Yuan faintly sensed that he could directly use the Heaven’s Decree Secret Order, and the direction of the time flow pointed to the land of later generations, meaning that Shen Yuan could return to future times through the Heaven’s Decree Secret Order without completing the Artificial Intelligence System’s tasks.
This undoubtedly provided Shen Yuan with great convenience.
The tasks of the Artificial Intelligence System were no easy matter; had he not had foreknowledge and played all his cards the last time, even Shen Yuan might have capsized during the trials within the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda.
Glancing at the Heaven’s Decree Secret Order, Shen Yuan then deposited it back into his Sleeve Space.
Taking out an ordinary white Taoist robe from the space, Shen Yuan exchanged his tattered vestment robe for it.
And just at that moment, several beams of light speeding towards the direction of the time-space turbulence in the sky suddenly paused before accelerating toward Shen Yuan’s location.
As the Flight of Light descended, it revealed the figures of three cultivators.
The leading middle-aged cultivator was at the Peak of Qi Transformation Stage and relied upon a top grade magic artifact flying ferry to fly.
Shen Yuan could not help but take an extra look at the emerald green flying ferry; crafting such a flight artifact required a wind-propelling stone.
This kind of mineral was a semi-raw stone from high-grade Spirit Veins, not all that rare due to high production, and in the Cultivation World of ten thousand years ago, virtually everyone had a flight artifact.
However, in the times after the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge just started to recover, there were no conditions to produce wind-propelling stones, thus flight artifacts were extremely rare.
But Shen Yuan didn’t notice that as he eyed the middle-aged cultivator’s flying ferry, the middle-aged cultivator’s gaze was fixed on his ragged vestment robe with a hint of greed in his eyes.
Following the middle-aged cultivator, a stout and a thin young cultivator also noticed the item in Shen Yuan’s hands, and couldn’t help but exclaim:
"It’s a magical treasure grade vestment robe!"
"Beneath this astonishing phenomenon, there truly exists a precious item that has emerged!"
Subsequently, the eyes of the three men revealed an identical look of greed.
The Donghuang Domain is one of the lower-tier states within the Primal Chaos Realm. The Spirit Energy within is thin, and resources are scarce. Luoyu City, which lies within the Donghuang Domain, is deemed to be a remote location. To possess a magical treasure is already considered extraordinary, something that only a Great Cultivator who has stepped into the Refining Qi to Spirit Transmutation Stage is qualified to hold.
And a Vestment robe of magical treasure quality is even rarer, far more precious than other magical treasures of the same level. Even the Vestment robes of Spirit Refining True Beings are only of magical treasure quality.
Though the Vestment robe in Shen Yuan’s hands is damaged, if taken to the All-Things Trade Association, it could still be exchanged for thousands of spirit stones at least.
The middle-aged cultivator did not act rashly, but secretly used his Spirit Eye to observe and found that Shen Yuan’s Mana fluctuations were weak, resembling those lowly loose cultivators who stepped into cultivation relying solely on some incomplete cultivation technique.
With his mind at ease, the middle-aged cultivator took a step forward and said in a deep voice,
"Fellow Daoist, I ask that you hand over this Vestment robe!"
Shen Yuan, sensing the greedy gazes of the three men, slightly frowned, but still casually tossed the damaged Vestment robe to the other party.
To Shen Yuan, this damaged Vestment robe was of no use anyway. Giving it away was fine by him.
He was unaware of his own location and needed some information from locals. The damaged Vestment robe could be considered as compensation.
The middle-aged cultivator, with a look of ecstasy on his face, stored the Vestment robe in his storage magic artifact, but seeing this, the fat and thin cultivators behind him became somewhat anxious.
There was only one Vestment robe, which couldn’t be shared among the three of them. They hurriedly spoke up,
"Big brother, since he gave up the Vestment robe so easily, he must have more treasures on him that he picked up from that heavenly phenomenon."
"We never even reached the area of the phenomenon, yet he has already walked out from it, even faster than those great Spirit Transmutation cultivators. It’s possible that he was right here when the phenomenon occurred.
The first batch of treasures born under the phenomenon might already be in his hands."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged cultivator also thought there was some logic to these words.
Gazing at Shen Yuan with a vicious look, the middle-aged cultivator’s Longsword emanated a cold light as he said arrogantly,
"Kid, hand over everything you’ve obtained.
If you can satisfy us, perhaps we can spare your life."
Shen Yuan, upon seeing this, sighed helplessly.
"I already gave you the Vestment robe, why can’t you just take it, answer some questions, and leave honestly?
In the later generations I’ve grown accustomed to, the influence of modern laws and dynasties maintained at least a minimal level of restraint among everyone.
In the current era of the Primal Chaos Realm, it seems I have finally found a taste of the Cultivation World I imagined."
As he spoke, the Primordial Elemental Qi within a hundred meters radius trembled.
The three men looked at Shen Yuan with shocked faces, their voices trembling,
"Great Qi Training Cultivator!"
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A moment later, Shen Yuan propelled himself away from that area of the jungle using Primordial Elemental Qi, leaving behind the bodies of the three cultivators forever.
Shen Yuan didn’t consider himself a killer, but if provoked, he definitely wouldn’t be merciful.
Before dealing with the three men, Shen Yuan had also come to understand the current Primal Chaos Realm.
In the later Primal Chaos Realm, the Great Schism rendered the world’s laws incomplete, with Spirit Energy depletion, and drastically shrunken domains.
In this era, the Primal Chaos Realm was still at its zenith, with its territory spanning far greater than in later times, comprising nine provinces and thirty-six domains within the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty alone, each vast domain encompassing tens of thousands of miles.
The place where Shen Yuan currently found himself was called the Donghuang Domain, populous but resource-deficient, scarcely having any sects or noble families.
On the surface, the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty still ruled over the Donghuang Domain, but within the Donghuang Domain existed another power that even the Great Yin feared.
The Donghuang Divine System!
