The Schemes of Innate Spiritual Roots

As Zhou Jun ventured deep into Mount Zhou in search of its hidden secrets, Di Kun, within the Blessed Land of the Primordial Jade Lotus, gradually awoke from his long process of comprehending the Dao. He slowly opened his eyes, as though he had just returned to reality from a profound dream.

The instant Di Kun regained consciousness, a torrent of information surged into his mind like a tidal wave. This was the information Zhou Jun had sent him. Di Kun focused intently as he absorbed every message, overlooking not a single detail.

When he learned of the Secret of the Sea of Blood, Di Kun's eyes suddenly narrowed, and his formerly tranquil face instantly turned grave. Even with his utterly rational mind, he could not help but curse, "Fuck! There are this many masterminds playing their game behind the scenes, and the Primordial Wilderness isn't even the Sole True Realm? This is complete bullshit! Is this hell difficulty or Abyss difficulty? Does it have to be this absurd?!"

Yet Di Kun was Di Kun, after all. He did not allow his emotions to spiral completely out of control. Taking a deep breath, he slowly suppressed the anger and fear in his heart and began calmly considering the deeper implications.

Although Zhou Jun sometimes acted like a fool, hammering here and striking there without any pattern, it was precisely this unconstrained way of thinking that allowed him to notice problems ordinary people found difficult to perceive. Di Kun, meanwhile, needed to build upon the clues Zhou Jun provided, delve deeper, and uncover the more profound truths of this world.

"Why exactly did the Chaos Gods and Demons scheme against the Sea of Blood? Could it really be only because they did not want the Sea of Blood to evolve? Or, as Zhou Jun said, was it because of blood circulation? Comparatively speaking, the latter seems more likely.

"After all, if blood cannot circulate, then the Sea of Blood beneath the earth can only rely on the blood essence of fallen living beings for replenishment. But if tribulations do not descend, where would so much blood essence come from to suppress the corpses of Chaos Gods and Demons?"

Di Kun muttered to himself as he slowly deduced the connections involved. Suddenly, it was as if he had caught hold of a thread. "Fate was altered, Causality was grafted, and they even employed a trick of deceiving the heavens and crossing the sea!

"Going to such lengths for just one Sea of Blood is unlikely. Moreover, as far as I know, Minghe of later generations follows the Dao of Slaughter. So was this caused by the Resentment of Chaos Gods and Demons gathered within the Sea of Blood, or was Minghe replaced by some other existence during his gestation?"

Di Kun slowly shook his head, deep in thought. "Replacement seems unlikely. After all, if a Chaos God or Demon had replaced Minghe, he could not possibly have been as cowardly and afraid of death as he was in later generations.

"Besides, we Innate Gods and Demons and Innate Holy Spirits are born with close ties to heaven and earth. If one of us were replaced, even if the Heavenly Dao is not managing affairs now, it would likely still be alerted.

"Perhaps the Heavenly Dao would have Minghe gestate anew and even strengthen his defenses. If that happened, it would be rather like beating the grass and startling the snake."

He paused, continuing his thoughts. "The schemes of the Chaos Gods and Demons certainly do not end here. The secrets of Kunlun Mountain, and likely the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains as well, probably conceal some unknown mysteries. But the Ferocious Beast Tribulation has yet to end, and the situation there is far too dangerous for us to investigate for now.

"However, once the Ferocious Beast Tribulation ends, we can take a look. While we are at it, we can pass down the new Earthly Dao, allowing those Earthly Dao cultivators to sort through the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. Perhaps they may uncover even more secrets."

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A calculating gleam flashed through Di Kun's eyes, as though he were plotting something in his heart. He secretly mused, "If the Demon Race can travel to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains in the future, perhaps they will not have such a difficult time.

"After all, the Demon Race is still of some use to the Primordial Wilderness. If so, then places such as Immortality Volcano in The South and the Immeasurable Sea Eye in the Eastern Sea likely conceal schemes by the Chaos Gods and Demons as well.

"If they have arrangements in all four directions—east, west, south, and north—then what of Mount Zhou? This is the heart of the Primordial Wilderness. I refuse to believe the Chaos Gods and Demons did not place a chess piece here. What could it be?"

Just as he racked his brains, his gaze inadvertently swept across the Primordial Jade Lotus beside him. That casual glance suddenly illuminated his thoughts. He stared at the miraculous jade lotus, and the deductions in his heart grew ever deeper.

After a while, Di Kun slowly stopped moving. He raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and fixed his gaze upon the Primordial Jade Lotus as he muttered, "A twenty-fourth-grade Primordial Jade Lotus? This is an Innate Spiritual Root! And that Innate Gourd Vine..." As he spoke, his line of thought became increasingly clear.

"The Innate Gourd Vine bore seven gourds. Those seven gourds were obtained respectively by the Three Pure Ones, Hongyun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and Nuwa. The remaining gourd was taken away by Hongjun. Not only that, Nuwa also took the gourd vine away. As for the twenty-fourth-grade Primordial Jade Lotus, it ultimately fell into the hands of the Three Pure Ones and was split into three. Of the ten great Innate Spiritual Roots, only these two Innate Spiritual Roots of Mount Zhou vanished completely from the heavens and earth of the Primordial Wilderness. There must be a scheme behind this!"

Di Kun gazed at the Primordial Jade Lotus, observing the changes around it. He secretly pondered, "Why did this Primordial Jade Lotus not emerge earlier or later, but wait until Hongjun received the title of Ancestor of the Dao and the Three Pure Ones passed through Mount Zhou before appearing?

"And at that time, it looked utterly ordinary, completely lacking the bearing a twenty-fourth-grade Primordial Jade Lotus ought to possess. The records clearly state that it was transformed from the sole mature lotus seed of the Chaos Green Lotus, yet there are no further detailed descriptions of it.

"Even stranger, when the Three Pure Ones saw this Primordial Jade Lotus, they all spoke in unison, as though following an order: red flower, white lotus root, green lotus leaf. Immediately afterward, a bolt of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder struck the Primordial Jade Lotus without warning, as though the divine lightning could not tolerate it living even a moment longer! Only then came the saying, 'Red flower, white lotus root, green lotus leaf—the Three Pure Ones were originally one family!'"

Thoughts churned ceaselessly through Di Kun's mind, and his reasoning became clearer and clearer. He recalled what the Three Pure Ones had said before. They seemed to have suddenly understood and explained that the reason the twenty-fourth-grade Primordial Jade Lotus had met such a fate was because heaven and earth could not contain it. Yet this explanation gave Di Kun cause for suspicion.

If heaven and earth truly could not accommodate the twenty-fourth-grade Primordial Jade Lotus, then why had it remained unharmed before then? Could it really have been solely because of the formation? Di Kun doubted it. After all, he was within it now and could still communicate with heaven and earth. This Blessed Land was merely a part of the Primordial Wilderness, not an independent minor world.

Had it truly become a minor world, it might have been able to block the probing of the heavens and earth of the Primordial Wilderness. But that was not the case, meaning this explanation was unreasonable. Furthermore, Di Kun had noticed an odd phenomenon: most of the ten great Innate Spiritual Roots had already matured. Only the two on Mount Zhou were exceptions—one was said to have withered due to insufficient origin, while the other had barely gestated to maturity and emerged before it was brutally divided into pieces. There was simply no logic in this!

Di Kun could not help beginning to doubt the intentions of Hongjun and the other Chaos Gods and Demons. What exactly were they scheming? These questions lingered in Di Kun's heart, making him increasingly curious about the truth behind the entire matter.