Chapter 1 The Beginning

As a disciple went to report to an elder, the matter quickly spread from one to ten, then to a hundred, eventually reaching the ears of the Sect Leader.

Upon hearing that Wan Lei had condensed the Eight Trigrams first, the Sect Leader was startled, his initial feeling being that Wan Lei was messing around.

However, he immediately remembered that he himself had once cultivated a Dao technique that prioritized cultivating the Eight Trigrams to deduce Yin and Yang.

But he had failed, ultimately cultivating the orthodox Yin-Yang Dao rhythm.

He walked out of the main hall, soared into the sky, cast a deep glance at the old man lying at the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion, snoring, and then flew towards the Yin-Yang Life and Death Disk.

"The Sect Leader is here."

"Greetings, Sect Leader."

"Greetings, Sect Leader."

Countless disciples bowed in greeting. The Sect Leader waved his hand slightly.

"Be quiet, don't disturb Wan Lei's cultivation."

Then, ignoring everyone else, he stared fixedly at Wan Lei, his eyes filled with expectation,

expecting him to create a miracle.

Wan Lei was completely immersed in his own world, where layers of Dao rhythm and streams of laws clearly manifested in his mind.

"Sect Leader, has Wan Lei cultivated... the awesome version of... the Yin-Yang Dao rhythm?"

A group of elders gathered around, and a highly respected Grand Ascension Stage elder asked.

However, he hesitated when he uttered the words "awesome version," as if finding them too embarrassing.

"Probably."

"How about... you go ask Elder Dazhuang?"

"I don't dare to go ask Elder Dazhuang either.

Hey? Why don't you guys go, and you want me to go."

"If you, the Sect Leader, don't dare to ask, how can we? What if he comes up with some strange new techniques and forces us to cultivate them?

Who's foolish enough? Whoever wants to ask can go ask."

The elder snorted proudly.

"Then let's just watch quietly. He has already succeeded in the first step, and the next is the Five Elements. If he can truly cultivate the awesome version of the Yin-Yang Dao rhythm, we..."

"We... can also go... to ask for guidance from... this Wan Lei."

The words the Sect Leader hesitated to speak were mumbled by that elder.

These words were only for the ears of a few elders; they absolutely could not be heard by the disciples.

If outsiders were to know that the esteemed Grand Ascension elders of the Yin-Yang Sect were going to seek guidance on cultivation from a disciple, how would they be able to live?

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was dark. Wan Lei was still immersed in cultivation.

Wan Lei could clearly feel that the awesome version he was cultivating was much more complex than the original Yin-Yang Dao rhythm.

When he had looked at the original Yin-Yang Dao rhythm before, he had been able to grasp it completely upon finishing. But with this awesome version, he had only managed to barely condense the nascent forms of the Five Elements.

No wonder so many people couldn't cultivate it; with this level of difficulty, ordinary people would have no idea where to start.

It was only because Young Master Lei had heaven-defying talent, coupled with the help of the array formations, that he could barely cultivate this Dao technique.

At midnight, the forms of the Five Elements were finally condensed, encircling Wan Lei's body.

Those around him held their breath, staring intently at Wan Lei, expecting him to condense the Four Symbols.

After a full three hours, as the sky was just beginning to lighten, people held their breath until they were almost suffocating, finding it unbearable. Seeing that Wan Lei had not yet condensed them, they finally let out their breath.

Suddenly, to the east of Wan Lei, a star appeared, the star point of the Eastern Constellation of the Four Symbols.

(Don't ask me why I didn't write Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise for the Four Symbols; I just didn't want to. They are too cliché.

I regretted writing Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise last time.)

Not long after the first star point appeared, the second and third quickly followed. Before long, the entire star array of the constellation had appeared.

"Whoa..."

Several elders exclaimed, looking at Wan Lei, their spirits greatly uplifted.

"One of the Four Symbols is complete. The remaining three should not have any major issues.

Once the Four Symbols are complete, then Yin and Yang... will be within reach."

"But the step of Yin and Yang is the most difficult. Back then, weren't we all stuck at that last step?"

"Indeed, the last step is far too difficult. I suspect this Wan Lei will stop at the Four Symbols."

"Oh? Elder Qian, would you like to make a bet?"

A Grand Ascension Stage elder who looked merely middle-aged said with a chuckle.

"You with the surname Wan, don't try to trap me. Everyone knows that none of you with the surname Wan are good people. From the Thunder Emperor down to Wan Lei, every single one of them is full of wicked schemes. I won't fall for your trickery.

My great-grandson Qian Duoduo was tricked by that Wan Lei. Do you want to trick me too? Tell me, what's your relationship with Wan Lei?"

Elder Qian looked at the middle-aged elder with the surname Wan.

"No relationship whatsoever. There are no less than two hundred thousand disciples of the Yin-Yang Sect with the surname Wan. Do I have ties to every single one of them?"

"Alright, stop arguing."

The Sect Leader waved his hand and looked at Elder Wan.

"Elder Wan Juxin, Elder Yun Hongzhen led the team to the Wood Immortal Secret Realm last time. When the Golden Immortal Secret Realm opens in three months, you will lead the team there."

"Thank you, Sect Leader. I will not fail this mission."

That elder's name was Wan Juxin.

Going out on missions was extremely rare for elders. The Central Region had always been peaceful. After fifty thousand years of adjustments, the nine major powers had already formed their own sets of rules, and there were few instances where elders needed to get involved.

Therefore, elders would generally vie for opportunities to lead teams out. This was a rare chance to earn merit.

As they were speaking, Wan Lei had already condensed the Four Symbols. All the star points of the constellations were completed and merged into one, rotating around Wan Lei.

Next was the most crucial step: the convergence of Yin and Yang.

At this moment, the sky was just starting to brighten, the transition between night and day, the moment of Yin and Yang's confluence.

Wan Lei sensed heaven and earth, his divine consciousness merging with the void, achieving unity between man and nature.

The Yin and Yang energies in heaven and earth rapidly condensed around him, forming the shape of the Yin-Yang fish.

This should have been the most difficult step, but for Wan Lei, it turned out to be the simplest and fastest.

Xiao Huang dog sat aside, its eyes wide, muttering to itself,

"Damn it, you protagonists are not human. How can you achieve the unity of man and nature, which is only possible at the Nascent Soul Stage, when you are at the Nascent Soul Stage?

In the Immortal Realm, the Nascent Soul Stage is called the Celestial Unity Stage, deriving from the concept of unity between man and nature, communicating with heaven and earth, condensing the power of laws into oneself, and forging the Primordial Spirit!

Damn it, if those other guys could achieve it at the Nascent Soul Stage, fine, but you can actually do it too..."

The surprise of the disciples and elders around was naturally immense. Most of them had cultivated the Yin-Yang Dao rhythm and could tell that the converging Yin and Yang energies represented the true completion of the Yin-Yang Dao rhythm.

They would never know that Wan Lei had once set up the Samsara Annihilation Array, which bore a striking resemblance to the Yin-Yang Dao rhythm.

All they knew was,

This person,

a new disciple of the Yin-Yang Sect,

had achieved the highest mythology.