Chapter 1: Life Needs a Sense of Ritual [New book, please add to your collection!]
Chapter 1: Life Needs a Sense of Ritual [New book, please add to your collection!]
"Something feels off."
After a long period of time, Du Chengpeng sensed that he was about to take human form.
He was a young man from Blue Star who loved growing flowers and considered himself an old flower enthusiast, but he still fell for a scam by a certain university.
Frustrated at having purchased counterfeit flower seedlings, Du Chengpeng opted for a refund and return.
When I was handing the flowers to the courier, I wasn't paying attention and a dump truck completed the delivery.
I somehow ended up in another world.
Although I wasn't extremely wealthy in my previous life, I lived a very comfortable life and really didn't want to transmigrate.
It can only be said that things have changed and people are no longer the same, and everything has come to an end.
Fortunately, when his senses returned and he received the divine gift, he became somewhat more accepting of the situation.
He had transmigrated to a prehistoric world, a world that everyone longed for.
Or rather, a magnificent world that is the origin of all realms.
Moreover, the location is the Northern Sea Ruins, and it is unknown whether it is the first generation of the Hun Kun Ancestor or the second generation of the Kunpeng Demon Master.
But no matter what, whether it's Hun Kun or Kun Peng, it's a supreme starting point.
If the primordial world is as he perceives it, he is confident that he can live well thanks to his precognitive abilities.
It's always possible to become a saint.
but……
Du Chengpeng looked at his old hideout and felt something was off.
"A ten-meter-wide underwater cave? It doesn't evoke any sense of grandeur or magnificence; this doesn't feel right."
Du Chengpeng has sighed like this countless times, especially after he regained his senses.
Anyone who found themselves transported to another world and became the Lord of the Primordial Northern Sea Ruins would want to know where they were born, just like him.
In Du Chengpeng's mind, even in the gestation stage, before taking form, the primordial deity should be surrounded by the Great Dao, exuding an aura of supreme power and dominance over the universe.
Even if it's not the high-concept primordial world, but the kind of primordial world where one proof of the Great Luo is eternal.
Even in the most primitive times, things shouldn't be this rudimentary.
After all, he was the Lord of the Northern Sea. Even if Kunpeng and Hunkun were in decline, they wouldn't have to appear in such a simple environment.
"Could it be that I'm mistaken, that my birthplace isn't ten meters away, but a hundred thousand light-years away? And that I'm not less than two meters tall, but two light-years away? Am I blinded by a leaf and unable to see the whole mountain, or am I seeing a mountain that isn't a mountain at all?"
Du Chengpeng was once again at a loss.
In the darkness, the will of Heaven, which he was born with, told him that he was the Lord of the Northern Sea, one of the first innate deities conceived after the great god Pangu created the world.
But why is it so sloppy?
This problem has been troubling him, to the point that he is unwilling to think about how to plan and strategize after transforming into human form, or how to gain the upper hand based on his prophecy.
Whether it's Hunkun or Kunpeng, these two masters of the Northern Sea Ruins seem to be doing poorly. To change this situation...
He didn't think about any of that; what was in front of him was the most important thing.
"Is this truly the primordial era?"
Fortunately, the time for my transformation and birth is approaching, and all the unknowns can be addressed after I take human form.
"By the way, where's my Kun?"
Du Chengpeng then remembered something else: whether it's Hunkun or Kunpeng, the main body should be Kun, not Peng.
Especially Hun Kun, a sacred being whose true form is a Kun.
Kunpeng is said to have been reborn from the origin of the dead Kun, and thus has two states: Kun when it enters the sea, and Peng when it ascends to the sky.
Since regaining his senses, Du Chengpeng has remained in this state.
His current form is probably a wisp of illusory gas, but not a pure gaseous state; it exists in a state of duality between gas and reality.
After taking form, it becomes real; currently, illusion and reality are superimposed.
His appearance after transformation is a continuation of his inner self, naturally possessing an otherworldly air and sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, which he considered the most perfect form.
"I don't have a Kun?"
"Or rather, do I lack the form of the Kun?"
Du Chengpeng felt it was too difficult.
Having transmigrated to the primordial world and become the Lord of the Northern Sea, I never expected that instead of planning and strategizing, I would be trapped in confusion time and time again.
His gaze swept across the area once more, surveying his birthplace: a ten-meter-square cave with no exit.
There was a pool of water not far away, which seemed to be the passage connecting to the outside world.
At least it has some characteristics of the North Sea, at least there's water, right?
Whether this pool of water is connected to the North Sea, or whether it is as one had envisioned, remains unknown.
He once thought that he was one of the first saints in the primordial world and should have the abilities that a saint should have.
For example, perception.
It is said that a divine thought can cover all realms. Even though the primordial world is too magical to cover the entire primordial world with a single thought, a divine thought should be able to sense its own lair, right?
But he was disappointed; he discovered that he had no divine sense.
At first, I thought I didn't know how to use it, so I tried all sorts of methods to experiment, but apart from giving myself a headache, I didn't gain anything.
After that, he gave up. It seems that divine sense... really doesn't exist.
He also considered whether he could create a cultivation method as soon as possible during the gestation period, so as to accelerate his cultivation and gestation speed.
He did it too, but unfortunately...
Unfortunately, he discovered that his thinking was not much better than in his previous life, and it seemed impossible for him to develop a cultivation technique.
Moreover, it seems the environment doesn't support it.
No matter what kind of Taoist method it is, there must first be a corresponding environment.
You can't raise a true dragon by diving; without high-level energy and a healthy body, it's impossible to create high-level techniques.
The techniques are described in flowery language, but they're just breathing ordinary air, so there's no way they can succeed.
The environment does not allow it.
He gave up!
The only success was making the illusory self vibrate slightly under its control.
This slight vibration, like breathing, does indeed allow for faster absorption of spiritual energy.
But another harsh reality has emerged.
Because of the excessive frequency of his vibrations, his spiritual energy was consumed too much, and he quickly exhausted the spiritual energy within the ten-meter radius of the cave.
Then it will lose its spiritual energy and will take a long time to slowly recover.
Du Chengpeng was utterly speechless at this discovery.
I've never heard of a primordial deity being unable to cultivate due to a lack of spiritual energy during its gestation.
What is the primordial wilderness? It was the very beginning of the creation of the world.
Isn't this stage where the innate spiritual energy is incredibly abundant, and every blade of grass and every tree transforms into various immortal herbs due to the nourishment of this innate spiritual energy?
Why is it that I, a dignified innate saint, the dignified Lord of the Northern Sea, would drain the surrounding spiritual energy simply by breathing out a vibration?
This art style is too weird.
"Could it be that the Heavenly Dao of this world is deliberately suppressing me, having discovered that I am an outsider, and is therefore specifically targeting me?"
Du Chengpeng once thought of this.
This worry accompanied him for a very long time.
I can't think of any other reason besides that.
Later... this worry disappeared because he thought of another reason.
It is said that in the beginning, there was no Heavenly Dao in the primordial world. The Heavenly Dao appeared after the Great Dao retreated, and it is the collection of the thoughts and fortunes of all living beings in the primordial world.
There is none at present.
The Great Dao doesn't care whether you travel through time or not; wherever you come from is under its jurisdiction, regardless of where you originate.
Therefore, there is only one possibility: this primordial world is extraordinary.
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In the primordial era, years were immeasurable, and no one knew how long it had been.
On this day, Du Chengpeng was finally about to take human form.
He made up his mind that he was Kunpeng. Although both Hunkun and Kunpeng were in terrible condition, one lived and the other disappeared completely, it was better to live than to die.
Since that's the case, let's choose the lesser of two evils and name it Kunpeng.
The fact that his own name contains the character "Peng" suggests that this might be a matter of destiny.
The moment he took human form, Du Chengpeng, or rather Kunpeng, began to plan according to his memories from his previous life.
"By the Great Dao above, I am Kunpeng, Lord of the Northern Sea. Today I take human form, and the Great Dao bears witness!"
Life should always have a sense of ritual.
Despite the strangeness of this primordial world, Kunpeng still maintained a strong sense of ritual.
They even considered themselves clever enough to swear an oath to the Great Dao, not to the Way of Heaven.
He felt great.
But as soon as he finished speaking, an inexplicable aura, vast as a mountain, faintly appeared.
Kunpeng was suddenly dumbfounded!
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