Merit Treasure, Treasure for Proving the Dao, Fourth Treasure of Green Lotus

"Creation! These are all top-grade innate spiritual treasures!"

As the thunderclouds dispersed, Tong Tian's eyes lit up.

When heavenly materials and earthly treasures emerge, and aside from the two brothers, there are no other great divine powers nearby—what else could this be but a stroke of fortune?

Three top-grade innate spiritual treasures, destined to belong to the two of them!

"Fourth Brother, you only have the White Tiger Token in hand. Take the Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi; I'll take this Qing Ping Sword."

The moment the Qing Ping Sword entered his hand, Tong Tian felt a resonance with his nascent soul—the same sensation as when he had obtained the Purple Lightning Hammer and the Fishing Drum, as if this treasure was attuned to the Upper Clarity Qi and naturally belonged to him.

"Brother, that's not right. The Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch is a top-grade innate merit spiritual treasure—killing with it incurs no karmic debt, and it can suppress one's own fortune. It is fated for you."

Xuanyuan shook his head and pushed the Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch back to Tong Tian.

Red Flower, White Lotus Root, Green Lotus Leaf—among these three treasures, only the Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch, transformed from the red flower, gathered all the merit of the Creation Green Lotus. It was a merit treasure rarely seen in the primordial wilderness.

In the original timeline, Sect Master Tong Tian was powerful, certainly—the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, the Six Souls Banner, the Qing Ping Sword, the Purple Lightning Hammer, the Fishing Drum... a body full of killing treasures, maxing out his attacking power. At his peak, he could fight four saints alone.

But alas, strong as he was, it was like flowers embroidered on brocade or oil poured on blazing fire—it could not last.

How majestic was the Jie Sect, with ten thousand immortals coming to court?

How domineering was Sect Master Tong Tian, whom none but four saints could defeat?

If only he had possessed a treasure to suppress fortune, how could he have ended in such a miserable retreat?

"A merit treasure? If so, then I, as your elder brother, cannot take it. You have no merit treasure to protect yourself yet—how could I snatch it away?"

Hearing this, Tong Tian was somewhat tempted but still shook his head in refusal.

"Haha, Brother, who told you I have no merit treasure? I'm just low-key by nature and don't like to show off. Look..."

Xuanyuan laughed heartily. With a thought from Xuanyuan's nascent soul, a ruler appeared in his hand.

The ruler was exactly one foot long, wreathed in primordial qi, faint purple light seeping through, carrying a powerful and mysterious aura of the Great Dao.

"This is... Heaven-Opening Merit!?"

Tong Tian stared fixedly at the ruler in Xuanyuan's hand, instantly sensing the familiar power of Heaven-Opening Merit.

"Correct. This is the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler—a houtian merit supreme treasure formed when one-tenth of the Heaven-Opening Merit combined with a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi after Father God Pangu opened Heaven and Earth. It is unmatched in killing power, and even a bit stronger than the Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch."

Xuanyuan made no attempt to hide the truth, explaining the mysteries of this treasure in detail.

The Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch was a top-grade innate merit spiritual treasure, possessing an extremely strong killing intent. It was a crutch of slaughter, capable of cutting down all things, killing without incurring karmic debt, and inscribed with the Great Dao of Strength Law. When it struck an enemy, it could ignite Samadhi True Fire to burn the nascent soul—immensely powerful.

During the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, it had once struck Sect Master Tong Tian.

However, formidable as this treasure was, compared to Xuanyuan's Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, it was clearly inferior.

Xuanyuan did not lack a merit treasure. But if Tong Tian obtained this one, it could fill his weakness and prevent him from falling into a desperate situation due to the mysterious and profound workings of fortune.

"Wonderful, wonderful! I never expected Fourth Brother to be hiding such depths—just like Eldest Brother, born with a houtian merit supreme treasure!"

"With such a merit supreme treasure on you, your foundation should be no weaker than Eldest Brother's. If you ever spar with him in the future, I imagine even Eldest Brother would have to bow to you!"

Tong Tian clapped his hands and laughed, genuinely delighted for his fourth brother's good fortune.

Now that Xuanyuan had revealed the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, Tong Tian followed the trend and stored the Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch into his nascent soul. After a moment's hesitation, however, he handed the Qing Ping Sword to Xuanyuan.

In his view, his fourth brother might have treasures, but since three treasures had emerged, how could he, as the elder brother, take the lion's share?

Since the Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch could suppress fortune and could not be parted with, he would give the Qing Ping Sword to his fourth brother instead!

"Ah, no. Brother, when did we ever need to be so clear-cut between us? I only need the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi." Xuanyuan shook his head with a smile.

This Tong Tian was just like a parent from before the crossing—always thinking he hadn't eaten enough or dressed warmly enough. Even though he already had treasures, he insisted on giving more.

With that, Xuanyuan reached for the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, but forcefully pressed the Qing Ping Sword into Tong Tian's hand.

To other great divine powers, the treasures transformed from the Twenty-Four Petaled Creation Green Lotus were extremely precious—enough to spark a bloody struggle. But to Xuanyuan, they were just so-so.

If not for the fact that the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi was beneficial to his cultivation, he would have let Tong Tian take all of them without a second thought.

The Three Treasures Jade Ruyi was an offensive-type spiritual treasure of immense power. It could be thrown to strike an enemy, targeting the crown of the head, capable of stripping one of their magical power or even killing them outright.

But its true use was not for combat.

The most important part was the three Infinite Treasure Pearls on it, corresponding to the three lights of "sun, moon, and stars," the three powers of "heaven, earth, and man," and the three treasures of "essence, qi, and spirit."

These three Infinite Treasure Pearls secretly accorded with the origin of the Three Powers Law, making them an excellent treasure for enlightenment.

Xuanyuan nurtured chaos with the ten thousand daos, then transformed chaos back into the ten thousand daos—from nothing to something, from void to substance.

Chaos was the origin of one origin; the two polarities were the veins of yin and yang; water, fire, earth, wind, and the four seasons and four symbols had all been understood—only the Three Powers were missing as the connecting hub.

The Three Treasures Jade Ruyi was destined to be placed into the still-perfecting Chaos World as a treasure for proving the Dao.

Xuanyuan's treasure for proving the Dao was different from the treasures used in severing three corpses to prove the Dao.

Aside from severing three corpses, other methods of proving the Dao could also have their own treasures for proving the Dao.

Moreover, his treasures for proving the Dao were not limited to one or two. As long as he was willing and it fit, every dao in the Chaos World could have a corresponding treasure for proving the Dao!

Venerable Yuanshi used the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi in battle, staining it with vast amounts of calamity qi and killing qi, causing its spiritual nature to decline and its power to diminish—that was truly wasting precious resources.

"Then I, as your elder brother, will accept it with gratitude."

Seeing this, Tongtian smiled and put away the Qing Ping Sword as well. He truly couldn't bear to part with this treasure that was so perfectly suited to him.

"Buzz!"

Just as the two brothers had taken the Three Treasures of Green Lotus into their Primordial Spirits, Xuanyuan's pupils abruptly contracted to the size of needlepoints. The Chaos Pearl deep within his Primordial Spirit trembled lightly, and countless mysterious star charts surfaced on the Misty Gray pearl's body, devouring all the spiritual energy within millions of li.

"Fourth Brother!"

The anomaly in Xuanyuan's body instantly caught Tongtian's attention.

"It's nothing. There's still a treasure here. The Creation Green Lotus has left a fourth treasure behind."

Xuanyuan bellowed, his Primordial Spirit bursting forth from his body. The Profound Clarity Qi resonated with Pangu's Residual Might, and in an instant, the Ancestral Shaman True Form, originally twelve hundred and ninety-six thousand zhang tall, swelled to two hundred thousand zhang. A Chaos World Projection emerged all over his body.

Indeed, Pangu had a Fourth Purity. The Twenty-Four Petaled Creation Green Lotus, following the great momentum of heaven and earth, had produced a fourth treasure—it was only fitting.

Thinking this, a glint of joy flashed in Xuanyuan's eyes.

The previous three treasures corresponded to the Three Pure Ones. To be honest, it was this yet-unborn Fourth Treasure of Green Lotus that corresponded to him, the Fourth Purity of Pangu!

However, this fourth treasure, existing between reality and illusion, was clearly not so easy to obtain.

Thus, Xuanyuan fully activated the Chaos Pearl, this Chaos Supreme Treasure. Among the nine Dao prohibitions he had already refined, Grand Unity Magic Power surged like a raging tide.

"Boom, rumble!"

Countless stars flickered and dimmed within the Chaos World Projection. Mountains and rivers loomed faintly, and a pressure capable of suppressing the myriad realms exploded outward.

Beneath this pressure, Tongtian, also a Late Stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, changed expression sharply and retreated ten thousand li.

Then, Xuanyuan raised his hand. Chaos Residual Qi roiled, and Pangu's Residual Might rampaged. By borrowing the power of Pangu's spine, he twisted the space-time above the entire Buzhou Mountain. Space shattered inch by inch like a mirror, revealing a faint Eerie Glow floating in the endless void.

Within that eerie glow, a lotus seed radiating a hazy green light slowly emerged.