Kunlun Mountains, Jade Void Palace.
After returning from the Palace of Empress Nuwa, Taiyi Zhenren first went back to the Jade Void Palace.
Looking at Primordial Lord of Heaven seated at the head, he respectfully bowed and said, "This disciple pays respects to Master. The confidential letter has been delivered."
Primordial Lord nodded.
Now that the confidential letter had been delivered, Nuwa would understand everything after seeing it.
Given Nuwa's personality, she would surely agree to the alliance.
After all, during the ancient War of the Lichs, the human race had suffered terribly. As the Sage Mother of Humanity, she should have descended to protect them, but the Heavenly Dao had restricted her, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun had intervened. In the end, humanity had met with a tragic fate.
Countless human tribes had been slaughtered during the war.
This was precisely the sorrow of being a Heavenly Dao Saint.
A Saint could not defy Heaven, and one who defied Heaven could not become a Saint!
With a chance to break free from the Heavenly Dao, Nuwa would definitely not let it pass!
His gaze deepened as he looked toward the Palace of Empress Nuwa.
In some unseen manner, that gaze seemed to pierce through the ages, allowing him to meet Nuwa's eyes.
He then withdrew his gaze and stopped paying attention.
But Primordial Lord knew clearly that when the Three Teachings united in the future to establish the Dao School and oppose the Mystic Gate, they would have gained another major source of support!
He then looked at Taiyi Zhenren and slowly said, "Taiyi, you did well this time."
"I shall bestow upon you an Innate Spiritual Root: the Enlightenment Bamboo!"
Primordial Lord of Heaven directly took an Innate Spiritual Root out of the Chaos Pearl.
This Innate Spiritual Root might be rare in the outside world, but to Primordial Lord, was it not just like common cabbages by the roadside?
He had piles of them.
It had to be known that this was merely a Post-celestial Spiritual Root that had undergone transformation inside the Chaos Pearl.
In a thousand years, it had grown from a Post-celestial Spiritual Root into an Innate Spiritual Root.
In the Great Wilderness, Innate Spiritual Roots might be scarce, but Post-celestial Spiritual Roots were extremely numerous.
"Innate Spiritual Root..."
Taiyi Zhenren's pupils contracted violently, and the shock in his eyes nearly materialized.
This was an Innate Spiritual Root!
He already knew that Primordial Lord had extorted Zhunti and Jieyin in the human tribes.
The Two Sages of the West had been stingy even with six Innate Spiritual Roots.
But look at Master!
He had simply given away this Innate Spiritual Root!
"Thank you for the gift, Master."
Taiyi Zhenren hurriedly put away the spiritual root.
He even took the time to glance at Primordial Lord of Heaven seated above. Seeing that he looked completely unconcerned, Taiyi immediately relaxed. He had been afraid that his master would suddenly regret it. This was no Post-celestial Spiritual Root, but an Innate Spiritual Root.
Even a Quasi-Saint would be moved by it!
"What's the point of putting it away? Consume and refine it. It's merely a spiritual root. What I lack least are spiritual roots."
As he spoke, he casually tossed out several more Innate Spiritual Roots, causing Taiyi Zhenren's eyes to widen.
"These are Innate Spiritual Roots! Does Master actually use them as weeds?!"
Taiyi Zhenren's heart was thrown into turmoil. At the same time, he was deeply shaken by the astonishing foundation of his master, who actually did not care about Innate Spiritual Roots at all.
Nevertheless, he took out the spiritual roots and began refining them.
Before long, Taiyi's aura began to rise. In the end, his aura stabilized at the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
He was only one opportunity away from becoming a Quasi-Saint.
After all, Taiyi himself was already a Grand Luo Golden Immortal. With so many Innate Spiritual Roots piled onto him, breaking through one or two minor realms was naturally easy.
Unfortunately, breaking through to the Quasi-Saint realm still required him to comprehend it himself.
It had to be known that the transition from Grand Luo to Quasi-Saint was no longer a matter of simply accumulating magical power. It required comprehension of the Great Dao—a process of quantitative change giving rise to qualitative change!
"It seems the innate spiritual root nurtured by this Primal Chaos Pearl is flawless. Both the spiritual power and Dao resonance it contains are truly worthy of an innate spiritual root."
Primordial Lord's heart stirred.
He had never used the spiritual roots nurtured by the Chaos Pearl, keeping them inside it all this time.
Now that he saw Taiyi Zhenren refine one without any discomfort, he understood quite a lot.
He took out the two high-grade Innate Spiritual Roots given by the Two Sages of the West and threw them into the Chaos Pearl to strengthen them.
After thinking for a moment, he also used his magical power to gather three thousand weeds from Kunlun Mountains and tossed them into the Chaos Pearl.
He then looked toward the spiritual roots he had previously thrown into the Chaos Pearl.
Especially the Ancient Enlightenment Tea Tree!
"It seems that a Chaos Spiritual Root is the limit of the Chaos Pearl."
Primordial Lord studied it slightly and also saw the profundity of the Chaos Pearl.
Inside was a chaotic world, equivalent to the Great Wilderness before the creation of Heaven and Earth.
Thus, it could be used to upgrade spiritual roots and magical treasures.
But it also had its limitations.
The highest level of the strengthened spiritual roots and magical treasures was the Chaos level.
Furthermore, weeds could become Post-celestial, Post-celestial could become Innate, and Innate could transform into Chaos. But when a Chaos Spiritual Root was thrown inside, it had no effect at all.
He had previously thrown all the spiritual roots into the Chaos Pearl. Now, it was time to reap the harvest!
Primordial Lord took out the spiritual roots he had put in first.
For example, the Ancient Enlightenment Tea Tree had originally been an Innate Spiritual Root, but it had now completely transformed into a Chaos Spiritual Root.
It should now be called the Chaos Enlightenment Tree!
At this moment, auspicious radiance surrounded the Chaos Enlightenment Tree.
Every leaf bore profound and mysterious Dao runes. Under the imprint of these Dao runes, they shone brilliantly.
A gentle pink halo lingered around it.
Countless profound patterns coiled around the trunk as well.
The Dao runes on the trunk differed from those on the leaves, yet countless connections existed between them.
Viewed as a whole, the entire Chaos Enlightenment Tree radiated boundless Dao Rhyme.
Even standing slightly closer made one feel refreshed and clear-minded.
His gaze shifted to the top of the Chaos Enlightenment Tree, where wisps of chaotic energy descended from the crown.
The descending chaotic energy combined with the gentle pink halo, creating a breathtaking sight. The two complemented each other perfectly.
"As expected of a Chaos Spiritual Root. After strengthening the Chaos Enlightenment Tree, even looking at it can calm the mind."
Primordial Lord was extremely satisfied. With one glance, he knew the effects of the Chaos Enlightenment Tree.
Originally, the Ancient Enlightenment Tea Tree could only increase a living being's chances of entering a state of sudden enlightenment and improve the effect of comprehension.
It was roughly twice as effective.
But the Chaos Enlightenment Tree was ten times as effective!
And he had no idea how many spiritual roots like this he still had inside the Chaos Pearl.
If they were planted in the Chan Sect...
How could the Chan Sect fail to flourish?!
Primordial Lord was excited. He immediately arrived above the Chan Sect and looked down upon all of Kunlun.
His gaze deepened. With a casual wave of his hand, endless chains of divine order traversed the void.
In the blink of an eye, a Floating Island appeared above Kunlun.
Primordial Lord took out the Chaos Enlightenment Tree and placed it there. At the same time, he retrieved all the spiritual roots he had previously placed inside the Chaos Pearl. There were dozens of Chaos Spiritual Roots and more than ten thousand Innate Spiritual Roots.
Looking out, the enormous Floating Island was filled entirely with spiritual roots. Even an inconspicuous weed was an Innate Spiritual Root.
Among the many Innate Spiritual Roots, the Chaos Spiritual Roots were surrounded and sheltered. Any one of them, if it fell into the Great Wilderness, would cause a tremendous uproar. Even if Saints fought over them and shattered Heaven and Earth, that would still be child's play.
As the many spiritual roots were planted, boundless and majestic Dao Rhyme and aura evolved, enveloping the entire Chan Sect.
At this moment, astonishing changes were taking place throughout the enormous Chan Sect. The Chan Sect was undergoing a transformation!
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