Mount Buzhou, Innate Gourd Root

"Someone has achieved the Dao? Why should Master Li kneel without getting any benefits?"

With a "thump," Li Yunjing gave up resisting. His whole body straightened and he lay flat on the ground. Since life couldn't be stopped, he might as well lie down and enjoy it slowly!

"I am Hongjun. I have now attained the Dao. Tomorrow, I will begin lecturing in Zixiao Palace, spreading my Great Dao. Those with destiny are all welcome to attend."

A calm voice suddenly echoed across the Great Desolation.

Li Yunjing understood. Hongjun had achieved the Primordial Limitless Saint fruit status. It seemed the era of the Witch-Demon conflict was upon them.

For three days and three nights, the pressure of the Saint finally dissipated across the Great Desolation. Li Yunjing got up from the ground and dusted himself off.

"What a pity! To attend the lecture in Zixiao Palace, besides destiny, one's cultivation is also essential. Without the realm of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, even with immense destiny, it's impossible to traverse the chaos." Li Yunjing sighed, realizing he was fated to miss the Dao Ancestor's teachings.

"I've been in seclusion for so long, I wonder how the world has changed. I should go take a look! I can't stay on Mount Wuyi forever!"

Li Yunjing's figure flashed, and he appeared outside Mount Wuyi. Over the years, Li Yunjing had set up a "Great Annihilation Primordial Array" around the entire Mount Wuyi. Besides the natural formations of this Blessed Land, this array, inherited from the Demon God of Destruction, had resolved countless troubles for him.

Over the years, this great array had killed an unknown number of creatures who had mistakenly entered Mount Wuyi. Upon his first exit from Mount Wuyi, he saw countless skeletons in the mist surrounding the mountain. The innate illusion array of the "Blessed Land" basically blocked the detection of Great Divine Ability users, but some weaker beings might have gotten lucky and stumbled into this place.

He glanced around casually. They were all weak beings, some even without cultivation, who had just gained sentience. Li Yunjing shook his head, summoned a cloud of auspicious mist, and flew into the distance.

At this time, across the Great Desolation, although the Witch and Demon tribes often clashed, the overall situation was relatively peaceful, far from the chaos before and after the "Witch-Demon War."

Li Yunjing traveled leisurely, stopping and going as he pleased. He collected all the rare materials, spiritual birds, exotic beasts, and rare flowers and grasses he encountered along the way.

Although in this era, powerful beings had gained cultivation experience and understood the effects of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, unless they were hidden like Mount Wuyi, any easily accessible treasures would have long been picked clean by various creatures to enhance their cultivation.

Currently, the heavenly materials and earthly treasures on the Great Desolation were mostly common goods. "Common goods" here referred to the era of the Witch-Demon conflict. By the time of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Investiture of the Gods, and Journey to the West eras, these unwanted "junk" would be treasures that cultivators would fight tooth and nail for.

Li Yunjing collected a bit of everything. Fortunately, the "World Grinding Plate," a Chaos Spirit Treasure, had its own space for storage. Otherwise, he truly wouldn't have been able to carry so many heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

"Luck! Luck! After the lecture in Zixiao Palace, those Three Thousand Great Divine Abilities users will know the value of these things. Now is a good time to collect more." Li Yunjing was indeed lucky; he had found a "Five Elements Fruit Tree."

It was said that since the creation of the world, there were three spiritual roots: first, the Bodhi Root; second, the Ginseng Root; and third, the Gourd Root.

Of these three, one had become a Saint; one had fallen into the hands of Great Immortal Zhenyuan; and the last Gourd Root bore seven gourds, after which the root would wither and die.

Li Yunjing calculated and knew that the Gourd Root was on "Mount Buzhou." However, the sheer size of Mount Buzhou was immeasurable, and obtaining the seven gourds would be extremely difficult.

Now, with the Three Thousand Great Divine Abilities users listening to the lecture in "Zixiao Palace," this was Li Yunjing's only chance. Otherwise, with experts like Laozi, Nuwa, and Di Jun around, the seven gourds would naturally be beyond his reach.

As for the Gourd Root not being mature yet?

It was still better than not getting it at all!

He would find an opportunity sooner or later to cultivate this "Gourd Root." There were quite a few divine waters in the world. The "Three Lights Divine Water" in Primordial Heavenly Venerate's possession was a top-tier spiritual spring, capable of saving even the "Ginseng Fruit Tree." If he obtained the Gourd Root in the future and became a disciple of the Three Pure Ones, he might have a chance to save this celestial spiritual root.

He decided to act immediately and headed northwest. It took him five hundred years, during which Li Yunjing experienced numerous hardships. Both the Demon and Witch tribes were not very friendly to rogue cultivators like him.

Along the way, Li Yunjing went through countless life-and-death battles. The realm of a Heavenly Immortal was like a tiny ant in the era of the Witch-Demon conflict, merely cannon fodder at the level of demon soldiers or witch soldiers.

Fortunately, he possessed the inheritance of the Demon God of Destruction. When Li Yunjing unleashed the "Great Zhou Heavenly Destruction Divine Light," its formidable destructive power could kill even an ordinary Golden Immortal great demon if they were not careful. Coupled with the "Treasure Dropping Golden Coin," an Innate Spiritual Treasure specifically designed to counter all magical treasures, Li Yunjing's journey had been relatively smooth.

These countless battles also enriched Li Yunjing's combat experience. The "World Grinding Plate's" ability to kill without accumulating karma also helped conceal Li Yunjing's whereabouts, preventing him from being pursued endlessly after defeating a lesser foe and attracting their elders.

One day, after overcoming countless obstacles, he finally arrived at the foot of "Mount Buzhou." Mount Buzhou truly lived up to its name as the pillar supporting the Great Desolation. Peaks rose and fell, spanning eighty million li. The main peak towered majestically, its summit hidden from view, with wisps of white clouds swirling around its waist.

Even though Li Yunjing had become an immortal, his cultivation couldn't even reach halfway up the mountain. In this era, it still exuded an endless majesty. It was formed from the spine of Great God Pangu, who had transformed into heaven and earth. Gazing at this mountain, one could still feel a trace of Great God Pangu's supreme power.

"Alas! This is Mount Buzhou!"

Looking at the towering, continuous mountain range, Li Yunjing felt as insignificant as dust. With reverence for Great God Pangu, Li Yunjing performed three bows before stepping onto this ancestral vein.

Within this "Mount Buzhou," countless beings lived. Demons, witches, and even Great Divine Ability users who had survived the previous kalpa, many were hidden within this ancestral vein, cultivating in seclusion.

Upon arriving here, Li Yunjing became extremely low-key. However, even so, he still encountered numerous dangers. The demonic beasts in the mountains were ferocious, and every encounter was a test of survival.

Through repeated battles, Li Yunjing's Heavenly Immortal realm reached a state of perfection, with a profound aura rippling within him.

The artistic conception of a Mystic Immortal began to emerge. He truly touched the laws of the Mystic Immortal, as well as the profound and mysterious artistic conception of the "Gate of Myriad Wonders."

Suddenly, profound energy erupted from his entire body, shooting towards the heavens. His acupoints crackled and popped, like the sounds of the universe's birth. Above his head, the laws of the Mystic Immortal formed streaks of long rainbows, piercing north, south, east, and west, spanning the six directions and eight wastes.