If Tai Huang Tian could be described as a place where the clear and turbid were distinctly separated, then Tai Ming Tian was a place where they were indistinguishable, with the aura of chaos permeating every corner.
"It truly is a sacred land for cultivation. An ordinary living being cultivating here for a day could easily match a year in the Primordial Wilderness!"
His eyes opened and closed as he estimated inwardly.
This was the difference between acquired and innate.
Cultivation was the process of refining the acquired and returning to the innate. The Chaos Spiritual Qi here was innately pure to begin with. It could subtly influence one throughout the cultivation process, and combined with its concentration, the benefits to cultivators were immeasurable.
Suddenly, a terrifying spiritual-energy fluctuation erupted from a mountain range in the distance, shooting straight into the sky like a volcanic eruption. Brilliant clouds filled the heavens, spreading for billions of miles.
Qing Tian's eyes flashed. A Spiritual Treasure had appeared!
Surprised, he turned into a streak of light and flew over.
Within the mountain range, a vine coiled like an azure dragon. Its leaves were lush and dripping with life, radiating a soul-stirring spiritual-energy fluctuation.
Growing on the vine was a green gourd that glimmered with a jade-like radiance. At first glance, it looked as if it had been carved from green jade.
Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure: Green Jade Gourd!
Qing Tian could not help feeling surprised. The Thirty-Three Heavens truly lived up to its reputation. In such a short time, he had already encountered a low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
On the Wild Continent, this Green Jade Gourd would have been enough to trigger a bloody storm.
He reached out and collected the gourd, then refined the Gourd Vine into a soft whip. Just as he was about to leave, his gaze suddenly sharpened. He lightly pointed a finger, and the mountain beneath his feet shattered. From within it, a treasure radiance soared tens of thousands of meters into the heavens. It turned out to be a mirror that alternated between six colors and spun without pause.
Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure: Samsara Mirror!
From then on, Qing Tian began actively searching Tai Ming Tian for treasures.
In truth, these treasures often emerged on their own, erupting with terrifying power and drawing him over.
Such things had happened in the past as well, but at that time there had been no other living beings in Tai Ming Tian. Even when these treasures appeared, they would ultimately be buried in obscurity.
But things were different now.
In just a few thousand years, Qing Tian had obtained a huge number of treasures in Tai Ming Tian.
Among them were the Eight Treasures Glazed Bottle, Universe Ruler, Limitless Bracelet, Blood Talisman Life-Claiming Book, Seven Plume Fan, Yin-Yang Furnace, Sudden Thunder Zither, Mysterious Sky Banner, Spirit Devouring Needle, Water-Fire Peak, Universe Ring, Yin-Yang Twin Swords, and more.
Most of them were low- or mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, though there were also several high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
However, he had not encountered a single Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
But that was only natural. Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures were numbered even within the Primordial Wilderness. There were only a few of them, so finding one easily was simply impossible.
Rumble!
Just then, the heavens collapsed and the earth split apart. A terrifying aura spread through the air, and the spiritual energy instantly went berserk, surging toward one location and forming a terrifying vortex five hundred light-years across.
The sight was utterly shocking.
This fluctuation of aura shook the entirety of Tai Ming Tian!
"This is the emergence of a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!"
He reached that conclusion almost instantly.
Without stopping, he flashed forward and charged toward the center of the vortex.
His cultivation was now unfathomably deep.
The system's 0.5G download speed had finished, and his strength had reached the Peak Quasi-Saint realm, with one foot practically stepping into the realm of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
He could now display part of the profundity of a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
For example, he could travel along a golden avenue of light or traverse endless space with a single thought.
Distance no longer meant anything before him.*
"Heavenly Book Investiture of the Gods! God-Beating Whip! These two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures have actually appeared!"
Qing Tian gazed in astonishment at the core where the vortex of spiritual energy had erupted.
There, two golden lights intertwined and spiraled upward into the sky.
One was a scroll covered in profound and archaic Great Dao runes.
The other was a golden, four-edged, twenty-four-section divine whip that radiated unfathomable power, as if it could suppress all things beneath the heavens.
Neither of these treasures was ordinary.
In a certain sense, the value of the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip was no lower than that of Innate Supreme Treasures.
After all, these were the core treasures of the future Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
Without the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip, the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation could not even be discussed.
How terrifying was that?
"I never thought I would have such an opportunity."
Qing Tian laughed. He swept out his long sleeve, transforming it into a river that blotted out the sky and stretched across all things in the void. It suppressed the raging spiritual energy and instantly reached above the God-Beating Whip and the Investiture of the Gods, unleashing vast power that bore down fiercely.
Buzz!
As if sensing Qing Tian's intentions, the God-Beating Whip and the Investiture of the Gods shook violently. Wave after wave of power surged toward the firmament.
Innate Spiritual Treasures possessed intelligence and naturally knew how to resist.
A smile lifted the corners of Qing Tian's lips, and his expression remained utterly calm.
Seeing the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip resist, he took one step forward and instantly arrived above the God-Beating Whip.
Boom, boom, boom!
His body thundered repeatedly, and in an instant, he transformed into a colossal giant one hundred thousand zhang tall, seemingly the reincarnation of Great God Pangu.
Pangu's aura spread outward. The Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip trembled, as if unable to withstand this power, yet also as if... revealing longing.
Great God Pangu was the father of all living beings.
Even these Innate Spiritual Treasures possessed an indescribable feeling toward Pangu.
"As expected."
Qing Tian smiled and reached out to grab the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip. This time, there was no resistance at all.
On the contrary, the two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures rushed toward Qing Tian eagerly, each trying to get there first.
"As expected of Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures. If I sacrificed them to the system, my strength would certainly rise again. What a pity... These two treasures each have their own mission. If I destroyed them, I would incur a tremendous karmic debt with the Primordial Wilderness, the heavens and earth, and all living beings."
Qing Tian pondered for a moment before abandoning the idea.
In truth, he had never intended to sacrifice these two supreme treasures.
It would simply be too wasteful.
He had many Spiritual Treasures, so there was no need to sacrifice the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip.
After putting away the two treasures, Tai Ming Tian once again returned to peace. Only in some places did spiritual energy occasionally erupt, indicating that treasures had emerged.
Qing Tian accepted every one of them without refusal, gathering them all into his possession. In this way, another thirty thousand years passed!
"Above Tai Ming Tian should be Qing Ming Tian, one level higher than Tai Ming Tian. There must be quite a few treasures there."
Qing Tian pondered inwardly. He took out the God-Beating Whip, raised his hand, and tossed it. The whip transformed into a point of golden light and shot into the firmament of Tai Ming Tian.
With a muffled rumble, an invisible portal was opened by him.
It was the passage leading to Qing Ming Tian!
Having spent so many years in Tai Ming Tian, he knew everything here like the back of his hand. Naturally, finding the passage to Qing Ming Tian was no difficult task.
Just as expected.
The spiritual energy in Qing Ming Tian was even denser than that of Tai Ming Tian, and the treasures within were also innumerable.
After thinking for a moment, Qing Tian released Shen Ni from the World-Destroying Millstone.
The Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation was about to erupt, and Shen Ni should improve his strength as well.
As for Qing Tian himself, he continued collecting treasures here.
Time passed without measure in the Primordial Wilderness, and ten thousand years flashed by.
Before he knew it, another ninety thousand years had passed.
Over the years, he had found the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner, Eight Sceneries Palace Lantern, Flying Cloud Mace, Dragon-Phoenix Zither, Nine Dragon Golden Staff, Universe Diagram, Doushuai Purple Flame, and many other treasures.
Among them, the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. It had originated from the same lineage as the Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag, and its defensive power was extraordinarily terrifying.
As for the Eight Sceneries Palace Lantern, Doushuai Purple Flame, Universe Diagram, and the other treasures, they were all famous later on, ending up in the hands of Taiqing Laozi.
Who would have thought that they would now be obtained by Qing Tian?
After putting away these treasures, Qing Tian was searching for the passage leading to Xuan Tai Tian when he suddenly sensed a tremor from Luohu's Soul Blood, as if Luohu had encountered a deadly calamity!
His gaze turned cold as he calculated with his fingers. Only then did he learn that the Three Innate Races—the dragons, phoenixes, and qilins—had actually joined forces to attack the Western Continent.
There was even Hongjun's shadow behind it all.
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