Interlude-Chaos Spiritual Root

The last time I was on Mount Buzhou, this girl was just a green lotus at everyone's mercy.

This time, I had returned as the First Disciple of the Three Pure Ones.

My status had undergone a complete reversal.

If I had the cultivation of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal right now, every spiritual treasure here would bear the Zhou name. None of you would get a share. Remember, when you obtain your spiritual treasures, part of the credit will be mine...

The Three Pure Ones listened to their first disciple's thoughts, each gazing at their nose, nose at mouth, mouth at heart.

This girl had done nothing, yet she wanted to claim all the credit. What a... clever little rascal.

Come to think of it, the Innate Gourd Vine was also a Chaos Spiritual Root. Its quality was even a level above the ten Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Roots of the Primordial World. If it had not suffered lightning tribulation when the Primordial World was first opened, it would not have ended up on Mount Buzhou.

Looking at it this way, its circumstances were not much different from mine.

Fortunately, I developed spiritual awareness, and my three masters found me. That meant I really was lucky. Could it be that I was the true child of fortune, the fated protagonist of the Primordial World?

Hahaha...

There it went.

She had only been normal for a moment.

Zhou Qingqing had started fantasizing again.

The Three Pure Ones had long since grown accustomed to her madness.

Zhou Qingqing had once been only a hair's breadth from death, yet she still talked about being the protagonist? What a joke. Couldn't she have a clearer understanding of herself?

Of course.

Aside from that part.

Zhou Qingqing had also provided some crucial information.

They had not expected the one appearing on Mount Buzhou this time to be the Chaos Spiritual Root, the Innate Gourd Vine.

A Chaos Spiritual Root, in the age of Chaos, was a spiritual root capable of nurturing Chaos Spirit Treasures. It possessed boundless, inconceivable mysteries.

Divine light flickered in Supreme Pure Laozi's eyes.

To maintain his image of having every calculation under control, he was now circulating his primordial spirit with all his strength to deduce the location of the Innate Gourd Vine.

He had shown off at the Purple Cloud Palace, so naturally, he had to keep up that appearance of brilliance.

In truth.

Using one's primordial spirit to deduce spiritual treasures fated to oneself was already extremely difficult. The Innate Gourd Vine was also a Chaos Spiritual Root, making the task even more difficult.

If Supreme Pure Laozi had not brought up the matter himself at the Purple Cloud Palace.

They could have leisurely headed toward Mount Buzhou and slowly made their deductions.

Now that the situation had changed,

Supreme Pure Laozi could only pretend to be silent. He did not dare converse with the other fellow Daoists, nor could he relax in the slightest.

There was no helping it.

Supreme Pure Laozi had brought this upon himself. No one could help him.

Fortunately, Supreme Pure Laozi truly had some skill—quite a lot of it, in fact.

With a series of preliminary conditions in place, Supreme Pure Laozi still managed to grasp the most critical thread and successfully stopped before an innate formation on Mount Buzhou.

Only after arriving nearby did Nuwa and Red Cloud feel a sudden stir in their hearts, confirming that there really were spiritual treasures within the formation fated to them.

"Hehe, it seems we arrived too early. I can sense boundless Yimu energy gathering ahead. A spiritual root should be about to bear fruit."

"But it will likely still take some time before it fully matures."

Zhen Yuanzi spoke with a light laugh.

Among the innate divine demons present, he was the only one who possessed one of the ten Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Roots of the Primordial World—the Ginseng Fruit Tree.

If he said that the Innate Gourd Vine had not yet matured, then it naturally had not matured.

"We had best not break the formation now. We should wait until it has fully matured before entering. Otherwise, the spiritual root within may be damaged due to insufficient spiritual energy."

So that was how it was? Could it be that the last gourd on the Innate Gourd Vine had failed to mature for this very reason?

Hearing Zhen Yuanzi's description, Zhou Qingqing recalled something.

There should originally have been seven gourds on the Innate Gourd Vine.

Yet in the end, only six had been taken.

The last one had vanished without a trace.

Zhou Qingqing had originally thought the final gourd had been taken by some unknown cultivator. Now, it seemed likely that it had much to do with the formation being opened too early.

What?

Would a cultivator really open the formation ahead of time in front of so many great powers?

The expressions of the Three Pure Ones shifted.

However.

At that moment.

Two streaks of golden light suddenly flashed through the void, dazzling beyond belief.

This was the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique. Were those two brothers, Di Jun and Taiyi?

Zhou Qingqing sensed the scorching heat spreading through the air and knew it was Solar True Fire.

"Big Brother, the spiritual treasure you said was fated to you should be here, right? Watch me smash through it for you."

A bold voice rang out, instantly spreading throughout the void.

Before the cultivators could react.

A divine bell suffused with Chaos-colored light appeared in the void. In an instant, it stirred boundless spiritual currents, its vast aura filling heaven and earth.

An innate supreme treasure, the Chaos Bell.

So it was Taiyi.

At this point in time, Taiyi was indeed the strongest in combat. Paired with the innate supreme treasure Chaos Bell, he truly possessed an invincible bearing.