Chapter 102: Not Even a Goddess

In the Primordial World, by the side of the Tongtian River, at the cliff cave dwelling, Lin Yuan emerged from the silver portal.

The great river roared.

The vast waters of the Tongtian River seemed to suddenly calm down as his figure appeared.

The Dao Fruit of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches within him instantly unsealed, transforming into a lotus of the Great Dao, which was slowly analyzed by the Innate Yin-Yang Chaos Cave formed within him by his acquired child and his Innate Primordial Spirit.

Lin Yuan couldn’t help but close his eyes slightly. The Primordial Yin-Yang Qiankun Diagram also appeared, merging into that Innate Yin-Yang Chaos Cave, helping him comprehend the Dao Fruit of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

During this time, as he comprehended this Dao Fruit of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, Lin Yuan clearly noticed that his escape light had become much faster.

BOOM!!

Just then, Lin Yuan’s gaze flickered slightly.

There seemed to be movement on the mighty Tongtian River surface. Lin Yuan focused and looked. On the wide river surface, huge waves surged, and a massive creature appeared on the water.

A spirit turtle? No, more precisely, it was a giant Mysterious Turtle!

Vast spiritual energy shot up into the sky. Even Lin Yuan, the River God of the Tongtian River, was shocked.

Lin Yuan looked up and saw a black and crimson spirit turtle, moving through the vast Tongtian River like a huge island. Surging spiritual energy shook the heavens and stirred one’s soul, whipping up wind and rain around the Tongtian River.

It was at least a Mysterious Turtle beyond the Celestial Human Realm.

Lin Yuan’s expression changed slightly.

Mysterious Turtles were an Innate Spiritual Seed among turtle clans. Among Innate Beings, they were considered top-tier. The Mystical Tortoise Clan was naturally skilled at controlling innate true water and was extremely powerful. Their ancestor, the North Sea Mysterious Turtle, was an Innate Divine Demon.

And not just any ordinary Innate Divine Demon!

Lin Yuan had sharp eyes. On the back of that Celestial Human Realm Mysterious Turtle, a Daoist was sitting cross-legged. He had a long beard, a dark face, wore a black robe, and had a silk cord tied around his waist. Sitting cross-legged, an ethereal and immense aura flowed around him.

That Daoist seemed to sense something. He opened his eyes, which flashed with electric light. He glanced at Lin Yuan by the cliff cave dwelling, then immediately lost interest and closed his eyes again to cultivate in peace.

Lin Yuan’s face remained expressionless, but he was secretly on guard inside. He felt a huge threat.

That person was likely a top-tier expert among the Mystical Tortoise Clan, or perhaps even an ancestor with the foundation of an Innate Divine Demon.

Behind that giant Mysterious Turtle, Lin Yuan saw many ink-black turtle shells. One after another, Mysterious Turtles the size of small hills surfaced from the Tongtian River.

Many cultivators from the Lishui Tribe saw this change and appeared by the Tongtian River. Quite a few even picked up their magic treasures, seemingly wanting to eat Mysterious Turtle meat. Lin Yuan stopped these Lishui Tribe cultivators from their suicidal actions.

With one glance, Lin Yuan saw that all these Mysterious Turtles were females. It was very likely they were preparing to return upstream to a certain nesting site to lay eggs.

Secretly, many strong experts of the Mystical Tortoise Clan were also standing guard. Acting now would likely anger the Mystical Tortoise Clan. For the Lishui Tribe, that would be like an old man seeking longevity by eating arsenic; they’d have a death wish.

What made Lin Yuan quite surprised was that on the back of one huge Mysterious Turtle, he saw a familiar, sneaky-looking figure.

Carrying a dark green turtle shell, short in stature, and wearing a bamboo hat, that figure clearly also recognized Lin Yuan, his former classmate. As he passed by, he gave Lin Yuan a slight nod.

As the large and small Mysterious Turtles left one by one, Lin Yuan relaxed a little.

Many of the Lishui Tribe’s experts also calmed down from their excitement at seeing food. Their eyes fell on the many figures riding on the backs of the Mysterious Turtles, and they secretly broke out in a cold sweat.

However, while the Lishui Tribe cultivators were restrained by Lin Yuan, there were other creatures who coveted the offspring of the spirit turtle clan, secretly following behind.

Mysterious Turtle eggs contained their vital essence and were great nourishment for magical power. Especially for some members of the Yao Clan, they could even purify their bloodline and Reverse to Innate State.

Lin Yuan watched from the sidelines. Now that he possessed part of the nature of an Innate Divine Demon, he no longer needed to engage in such sneaky, life-risking schemes. He just needed to wait patiently.

After the Mystical Tortoise Clan left, the Lishui Tribe returned to its usual peace. Lin Yuan went back to his cliff cave dwelling to study over twenty original copies of the Daoist Canon he had obtained from the Blue Beard Daoist.

Besides the “Purple Star Astrology,” Lin Yuan focused his attention on those few rare copies of the Daoist Canon that contained Path-Completion Methods related to the thunder lineage and methods for refining Life-Bound Treasures.

These over twenty copies of the Daoist Canon were all written in the Primordial Thunder Script.

The Primordial Thunder Script was the ancient script of the Main World. It imitated those Primordial True Scripts born from the interaction of heaven and earth and possessed incredible power.

This was the oldest method of inheritance.

Among the over twenty original Daoist Canon texts written in Primordial Thunder Script, besides more than ten purely useless ordinary Daoist scriptures, eight contained ancient Mystic Gate techniques.

From Lin Yuan’s perspective, these techniques were likely most suitable for ancient Mystic Gate cultivators, absorbing Innate Spiritual Qi and cultivating both nature and method.

However, the mainstream of the Main World had long since changed with the times. Innate Spiritual Qi had dissipated, transformed into Acquired Spiritual Qi. Many ancient techniques had been phased out.

Cultivating both nature and method required many precious resources to complete the cultivation of various major realms. This was very complicated, and many spiritual medicines had become extremely rare, inaccessible to ordinary cultivators.

Lin Yuan didn’t mind, though. He just absorbed the essence, discarded the useless, eliminated the false, retained the true, and absorbed what was useful for himself, perfecting the “Taixiao Dao Ming Scripture.”

From them, Lin Yuan obtained methods for refining two ancient thunder-type magic treasures.

The Banner of Myriad Secret Demonic Profound Thunder, and the Jade Pool of Divine Heaven Thunder.

They were two quite powerful magic treasures. This finally let Lin Yuan breathe a sigh of relief. If he added the refining method for the Dutian Divine Thunder Banner from the “Scripture of Dutian Divine Thunder,” he now had cultivation methods for three Life-Bound Treasures, finally solving his urgent need.

As for Path-Completion Methods, he could temporarily use the various thunder techniques from the “Scripture of Dutian Divine Thunder.”

Later, as his understanding of the “Scripture of Dutian Divine Thunder” improved, he could always add more!

A slight smile appeared on Lin Yuan’s face. Then he turned his gaze to the “Purple Star Astrology.”

“Purple Star Astrology” also had a great reputation among the various celestial calculation and fate magic techniques of the Main World. It contained the mysteries of the movement of all stars, governing the stars of all heavens. It was also a supreme, wonderful method.

Lin Yuan was genuinely very curious about this.

But after immersing his mind into this “Purple Star Astrology” for a moment, Lin Yuan’s expression became strange. Not long after, he withdrew his focus, a peculiar glint flashing in his eyes.

It wasn’t that this “Purple Star Astrology” failed to live up to its name or was too difficult to comprehend.

It was indeed extremely profound, involving the wonders of fate and destiny, capable of seeing through the mist of Fate. However difficult it was to practice, it couldn’t stump Lin Yuan’s Innate Divine Demon-level comprehension.

But first, the initial step of cultivation blocked Lin Yuan.

It required lighting up a Life-Bound Star in the sea of consciousness, namely the Ziwei Star, then evolving the stars of all heavens. Only then could one master Purple Star Astrology, gaining the ability to govern all stars.

The power of this method was undeniable.

However, this method could be cultivated in the Main World. As for the Primordial World… Lin Yuan did not want to be constantly watched by a male god. He had too many secrets.

Not even a goddess!

Feeling quite disappointed, Lin Yuan’s gaze fell on one Path-Completion Method and one Life-Bound Treasure within him. He felt pleased. In the Primordial World, this method and this treasure would definitely be of great use!