The origins of the Five Sprouts Pomegranate Fruit were unknown to all.
Among the records of many ancient books, its growing conditions were described in only one sentence—growing in places where dampness and heat intertwined, one sprout every thousand years, one fruit every three thousand years.
In other words, a single Five Sprouts Pomegranate Fruit required at least eight thousand years to grow.
The five sprouting leaves required five thousand years, while the central pomegranate fruit required another three thousand years to mature.
Yet the Five Sprouts Pomegranate Fruit before them had clearly already matured.
Not to mention anything else, even from a hundred li away, the Five Sprouts Pomegranate Fruit at the very center of Mud Swamp Lake gave off an incomparably enticing aura.
That aura was somewhat like a mother's scent, yet carried a touch of ethereal emptiness, making everyone unable to resist wanting to draw near, absorb it, and embrace it.
This was the shared and most important characteristic of all heaven-and-earth spirit treasures capable of replenishing origin power.
Before such a characteristic, even Dao Realm experts could not produce this feeling.
This was related to the innate state within the mother's womb. Every human, while still in their mother's belly, existed in a wondrous innate state.
The moment they left the mother's body, that state vanished.
Yet these heaven-and-earth spirit treasures capable of replenishing origin power could emit a similar innate aura of the mother's womb, drawing people toward them against their will.
Fortunately, this feeling originated from the depths of the heart, from memories buried deep within one's soul. It was the body's instinctive fondness for this power.
Thus, most people could still restrain this emotion and would not walk into the mud swamp uncontrollably.
Ye Zhen believed that this mud swamp, which looked so