txolops Chapter 47 Penglai Island, Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag
Chapter 47 Penglai Island, Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag
The moment Zhen Yuanzi stepped into the core of Penglai Immortal Island, an unprecedented tremor originating from the very source of life swept over his entire body like a tidal wave.
Compared to the serene and bitter cold of Fangzhang Island and the pure and holy Yingzhou Island, the atmosphere permeating this place is heavy, profound, and all-encompassing, carrying a maternal embrace and silent majesty, which resonates most deeply and directly with his own innate essence of earth.
Like a wanderer returning home, like a drop of water flowing into the sea, the spiritual energy of the entire Penglai Immortal Island was rejoicing, conveying to him the purest sense of closeness.
This is not a simple affinity with spiritual energy, but a mutual attraction and call at the source level. The very foundation that constitutes his existence has found its most perfect reflection and home at this moment.
The land of Penglai is the manifestation of his Dao, and his essence is a wisp of true spirit in this boundless earth.
He walked slowly forward, his feet not on ordinary soil, but on the essence of Wu soil that flowed with a warm and jade-like light. Every step he took seemed to be in sync with the heartbeat of the entire island.
The warm, jade-like light was not inanimate, but rather like living blood, rippled slightly with his steps, conveying a message of joy and acceptance.
The surrounding area was filled with exotic flowers and rare herbs, and jade-like trees, all exuding a rich earth element spirit and vigorous vitality, but these were merely embellishments.
His gaze pierced through layers of swirling, primordial energy, locking firmly onto the very core of the island. There lay the source of the essence of this land's primordial earth, the heart of Penglai, and the ultimate destination that had summoned him here.
There, on a small jade platform formed from pure primordial earth essence, a flag floats silently.
The jade platform is perfectly formed by nature, without any trace of carving. Its texture is as warm and smooth as mutton fat, yet it contains unimaginable density and weight, as if it were a fragment of the core of the entire primordial earth that had been peeled off and brought here.
Above the jade platform, the primordial energy was so dense that it almost turned into liquid, swirling like clouds and mist. The flag was in the center of this mist, appearing and disappearing, emitting a familiar fluctuation that made Zhen Yuanzi's soul tremble.
The flagpole is ancient and dark yellow, as if it were cast from the most essential divine metal of the primordial earth. It is naturally engraved with the patterns of mountains and rivers and the texture of the earth. These patterns are not artificially created, but rather formed by heaven and earth. They are the most direct manifestation of the law of "earth".
Every texture flows with an ancient and unchanging profound aura, as if it bears the weight of all the mountains and the memories of all the earth since the beginning of time.
The flag moved without wind, fluttering and rustling, displaying an indescribable, pure earthy yellow hue that seemed to gather the essence of all the primordial land.
Its color is deep and restrained, neither ostentatious nor dazzling, yet it contains supreme power sufficient to support the heavens and stabilize the universe.
As your gaze falls upon it, you seem to see boundless plains, towering mountains, bottomless valleys, and soil that nurtures all things—all the forms of the primordial land seem to be condensed into this one flag.
On the flag, profound and mysterious runes appear and disappear, not engraved later, but naturally generated by the Great Dao, like the language of the earth itself, explaining the great principles of the earth such as "bearing", "stabilizing", "nurturing" and "returning to the source".
Each rune is like a miniature world, depicting the flow of the earth's veins, the rise of mountains, the solidification of mineral veins, and the budding and dormancy of life. Wisps of primordial energy hang down like necklaces, each as heavy as a mountain yet as warm as maternal energy, nourishing everything around it.
As the tassels swayed, the space seemed to become viscous and stable, and any restless energy here returned to calm, soothed and absorbed by the power of the earth.
It was one of the Five Primordial Banners, the supreme treasure that perfectly matched his Great Dao Origin—the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner!
Zhen Yuanzi suddenly understood, as if the clouds had parted to reveal the sun, and all doubts vanished.
This treasure is to him what the Book of Earth is to him—a perfect match, an indispensable part of his path to the Great Dao.
Within his sea of consciousness, memories of the Five Innate Banners also surfaced clearly, like a long-sealed scroll being slowly unfurled:
These five flags were transformed from five lotus leaves of the Chaos Green Lotus. Each has its own origin and is among the top-grade innate spiritual treasures, containing the laws of the Great Dao and possessing boundless power.
The Azure Lotus Banner of the East: Belongs to the Wood element, representing life and creation. Enveloped in azure energy, like spring returning to the earth, it wards off all evil, bringing withered trees back to life, revitalizing decayed bones, and reviving all things, ensuring endless life. Its energy contains inexhaustible life force, the very origin of creation.
The Southern Flame Banner: Belongs to the element of fire, representing intense light. Its flames rise like the sun in the sky, burning away all filth and evil in the world. It can destroy all demons, illuminate the netherworld, and wherever its light reaches, all evil retreats. It is the ultimate in purification and destruction.
The Western Plain White Cloud Banner: Belongs to the metal element, representing severity and sharpness. Pure white and flawless, like autumn frost and winter snow, its sharpness soars to the sky, capable of severing the threads of cause and effect, destroying all kinds of magic and supernatural powers. Wherever its sharpness points, nothing is unbreakable; it is a symbol of rules and the end.
The Northern Mysterious Origin Water Control Flag: Belongs to water, representing the ultimate in gentleness and strength. It is dark and profound, like an endless ocean, controlling all waters, nourishing all things and benefiting all living beings, but it can also unleash world-destroying torrents and overturn the universe, embodying change and return to the source.
The Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag: Belongs to Earth, representing stability and support. Wuji is in the center, its dark yellow color heavy and substantial, the essence of the earth and the foundation of all laws. It can stabilize earth, water, fire, and wind, calming all disturbances, making all laws unaffected and evil forces difficult to approach. Its power is neither offensive nor defensive, but rather an absolute "existence" and "support," the hub of the five directions, the core of the five elements, and the cornerstone of the order of heaven and earth.
These five banners, each guarding a region, possess boundless power; wielding even one banner is enough to establish oneself at the pinnacle of the primordial world.
If they work together, they can set up the innate Five Elements Grand Array!
Once this formation is set up, the five elements will rotate, mutually generating and restraining each other, forming a stable world of its own, evolving into earth, water, fire, and wind, and establishing the order of the universe.
Its defensive capabilities are an absolute barrier. No matter how powerful your supernatural abilities or how strong your magic, you will find it difficult to budge even a little bit without a way to break the formation.
Its offensive power is enough to obliterate stars and recreate chaos. The power of the five elements cycles endlessly, enough to completely reduce a vast world to dust.
Its profound mystery and immense power are comparable to the Great Formation of the Heavenly Gods and Demons used by the Witch Clan to condense the true body of Pangu, the Great Formation of the Heavenly Stars used by the Demon Clan to control the stars in the heavens, and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation that cannot be broken by any of the Four Saints. All of them are the top killing and protective formations in the prehistoric world!
Among them, the "Earth" element represented by the central Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag is the absolute core and foundation of this supreme formation. Just as the earth bears all things, it is the key node for the stable operation of the five elements' rotation and energy cycle.
The central apricot-yellow flag before him is the core foundation of this supreme formation, and also the most compatible treasure for proving his Dao with Zhen Yuanzi's Great Dao!
It is not only a powerful magic weapon, but also the embodiment of the "Way of the Earth," and the most perfect guide and vessel on his path to pursuing the Primordial Dao Fruit.