1: I traversed the primordial wilderness as a primordial parasol tree.

In the Primordial World, upon the Southern Land, a vast and boundless Wutong Tree stood tall, shedding layers of radiance.

A spiritual wind blew past, leaves rustling in the breeze, and a blurry consciousness was born within.

"Who am I? Where am I?"

Wu Qing felt his mind was obscure and difficult to understand, and couldn't help but question in his heart.

Suddenly, a sense of realization surfaced in the darkness, as a surge of memories from his own Legacy came rushing in.

Wu Qing felt his consciousness washed over by countless memory fragments.

He originally thought his weak consciousness would be worn away by these Ganges-sand-like memory fragments.

But to his surprise, he not only fully accepted the memory fragments but also accepted the Legacy along with them.

"I have transmigrated to the Primordial World! And I've even become an Innate Wutong Tree."

After a long period of information integration, Wu Qing roughly understood his current situation.

In his past life, he was just an obscure forest ranger, guarding the safety of a few acres of woodland.

He didn't expect that climbing a tree to raid a bird's nest and slipping would lead to a restart.

And this is the Primordial World shortly after the creation of heaven and earth; his current name is Qing Wu.

He had read many novels about the Primordial World in his past life and had a basic grasp of the great trend.

The good news is that he transmigrated into a Supreme-Grade Acquired Spiritual Root Wutong Tree, with extraordinary roots, not inferior to those so-called Innate Sacred Beings.

The bad news is that although an Innate Spiritual Root possesses spiritual light, it is very difficult to give birth to intelligence.

And often, the higher the grade of the Innate Spiritual Root, the more this is the case.

To complete the Transformation is even more difficult.

For a Supreme-Grade Acquired Spiritual Root to transform is an existence not tolerated by the Great Dao.

In his memory, the only two who should have transformed from a Supreme-Grade Acquired Spiritual Root form are Daoist Yang Mei and Daoist Zhunti.

The former transformed from a Hollow Willow and possessed the Law of Space.

The latter transformed from a Bodhi Tree and was a little rascal... anyway, transforming with a Supreme-Grade Acquired Spiritual Root is simply too difficult.

If possible, Qing Wu really wanted to ask how the two of them managed to complete their Transformation.

After all, since he had come to the Primordial World, if he couldn't transform, he would be trapped in this square of land for his entire life.

Being unable to see the Primordial World would truly be missing out on much excitement.

"Since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it!"

"There will always be a way for everything," Qing Wu comforted himself in his heart.

Fortunately, due to his Transmigration, the Innate Wutong Tree, which originally hadn't birthed intelligence, was now replaced by him.

This is a good start.

What is the most terrifying thing in the Primordial World?

It's not enemies coming to the door, nor is it killing for treasure, but the Great Calamity.

Under the Great Calamity, everyone is equal; the slightest carelessness leads to eternal damnation.

And for a Wutong Tree like him who finds it hard to transform, his own fate depends even more on luck.

After all, if he can't transform, he can't run.

When the Great Calamity comes, he can only take it honestly.

However, it seems the Great Calamity won't seek out Innate Spiritual Roots; he might be able to survive until the end of time.

But no matter what, it's best to hold one's fate in one's own hands.

He didn't want to be eyed by several Primordial World big shots at the same time one day, who would then fight over him and finally take him as an Opportunity.

Although this kind of plot is a bit cliché, it is something that could actually happen.

In the Primordial World, any Opportunity emphasizes the word "fate."

As a Supreme-Grade Acquired Spiritual Root, he himself is a very large Opportunity.

What's even more melodramatic is that this "fate" has many interpretations.

Some are determined by heaven, some by man.

For Opportunities determined by heaven, there is usually a connection of Qi between the two in the dark.

This Qi connection will guide the destined person to come and find the treasure.

And others generally cannot find it, or cannot obtain it, and can only worry in vain.

The man-determined one is much more simple and crude; to summarize in one sentence, "You are destined to be with me!"

To avoid future Great Calamities and not let himself become an Opportunity in the mouths of Primordial World experts.

Qing Wu still decided to put up a fight.

The current Primordial World will still have a long period of safety for him to develop.

Next, he needs to make good use of this precious time, Cultivate hard, strive to complete his Transformation, and walk his own Dao... While thinking, Qing Wu only felt a burst of heat coming from a certain branch of his.

But it didn't make him feel any harm; instead, it stimulated a certain mark deep in his Soul.

And this feeling became more intense, and certain shackles began to loosen.

Qing Wu was delighted in his heart.

Transformation is within reach!

Qing Wu cast his mind to that branch, wanting to see what exactly could cause him to have such a reaction.

This look made him realize.

Among the overlapping branches, a flicker of firelight was faintly visible, in which something seemed to be gestating, and it already had some shape now.

"It's a bird!"

To be precise, a Phoenix was perching on his branch.

From time to time, it absorbed his Life Force and converted it into this Power of Creation that helped him transform.

The two complemented each other, achieving mutual prosperity.

A thought flashed through Wutong's mind, and he suddenly understood.

It is said that the Phoenix perches on Wutong; since he is an Innate Wutong Tree, then this must be a Phoenix.

It's even the first Phoenix in the world—Yuan Feng.

"So that's how it is!"

No wonder there is an inseparable relationship between the Wutong Tree and Yuan Feng; they were actually born together as companions.

Yuan Feng uses his Life Force to refine its Bloodline, improve its cultivation, and even complete Nirvana.

And he can use the Power of Creation fed back by the Phoenix Clan to activate his own limitations and complete his Transformation.

As for why the original Wutong Tree didn't complete its Transformation, Qing Wu already had a rough guess.

Yuan Feng was the first to give birth to intelligence and complete Transformation, so the use of the Wutong Tree came to an end.

Subsequently, it no longer provided feedback to the Wutong Tree.

Instead, it used him to condense Wutong fruits, making him a worker tree for the Phoenix Clan.

This is a proper act of forgetting justice for profit, absolutely not allowed.

In the firelight, the Power of Creation fed back by that Phoenix became weaker and weaker.

Gradually, it even became a one-sided extraction.

Qing Wu secretly grumbled about this unscrupulous little Phoenix.

"Alright, you Yuan Feng."

"We agreed on mutual benefit, but now you treat me so poorly."

At this time, Yuan Feng was working hard to absorb Qing Wu's Life Force, concentrating fully on the final moment of completing its Transformation and birth.

"I'll let you absorb!"

Qing Wu mobilized a thick branch with a large leaf on it and whipped it toward the sleeping little Phoenix's rump.

"Get up and get to work for me!"