Buzhou Mountain Treasure Hunt, Pangu Jade Marrow

Since his transformation and birth, he had always been belittled and lectured by Yuanshi. Although Laozi had never shown it, that air of Supreme Non-action also left Tongtian feeling somewhat disheartened.

Born from a tenth of the Heaven-Opening Merit, Yuanshi was at the mid-Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal stage, while Tongtian, born from half that merit, was only at the early stage. Under this unbalanced comparison, Laozi, the eldest brother, remained neutral...

Sometimes, not taking a stance was itself a stance.

Now, to surpass the two brothers who weighed on him like great mountains—even if only in the art of lightning—greatly encouraged Tongtian. A stifling knot in his heart dissolved, his Dao Heart grew clearer, and even his Grand Unity Magic Power flowed more freely.

"Congratulations, brother, on your improved cultivation." Xuanyuan smiled slightly and cupped his hands.

"Ah, if not for you, Fourth Brother, coming with me to Buzhou Mountain, how could we have encountered such opportunities one after another?"

"By the way, Fourth Brother, you still lack a suitable treasure. Why don't we split up and search this mountain? That way, we can quickly find a protective spirit treasure for you. Otherwise, I cannot rest easy with you traveling the Primordial World."

Tongtian waved his hand, then spoke with a serious expression.

In his view, this Fourth Brother was the one who needed the most care.

Also at the early Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal stage, he had neither a treasure to protect himself nor had he displayed any powerful protective divine abilities. He was likely at the bottom among early-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals, wasn't he?

That wouldn't do!

The Calamity Qi in the heavens and earth was growing thicker; a great tribulation was approaching. For Fourth Brother to lack a treasure for self-preservation and Dao-protection was not safe.

"Brother speaks sense. I'll follow your suggestion. Let's split up and search in two directions."

Xuanyuan had no objection.

Buzhou Mountain was rich in treasures. In the vast Primordial World, only the yet-undiscovered Three Immortal Islands overseas could compare to it.

Thus, Xuanyuan and Tongtian parted ways, one heading upward, the other downward.

Atop Buzhou Mountain Peak, Chaos Residual Qi surged like ink. Pangu's Residual Might after his fall transformed into formless gale winds, tearing the void into countless fine cracks.

At this time, Buzhou Mountain was not a place ordinary beings could approach.

For the weak, even the self-contained pressure of Pangu's fallen spine made every step difficult, while the gale winds stirred by Chaos Residual Qi and the chaotic Space Cracks could only be barely withstood by Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals.

Xuanyuan trod on Profound Clarity Qi, his entire being flowing with Dao resonance and laws as he enveloped himself in the Yin-Yang Lightning World Shadow, trying to fend off the void cracks that could shred a Golden Immortal.

"As expected of Great God Pangu. Even after Endless Years since his fall, this Residual Might can still warp time and space."

Xuanyuan formed hand seals, wanting to probe the earth vein flow of Buzhou Mountain.

Kacha...

But the moment his Grand Unity Magic Power touched the mountain body, it was dyed a desolate color, then shattered inch by inch.

Looking up, he saw Chaos-colored Dao patterns flowing on the mottled rock—the law imprints left behind when Pangu Opens Heaven. Each line contained the mighty power of Heaven and Earth Opening.

Buzhou Mountain, with its self-contained law patterns, was itself a treasure. But the time was not yet right.

The Kalpa Tribulation had not yet erupted. Even a Sage could not move this mountain now.

Only when the Witch-Demon War came, and the Water Ancestral Witch Gonggong, in his rage, crashed into Buzhou Mountain, toppling this pillar of heaven, would it fall to Yuanshi's benefit. He would then refine it into the Sky-Turning Seal, a Houtian Supreme Treasure no less than an innate one.

Only then would Guang Chengzi earn his infamous title of "Saintess Slayer."

But for now, it was beyond Xuanyuan's reach. Even as one of the Four Pure Ones, born from Pangu Primordial Spirit, he could not merge his power into Buzhou Mountain, let alone refine and claim it.

"I was too greedy. The Creation Green Lotus, the Gourd Vine, the Banana Tree... these spiritual roots have not yet emerged. All the fortune is still vested in Buzhou Mountain, at its peak of might and weight. I cannot shake it."

Unable to move the mountain, Xuanyuan changed his goal, seeking the Twenty-Four Petaled Creation Green Lotus. He never found it.

He searched for the Chaos Gourd Vine, the Earth, Water, Fire, Wind Banana Tree, and other spiritual root treasures. Still, nothing.

"Forget it!"

"It seems the time has not come. These spiritual roots will not appear."

Time flowed, and a hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. Xuanyuan withdrew the Yin-Yang Lightning World Shadow and let out a helpless sigh.

"The Twenty-Four Petaled Creation Green Lotus, the Chaos Gourd Vine..."

These innate spiritual objects truly needed the Kalpa Tribulation to turn and Pangu's Residual Might to fade before they would emerge.

Shaking his head, Xuanyuan decided to go find Tongtian and travel the Primordial World.

Just then, the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, long dormant in his Primordial Spirit, suddenly burst forth with countless beams of purple light. The mountains, rivers, and streams carved into its body writhed like living things.

The next instant, a finger-thick purple light shot out from between his brows, piercing through layers of Chaos Residual Qi, overriding Pangu's Residual Might, and pointing straight at an unremarkable Space Crack deep within Buzhou Mountain.

At first glance, this Space Crack looked no different from the countless other fine cracks in the void.

Even when Xuanyuan probed it with the full force of his Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Primordial Spirit, he could detect nothing unusual.

"A turning point!"

Still, he chose to trust the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler.

This Houtian Merit Supreme Treasure contained the profound mysteries of the Space Great Dao, capable of precisely capturing subtle spatial fluctuations and piercing through Chaos mist and illusions.

Its sudden movement surely meant it had discovered some secret realm or special space.

In the Primordial World, some treasures, when gestating, created their own space, protected by Innate Restrictions. Before their time of birth, they were not only impossible to open but even difficult to detect.

"Go!"

The Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler flew out from his Primordial Spirit and landed in Xuanyuan's hand. The Dao resonance around him suddenly surged, and the projection of the Yin-Yang Lightning World bloomed all around. Vast Grand Unity Magic Power poured into the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, activating the treasure's restrictions within.

"Boom!"

"Kacha!"

The Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler hummed like a bell, striking against the void with the sound of the Great Dao. The Profound Yellow Merit Light flowing along its body abruptly flared.

"Break!"

Xuanyuan roared, gripping the ruler in his right hand and swinging it with force. The Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler instantly transformed into a rainbow of light. The two divine characters "Measure Heaven" on its surface burst forth with endless purple qi. Wherever it passed, space crumbled like aged brocade, inch by inch.

The next moment, the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, carrying the Heaven-Opening Merit, tore open a passage leading straight into an unknown space.

"I wonder what fortune lies within this space."

Xuanyuan did not hesitate. Clutching the supreme treasure, he stepped directly into the passage.

With the Chaos Supreme Treasure Chaos Pearl and the Houtian Merit Supreme Treasure Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler on his person, he stood invincible from the start.

If he encountered an insurmountable danger, he could simply retreat into the Chaos Pearl and wait until Gonggong toppled Buzhou Mountain before breaking free.

After crossing countless layers of Chaos Residual Qi and the barrier of restrictions woven from Pangu's Residual Might and the laws of time and space, Xuanyuan's vision suddenly brightened.

Before him, an ancient secret realm suspended in a spatial rift slowly revealed itself. At the very center of the realm lay a pool, fifty zhang in length and width and four zhang nine chi deep, shrouded by Innate Restrictions.

"Could this be... Pangu Jade Marrow?"

Relying on the truth-piercing effect of the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, Xuanyuan saw through the restrictions and observed the liquid within the pool.

It was neither solid matter nor pure energy, but a special Chaos Spiritual Liquid existing between the real and the illusory. Its entire body was platinum-white, and on its surface flowed the law patterns left by the Chaos Supreme Treasure Sky-Opening Axe when it split Heaven and Earth, along with the faintly visible Pangu's Heaven-Opening Imprint.

Pangu Jade Marrow was born after Pangu's Heaven and Earth Opening and his fall. It was the essence formed from the fusion of Pangu Essence Blood and Chaos Qi, precipitated over Endless Years and tempered by the Heaven and Earth Laws.

It shared the same origin as the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who were transformed from Pangu Essence Blood, and the Four Pure Ones, who were transformed from Pangu Primordial Spirit. However, it had no fate to take form and no spark of life—it was merely a lifeless substance.

To be honest, this substance was even more precious than the so-called Three Lights Divine Water and the water of the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, and its effects were far more powerful.

Xuanyuan was about to break open the Innate Restrictions, but after a moment's thought, he stepped back out, intending to bring Tongtian in with him.

Pangu Jade Marrow had many uses, but the most fundamental was to strengthen the physical body and enhance the innate potential for body cultivation, achieving an effect similar to the Ancestral Witch Body.