Innate Spiritual Treasure Banana Leaf Fan, Encountering Sanqing in the Divine Hall (Seeking Collection, Seeking Follow-up Reads, Seeking Votes!)

Beside him, Grand Pure One Laozi and Yuqing Yuanshi both performed a divination with their fingers. The heavenly secrets revealed exactly as Shangqing Tongtian Daoist had said.

Moreover, the heavenly secrets showed that this being was an Innate God-Demon nurtured by Heaven and Earth, destined to become Shangqing Tongtian's direct disciple!

"Congratulations, Third Brother!"

Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist, who rarely smiled, spoke with a trace of praise in his tone. "The first strand of Pure and Turbid Qi between Heaven and Earth to take form—though not an Innate Sacred Being, it possesses the foundation of a top-tier Innate God-Demon. It can still be considered a rare Innate Foundation between Heaven and Earth!"

Though he had some reservations about Shangqing Tongtian Daoist's philosophy of the Heaven-Severing Dao, the bond among the Three Pure Ones remained firm at present.

Most importantly, the being shown in the heavenly secrets possessed the foundation of an Innate God-Demon and bore deep fortune. It was quite extraordinary, rare enough to catch Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist's discerning eye.

"This person is currently within the ruins of one of Earth Emperor Yuejian's palaces. It seems this future disciple of yours, Third Brother, is also one with weighty Dao fortune and exceptional destiny!"

After deducing the heavenly secrets, the ever-silent Grand Pure One Laozi also offered a rare word of praise.

Shangqing Tongtian Daoist revealed a satisfied expression, his heart greatly comforted. "What does an Innate Foundation matter? I do not value it overly much. So long as one's Dao heart is clear and one's temperament resolute, even shallow aptitude is no concern!"

Beside him, Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist did not wholly approve of Shangqing Tongtian Daoist's views on one's foundation.

However, he also understood that, as one of the Pangu Sanqing, Shangqing Tongtian Daoist had the right to ignore a disciple's aptitude and foundation.

After all, the Three Pure Ones were bound together by the same origin. Naturally, they knew just how profound each other's reserves were!

Just as the Three Pure Ones were deducing the heavenly secrets and discussing Lu Yuan's foundation and fate, Lu Yuan stood in the ruined divine hall, staring dumbfoundedly at the Innate Spiritual Treasure before him.

A yellow banana leaf, containing the origin of earth, hung behind the screen in the main hall of the palace.

Though it was a Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, judging from the arrangement of the palace's main hall, it looked more like a palm-leaf fan Earth Emperor Yuejian used to cool himself.

Lu Yuan's guess was correct. This Banana Leaf Fan contained the origin of earth and was one of the four leaves of the Innate Spiritual Root, the Banana Tree.

That Innate Spiritual Root, the Banana Tree, had been formed from the evolution of Earth, Water, Wind, Fire. It was born containing the origins of Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, yet bore only four leaves.

Of those four leaves, the leaf containing the origin of earth was the first to mature. During the World of Gods and Demons, it had been plucked by Earth Emperor Yuejian and refined into a fan for stirring the wind.

After all, as the Co-Lord of Gods and Demons and Earth Emperor Heavenly Emperor, how abundant was Yuejian's wealth and collection of treasures?

Forget Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures—even Innate Supreme Treasures numbered two upon his person. Why would he have any use for a mere Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure?

Thus, Earth Emperor Yuejian had placed this Banana Leaf Fan in this palace and treated it as an ordinary fan.

Earth Emperor Yuejian might have looked down on this Innate Spiritual Treasure, but Lu Yuan did not disdain the Banana Leaf Fan before him.

After all, every Innate Spiritual Treasure was a gem nurtured by Heaven and Earth. Even if he had no use for it himself, after establishing his Dao lineage today, it would be good to leave it for his future disciples!

A hint of delight appeared on Lu Yuan's face as he stepped before the screen and took down the Banana Leaf Fan containing the origin of earth.

This yellow Banana Leaf Fan was roughly three feet three inches long and more than a foot wide.

The instant he held it in his hand, an aura of earth origin spread forth. It held both the compassion of nurturing and nourishing all things, and the profound heaviness of encompassing and containing all things.

As he toyed with the Banana Leaf Fan in his hand and pondered the whereabouts of the Banana Tree's remaining three leaves, thoughts churned in Lu Yuan's mind.

The Fire Fan had been taken by Sage Taiqing for pill refinement, while the Wind Fan had fallen into Old Ancestor Minghe's hands and was later bestowed upon the Rakshasa Woman who appeared during the Journey to the West Tribulation.

As for the final Water Fan, it had mysteriously vanished without a trace. No one knew into whose hands it had fallen among the Great Divine Ability Users!

Just as Lu Yuan sighed inwardly and lamented the Water Fan, the Three Pure Ones followed the heavenly secrets and arrived in the valley.

Gazing at the innate restrictions within the valley, the Three Pure Ones' eyes pierced through the Innate Grand Formation and saw the ruined divine hall inside.

The God-Demon Dao Script from the World of Gods and Demons upon that ruined divine hall naturally came into the Three Pure Ones' sight.

Looking at the resplendent, majestic, and solemn Dao Script, the Grand Pure Daoist, with his crane-white hair, youthful face, and calm expression, sighed softly. "God-Demon Dao Script, a Heavenly Emperor's palace... it truly is a remnant left behind by Earth Emperor Yuejian..."

"The Lord of Gods and Demons, the Earth Emperor Heavenly Emperor..."

Beside him, Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist wore a white Daoist robe. Though he was not angered, he radiated authority, and his face was solemn as he too sighed with emotion.

In the past, the God-Demon race had been like the midday sun, ruling the four seas and Eight Wastelands. Earth Emperor Yuejian's accumulated achievements and power had been so formidable, yet he had still fallen beneath the tribulation of Proving the Dao of Hunyuan.

Even with Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist's pride, a trace of sorrow could not help rising in his heart.

"Let us enter and pay our respects to this Earth Emperor relic, and while we are at it, take a look at my direct disciple ordained by Heaven..."

After sweeping his gaze over the ruined divine hall a few times, Shangqing Tongtian Daoist spoke.

Grand Pure One Laozi and Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist beside him nodded slightly. The three stepped upon auspicious clouds, drifting through the innate restrictions before descending lightly beside the ruined divine hall.

At this moment, Lu Yuan sent a thread of Primordial Spirit power into the Banana Leaf Fan, the Innate Spiritual Treasure, and had already branded it with his own mark.

He had no immediate use for this Innate Spiritual Treasure, so he did not deeply refine the Innate Divine Prohibitions within it.

If he were to deeply refine those Innate Divine Prohibitions, then for this Mid-grade Spiritual Treasure—which was not a fated treasure of his—it would take him at least several thousand more years.

"Besides, the Purple Cloud Palace's lecture should already have ended. It's time for me to head to Kunlun Mountain and take a master!"

Storing away the Innate Spiritual Treasure in his hand, Lu Yuan turned and walked out of the main hall, heading beyond the ruined divine hall.

At that moment, three Daoists whose cultivation auras were exceptionally powerful and terrifying were walking toward the divine hall palace. A mere trace of the aura they inadvertently revealed made Lu Yuan feel as though he could barely breathe.

Looking over, he saw the three Daoists with the Three Flowers blooming above their heads and the Five Qi returning to the origin within their chests, evolving boundless Great Daos atop their clouds of celebration.

"Great Luo Dao Lords? No, these are three Great Divine Ability Users!"

Feeling the terrifying aura of the three Daoists, Lu Yuan's heart shook violently. He possessed an innate inheritance and had traveled the Primordial World for thirty thousand years; his judgment and knowledge could not be mistaken!

After Great Luo Dao Lords plucked their Dao Fruits, they transcended the River of Destiny. All time and space became eternal, and they remained indestructible through countless tribulations.

Although Great Luo Dao Lords possessed bodies impervious to ten thousand calamities, their Daoxing was ultimately no match for the overwhelming might of Great Divine Ability Users.

What was a Great Divine Ability User?

One had to know that every Great Divine Ability User had cultivated to the peak of the Great Luo Dao Lord realm and, moreover, deduced their own Great Dao beyond the Great Luo Dao Realm before they could be called one!

Thus, Great Divine Ability Users carried upon them A Trace of the Sacred Dao's aura, one that was nearly eternal.

His gaze narrowing slightly, Lu Yuan instantly guessed the origins of these three Great Divine Ability Users.

After all, in the Primordial World, what three Great Divine Ability Users could have their auras linked together, sharing the same branch and root, besides Pangu Sanqing?