Ye Chen hastily reached out to grab the edge of the fissure, lest the returning current wash him away again.
He found that this was not a true water current; this lake had no connection to the outside world, so naturally no water flowed into it.
Those things that looked like currents were actually just energy radiating from within the fissure, manifested in a materialized form.
In other words, this entire ice-and-fire lake was actually a massive cluster of energy, rather than the water currents seen by the naked eye.
At that moment, Ye Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief and had time to look into the fissure.
The fissure was not very deep, only about two meters or so, and further down lay hard, dark-brown rock, where an elliptical object was quietly suspended.
The elliptical object was about the size of a chicken egg, crystal-clear throughout, with a pale-yellow luster resembling moonlight. On its surface, some strange patterns were faintly visible, exuding an inviolable sacred aura.
That seemed to be gold-attribute energy, exceeding the Ultimate Gold Attribute.
Upon seeing Ye Chen, the elliptical object immediately trembled a few times, cheering and leaping like a child seeing its parents, and a strong sense of familiarity welled up in Ye Chen's heart.
Despite being mentally prepared and knowing that he might encounter the Fifth Spiritual Root, the appearance of the object before him still startled Ye Chen.
Searching his memories of his past life, it seemed there was no Innate Spiritual Root that looked like this.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Ye Chen, and a thought arose in his heart: Could it be that this spiritual root has not yet begun to grow and is still in the seed stage?
After generating this thought, Ye Chen searched the memories