Chapter 2 "Primordial

Outside Black Wood Village, the stars flickered in the night sky.

Inside the Black Wood House.

Qingyu was sound asleep, emitting faint snoring sounds.

Lu Qingfeng was also deep in slumber, but in his mind, a ring engraved with a dragon and phoenix was shimmering with light!

[Player has been detected to be over 16 years old, Login Ring activated…]

[Login Ring bound, unique code generated, Basic Attributes created…]

[Please proceed to log in to "Primordial," and enjoy your game!]

Lu Qingfeng suddenly opened his eyes and 'saw' the dragon and phoenix ring radiating light in his mind.

Then, a stream of information came—

At the inception of the great chaos, three thousand Demon Gods roamed. The Pangu God created heaven and earth, forging the Primordial realm. Since then, despite countless calamities, the Primordial world has always existed, giving birth to numerous Divine Skills and Great Powers, as well as various tales of fortune...

The large-scale, realistic online game "Primordial," takes you to witness the eighth Calamity of the Primordial Heaven and Earth following the sword-fighting of Shu Mountain!

...

"Primordial online game?"

Lu Qingfeng looked at the Login Ring, feeling a thrilling surge in his heart.

This was a massive, realistic online game set in the Primordial era. It was said that one could not only enter the game with their True Body, but also bring various Cultivation Techniques, Divine Skills, and Magic Artifacts from the game into reality.

The Human Federation, which developed "Primordial," has given birth to countless powerful beings with this game, with legends of Immortals presiding over the galaxy, suppressing thousands of Alien Races throughout the universe!

"Perhaps, this is the belated Golden Finger!"

"Login."

Without panic or hesitation, and without pointless speculation,

Lu Qingfeng followed the guidance provided by the Login Ring and directly logged into "Primordial"!

...

Boom boom!

A primordial thunderbolt resounded, streaking across his vision.

What he saw was neither sky nor earth, but a vast expanse of chaos.

Within this boundless chaos, a giant, whose height and size were beyond comprehension, wielded a massive axe. With a violent swing, chaos reverberated, the Primordial realm began, and heaven and earth first appeared.

In the chaos, three thousand Demon Gods were slaughtered, none surviving!

Some fell within the chaos, while their blood and Divine Souls plummeted into the newly born Primordial realm.

Countless years passed in a blink. The flesh and Divine Souls of the Demon Gods of chaos gave birth to countless ferocious beast races. The Primordial Heaven and Earth naturally nurtured numerous divine beasts.

Ferocious beasts and divine beings rampaged across the Primordial realm.

The newly formed Primordial realm fell into an endless cycle of slaughter.

Beasts fought fiercely. The three clans—Dragons, Phoenixes, Qilins—struggled for supremacy one after another.

Then came the conflict between Dao and Demons!

Demon God Luo Hou and Taoist Ancestor Hong Jun unfolded a great Dao and Demon battle!

Lu Qingfeng quietly watched the evolution of Primordial.

The scenes before his eyes transitioned from the great tribulation of Pangu creating heaven and earth, to the chaos of the beasts, the struggle of the three clans, the conflict between Dao and Demons in the first calamity of Longhan...

Then came the Witch Demon calamity, the destruction of Buzhou Mountain!

The calamity of the Human Emperor, where Xuan Yuan and Chiyou competed, and the Human Clan rose!

The Divine Enthronement Tribulation, where the Primordial world was fragmented, the Jie Sect declined, and Buddhism began to flourish!

The Western Tour, the spread of Buddhism to the east, the grand rise of Buddhism!

The sword-fighting of Shu Mountain, re-enacting the Divine Enthronement, with the eighth Saint of Primordial taking their place!

...

Scene after scene swiftly passed before him, the mythological tales that were so familiar in his previous life now unfolded before his eyes.

In a trance.

Lu Qingfeng felt a strong pulling force and, upon opening his eyes again, found himself in a building amidst growing noise, with silhouettes appearing one after another.

A long-lost sense of familiarity overwhelmed Lu Qingfeng.

Lu Qingfeng looked up to see three large characters emitting a divine aura above the building—

Rebirth Pool!

"Rebirth Pool?"

"Ha ha! Finally, I can log into 'Primordial'!"

"Sixteen years, it was suffocating!"

...

The cheers of numerous youths reached his ears.

"Realistic online game, the Rebirth Pool must be the starting login point."

Lu Qingfeng looked at the youngsters beside him—some bubbling with excitement, others feigning depth—and couldn't help but smile.

Such scenes were rarely seen in the oppressive Black Wood Village. Even during the annual harvest season, the villagers mostly wore faces of worry and desolation.

"It's been a while."

With the noise around him, Lu Qingfeng's emotions, suppressed for sixteen years, were somewhat relieved.

Then he followed the cheering, spirited youths out of the Rebirth Pool.

As if passing through a layer of space, when they reappeared, they had already arrived in a bustling town.

"This game allows choosing the True Body to enter; it's no longer just a virtual online game."

"But why didn't the system let me choose whether to login with my True Body?"

Lu Qingfeng was curious.

His body now, despite feeling incredibly real, was indeed just a body formed by the game's creation, not a True Body that entered the game. In other words, without making a conscious choice, the system defaulted him to enter the game with his consciousness and soul, leaving his physical body behind in reality.

This wasn't in line with the game instructions he saw before logging in.

"I don't know if this is good or bad."

Lu Qingfeng shook his head, then recalling typical scenarios from online game novels in his previous life, he mentally summoned, "Attribute panel."

A virtual panel appeared before him—

Name: Lu Qingfeng

Race: Human

Faction: None

Title: None

Cultivation: None

Level: 0 (0/1)

Life Span: 16/68

Root Bone: 1

Merit: Unknown

Karma: Unknown

Cultivation Technique: Yellow Court Scripture First Layer (uninitiated) [Characteristics: Derivation Technique (First Layer); Commanding Various Methods (First Layer); Karma Removal (First Layer)]

Spells: None

Divine Skills: None

Equipment: None

As Lu Qingfeng had expected, his attribute panel was as poor as one could get. However, the physical constitution, strength, attack, defense, and other values he had anticipated did not appear on the attribute panel.

"Realistic Online Game—"

Lu Qingfeng pondered.

Turning his head to look around, the pedestrians and buildings he saw were indistinguishable from reality. If he had woken up here, Lu Qingfeng might have thought he had crossed over yet again.

"Look over there!"

"Sword Immortal!"

Suddenly, exclamations reached his ears.

Lu Qingfeng looked up at the sound, only to see a white light flickering in the sky, quickly vanishing. Then, dozens of lights—white, green, red—flashed by, and streaks of piercing Sword Qi scattered through the air, tearing the clear sky apart, making Lu Qingfeng shiver.

"Sword Immortal?"

"Riding sword light to fly away! This ability is far more formidable than the so-called 'Immortals' of the Returning to Truth Sect."

Lu Qingfeng looked up as the dozens of sword lights faded, thinking in astonishment.

The disciples of the Returning to Truth Sect were merely at the martial arts level and had not yet left the confines of the mundane world. Though their strength was great, enough to break steles and split stones; their speed was fast but merely leaping on the ground.

Nothing like these celestial Sword Immortals, wielding the divine skills to control sword light!

"So, how should I play this game? What help can it provide me?"

Lu Qingfeng scanned the attribute panel, his eyes landing on the Cultivation Technique Column.

All other columns were starkly empty, except for the Cultivation Technique Column, which had information.

"Yellow Court Scripture."

"This is the mythological scripture passed down by the Taoist Ancestor Hong Jun. In 'Primordial,' it should be a top-level Magic Gate, so how could it appear in my Cultivation Technique Column?"

"Could it be the basic Cultivation Method that all players start with?"

Lu Qingfeng pondered and silently invoked the Cultivation Method Column.

[Cultivation Technique: Yellow Court Scripture]

[Grade: Taoist Ancestor Level]

[Cultivation Requirements: None]

[Cultivation Method Technique Characteristics: Derivation Technique; Command Over All Techniques; Karma Removal]

[Note: Cultivation Method grades are divided into Basic Level, Refined Level, Side Door Level, True Sect Level, Mysterious Level, Supreme Level, Sect Leader Level, and Taoist Ancestor Level]

"Taoist Ancestor Level."

"So it really is the highest level of Cultivation Method in 'Primordial', and it seems that it's not the basic Cultivation Method that players start with."

After checking the specific information of the Yellow Court Scripture, Lu Qingfeng roughly guessed.

However, it was not appropriate for him to ask other players about such matters. But regardless of whether it was a basic Cultivation Method for players or not, it had no impact on Lu Qingfeng.

It was always good news.

"Before entering the game, there was a brief introduction to 'Primordial' and a login guide. But after entering the game, there's no guidance at all, relying solely on oneself to explore."

Lu Qingfeng felt increasingly the realism of this game.

But for him, the most important thing at the moment was not to play the game but to figure out how this game could be of help to him in reality.

"There are three possibilities."

"Firstly, the cultivation levels, grades, skills, equipment, and so on in the game can be brought out of the game into reality. If so, with the levels in 'Primordial,' even a random treasure would be enough to help me overcome the current difficulties."

"Secondly, it's not possible to materialize them. But the leveling experience, various techniques, magic arts, divine skills, and so on from 'Primordial' can be cultivated in reality. 'Primordial' is so realistic that perhaps its methods could also be cultivated in reality."

"Thirdly, it would be the worst case scenario—not able to materialize, and in-game Cultivation Methods and other abilities can't be cultivated in reality, purely a game that is useless in real life."

Naturally, what Lu Qingfeng hoped for was the first possibility.

In the introduction to the "Primordial" game, it was also aligned with the first possibility. But after Lu Qingfeng entered the game, he didn't have the option of entering with his True Body, which made him doubt whether the treasures in the game, including Cultivation Techniques and Divine Skills, could be brought back to reality and even less whether they could be cultivated in reality using the methods from "Primordial."

If that were the case, then this game would be a tasteless morsel—utterly useless to him.

But in any case, he still needed to test it.

"Exit the game."

At the thought, Lu Qingfeng's consciousness returned, and he had logged out of the game.

Inside the Black Wood House, Qingyu was still deep in sleep.

Lu Qingfeng sat up from the darkness and whispered, "Bring up the attribute panel."

In the silent Black Wood House, the only sounds were Lu Qingfeng's voice, tense and somewhat hoarse, and Qingyu's faint snoring.

Name: Lu Qingfeng[True Body]

Race: Human

Faction: None

Title: None

Cultivation: None

Level: 0th Level (0/1)

Life Span: 16/68

Root Bone: 1

Merit: Unknown

Karma: Unknown

Cultivation Technique: Yellow Court Scripture First Layer (Uninitiated)[Characteristics: Derivation Technique (First Layer); Command Over All Techniques (First Layer); Karma Removal (First Layer)]

Magic Arts: None

Divine Skills: None

Equipment: None

"The attribute panel can be brought to reality!"

Lu Qingfeng felt somewhat elated in his heart.

Being able to access the attribute panel in reality at least proved that this game could interfere with reality.

"Let's try the Cultivation Method."

Lu Qingfeng touched the Yellow Court Scripture, and instantly, a string of obscure text emerged from the depths of his heart.

"Before the supreme Purple Mist of the Highest Purity, the Supreme Great Dao Jade Dawn Lord. While dwelling in leisure, he creates verses in seven words, spreading transformation into five forms changing into myriad gods.

This is called the Yellow Court, the inner chapter, thrice the heart of the zither dances with nascent immortals. The nine qi displayed brilliantly above the clouds, divine covers of the boy giving birth to Purple Smoke.

This is said to be the Jade Book that can be studied profoundly. Sing it, and thousands of errors ascend to the third heaven. Calamities are eradicated, and all illnesses are cured; no fear of the ferocity of tigers and wolves,

also used to ward off old age and extend life indefinitely..."

A cool sensation arose in his body, and Lu Qingfeng felt utterly comfortable, his mind becoming clear and bright.

After a short while, he stopped, examined his body, and brought up the attribute panel again.

Cultivation, level, life span, Cultivation Method, and so on—none had changed.

"Cultivation is no easy task, and the Yellow Court Scripture is the supreme Taoist Ancestor Level Cultivation Method in the Primordial world; naturally, cultivation is even more difficult, and progress slower."

Lu Qingfeng was not discouraged, but rather more pleased.

Since the Yellow Court Scripture could indeed be cultivated in reality, then at least the second possibility he guessed was correct!

"Let's log into the game one more time, this time to thoroughly explore and see if it's possible to materialize cultivation levels and items into reality."

Lu Qingfeng lay down quietly and logged into "Primordial" once more.

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