This emergence was to enter the Primordial World, to step out from the innate lands that protected them!
One by one, the already emerged innate spirits looked towards the Primordial World with anticipation.
They were born earlier or later, but none had emerged, for at that time the Three Clans were at war, a grand era of strife, and they dared not.
But now, the great powers of the Primordial World were all but dead, the Three Clans had declined, and the sky was high for birds to fly, the sea vast for fish to leap!
This would be an era belonging to them!
"Rumble ~"
The firmament shook, living beings looked up, spirits were astonished, someone questioned the heavens!
Above the Jianmu, Qing Ling stretched his body, his three thousand strands of hair flying, his robes billowing, he questioned the Heavenly Dao.
"Heavenly Dao above, I have supported the heavens with Jianmu for over a hundred Yuan, yet where is the Heavenly Dao merit?
Heavenly Dao above, I have set the destiny of all beings with the Red Luan star, connecting all paths to form couples, endlessly laboring to guide the destiny of all beings, yet where is the Heavenly Dao merit?
Heavenly Dao above, I have painstakingly divided the four voids of the Primordial World, controlling the four seasons, to benefit all living beings by harmonizing the atmospheric changes of the Primordial World, yet where is the Heavenly Dao merit?"
The Heavenly Dao trembled without end, the firmament remained silent.
On Mount Yujing, the Dao Ancestor's eyelids twitched violently. He truly did not expect the lord of the Earthly Dao to dare to actively demand merit from the Heavenly Dao.
But at that time, the Heavenly Dao had just taken control of the Primordial World, the luck of all beings had not yet been fully gathered, the authority of the Heavenly Dao was incomplete, and it was simply impossible for him to create so much merit at that moment.
Moreover, the lord of the Earthly Dao demanded Heavenly Dao merit, and he could not refuse.
Patriarch Hongjun frowned, but he still tried his best to give it.
Profound Yellow Qi gathered in the firmament, created by the will of heaven and earth, and the Profound Yellow merit bestowed by the Heavenly Dao descended upon Jianmu ceaselessly.
Qing Ling did not let the merit merge into himself, but instead flipped his hand and took out a simple saber.
The vast merit was entirely refined into the God-Slaying Saber. Having gained such immense merit, the God-Slaying Saber was entirely Profound Yellow, its saber aura surging, with an imposing aura that could cleave the universe and split the eight desolate regions.
"God-Slaying" had successfully become a treasure of merit, capable of killing without incurring karma.
Hongjun's mouth twitched. This saber had once slain his good corpse.
Using his Heavenly Dao merit to slay him, and yet incurring no karma.
Hongjun slowly closed his eyelids. The most important matter at present was to purify his good corpse and achieve Hunyuan, so that he could fulfill his duty to the Heavenly Dao.
Now, this lord of the Earthly Dao had grown to this extent. If he were to act against him, it would require some effort, and if his attention were diverted, who knew what changes might occur.
After all, Rahu, that great enemy, was not yet dead.
And those Chaotic Demon Gods, who could guarantee that they were truly dead? Even Tai Geng, whom he had taken the origin from the earliest and who had perished for eternity, Hongjun did not dare to guarantee that he was completely dead.
All living beings in the East looked on with amazement. They dared to question the heavens, and the heavens did not punish their disrespect, but actually bestowed merit.
The hearts of all living beings could not help but wonder who the divine being atop the giant tree was.
And some of the Ancient Golden Immortals who had survived the era of the Three Clans were filled with apprehension and warned their descendants never to provoke the land of Duguan.
Above Jianmu, Qing Ling put away the God-Slaying Saber. This merit was rightfully his, it was merely a debt owed by the Heavenly Dao, and he had reclaimed a portion of it.
Heavenly Dao only gave half, and the other half was still owed.
After all, a thousand years of Profound Yellow rain had fallen, purifying the residual malevolent energy of heaven and earth, which had consumed a great deal of merit.
Profound Yellow merit was not something the Heavenly Dao could give as much as it wished.
Every portion of Profound Yellow merit was produced by the will of heaven and earth, given to those who aided heaven and earth, and the Heavenly Dao processed the will of heaven and earth through its authority to manifest as Profound Yellow merit.
In this process, the Heavenly Dao would naturally absorb three parts of the will of heaven and earth, and the remaining portion was the merit bestowed by the Heavenly Dao.
The Heavenly Dao wished to absorb more of the will of heaven and earth, to solidify its authority and control over the Primordial World, but it also feared that if there were too many beings with great merit, it would be inconvenient for the establishment of order in the Primordial World.
Qing Ling glanced at the Heavenly Dao will, which had long since disappeared, and contemplated how to reclaim the remaining half of the merit.
Merit, what kind of thing was it? During the era of the Three Clans, which of the great powers in the East had not possessed it? It was just that they disdained Heavenly Dao merit, because the Dao Lord of the East was the Dragon Clan Dao, and they only cared about the rewards and punishments of the Dragon Clan.
The five great ancestors, in particular, possessed astonishing Heavenly Dao merit, but they did not claim it. The Heavenly Dao was happy not to give it, and the deaths of many great powers during the calamity had saved the Heavenly Dao infinite merit.
But now, the Heavenly Dao ruled the world, and Heavenly Dao merit would be a great merit that would circulate throughout the Primordial World, effective everywhere.
Qing Ling feared that the Heavenly Dao would become more obstinate in the future and renege on its debt, so he claimed it in advance.
And with merit in possession, came the luck of heaven and earth.
Qing Ling was not seeking merit for the sake of seeking merit.
Qing Ling sat down, and his body transformed into a colossal green snake phantom.
His true form was a green snake.
The first green snake in the world, there were no green snakes before him, and after him, the world had the species of green snakes.
Winds and clouds from all directions converged, the phantom of the green snake flew into the sky, hid in the clouds, and played with the rain.
The living beings of the East looked up, and all the snakes in the world bowed in worship.
On Mount Fengqi, Nuwa and Fuxi stared at the phantom of the green snake with solemn expressions.
Fuxi sighed, "I never imagined that the Snake Ancestor would reach this point!"
Nuwa watched the green snake fly into the sky, and a sense of melancholy rose in her heart. She said, "He has already gone so far ahead of us that we can only see his back."
Above Jianmu, Qing Ling's primordial spirit emerged, a vast white-robed primordial spirit ethereal, with a green snake coiled above his head.
The primordial spirit divided, dividing into all sorts of past events.
Innumerable memories from the previous era were copied, and innumerable karmic connections were tied to the phantom of the green snake.
Qing Ling's dao body pointed a finger, and a drop of his lifeblood essence merged into the phantom of the green snake.
Qing Ling suddenly stood up, and also transformed into his true form as a green snake.
Two giant green pythons flew into the sky, one illusory and one substantial, entwined, born and separated from each other.
The white-robed primordial spirit sat cross-legged on Jianmu, extended a finger, and the "God-Slaying" saber appeared, its cold edge reaching ten thousand zhang.
The primordial spirit's pupils were indifferent, representing absolute reason, almost ruthless rationality.
The primordial spirit stroked the saber and said, "Today, I use you to slay my true self, severing the past and eliminating all disputes.
The world is fraught with karmic entanglements, with one saber strike, all affairs are settled!
Slash!"
The God-Slaying Saber rumbled, its blade light illuminating ten thousand zhang, its frost reaching the eight desolate regions. The saber body, filled with Profound Yellow, severed karma. It was like the saber of destiny, striking itself.
With one strike, the illusory green snake was severed, and flesh and blood were born as two beings.
This saber not only illuminated the East, but also shocked the great powers of all sides.
In the Northern Darkness Sea, Kunpeng was stunned. What kind of operation was this? Cutting oneself?
Even Nuwa and Fuxi, who had been sighing just moments ago, were startled, their eyes wide open, thinking that their great eyes were also mistaken.
The giant substantial green snake descended onto Jianmu, and Qing Ling's primordial spirit and physical body merged.
He looked up at the firmament, at the illusory green snake and the other substantial green snake that had been struck out.
The two snakes merged!
The winds and clouds of heaven and earth changed, and ten thousand miles of desolate rain fell.
Dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed, and amidst the fierce wind and torrential rain, the green snake transformed into a python, the python devoured the winds and clouds, and its scales gradually began to glow.
Qing Ling sat cross-legged. His physical body had lost more than half of its vital energy, all for the sake of separating this python!
The green python coiled in the firmament, wind, rain, lightning, and thunder ceaselessly.
Qing Ling's primordial spirit divided a portion and entered the body of the green python.
The green python suddenly flicked its tongue, opened its mouth and roared, devouring the wind, clouds, rain, and lightning.
Qing Ling pointed out the passage of time, the flow of light and shadow reversed, time flew like an arrow, and years flowed like water.
The green snake flew in the sky for five hundred years, transforming into a python.
The python flew in the sky for five hundred years, devouring clouds and swallowing rain, transforming into a boa constrictor.
The boa constrictor climbed through the clouds for five hundred years, devouring clouds and exhaling mist, transforming into a flood dragon.
The flood dragon flew in the sky and roamed the earth for five hundred years, controlling clouds and walking in the rain, transforming into a hornless dragon.
The hornless dragon endured nine layers of thunder for five hundred years, finally becoming a dragon!
Two thousand five hundred years, on the day it transformed into a dragon, the thousand-year rain in the Eastern Desolate ceased!
Qing Ling waved his sleeve, and the divine dragon flew into the sky, its roar shaking the firmament!
As the dragon's roar sounded, countless living beings trembled in fear and unease.
The fear of the Dragon Clan came from the fear inherited from their ancestors in their bloodlines.
But a divine lightning bolt descended from the firmament, striking the dragon down from the nine heavens, falling to the ground!
Qing Ling raised an eyebrow. His plans spanning so many years would not be stopped by the Heavenly Dao!
Since the heavenly path was blocked, he would take the earthly path!
The divine dragon fell to the ground, entering the earth. The dragon traversed the vast earth, merging with the Profound Yellow Qi, and its body blended with the eight desolate soils.
The dragon slept in the earth for a thousand years, nourished by the earthly Dao for a thousand years.
Qing Ling's primordial spirit trembled. With the earthly Dao as a guide, the dragon entered a great river.
The dragon traveled along the great river, leading the water of one river into the great river. The great river's water rolled through ten thousand lakes, vast and mighty, originating from the west of Kunlun, surging and surging across the land. A vast, sand-covered river flowed eastward.
The transformed dragon flew into the sky, landed and traversed the water, all the waters merged into the divine dragon's body, entering from the west and flowing east, returning to the East Sea!
The dragon returned to the sea, a vast and boundless expanse.
The divine dragon, in its snake form, transformed into a dragon in three thousand years, nourished by the earthly Dao, finally becoming a dragon!
Above the East Sea, the dragon roared in the nine heavens, waves surged like the sky, and its dragon might was immense.
The Eastern Profound Yellow Qi descended, and the imperial dragon's energy of the East Sea was added to its body. The primordial spirit of Jianmu descended, and the divine dragon transformed into a human, saying to heaven and earth: "I, a spirit snake, transformed into a dragon, took three thousand years to become a dragon, traversed ninety trillion li of water, and became a dragon in the East Sea.
Henceforth, I am the Sixth Progenitor of the Dragon Clan, the Progenitor Yellow Dragon!"
Beneath the East Sea, dozens of remaining young dragons suddenly emerged from the sea. The swimming dragons rejoiced, surrounded by the young dragons. One dragon flew into the sky and then into the water, followed by a group of dragons.
In the Eastern Desolate Jianmu, the tribulation clouds accumulated over a calamity transformed into luck, and the primordial spirit instantly broke through its shackles, ascending to the twenty-first heaven realm.
The spiritual energy of the four directions of heaven and earth surged like a tide. Jianmu grew a thousand zhang in one day, and continued to grow daily!