Treasure Beyond Fate, White Jade Plate

"I see..."

"I never imagined that the White Jade Plate I'd casually bought from a roadside stall would turn out to be the 'culprit' that brought me to the Primordial World.

"Back on Blue Star, after the White Jade Plate hit me, my blood had activated this indescribable supreme treasure."

A wry smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face. That night, he'd gone for a walk in the park and spotted the White Jade Plate at a roadside stall.

At the time, the stone plate had been covered in mottled jade rust and looked nowhere near as magnificent as it did now. Yet Lu Yuan had become captivated by it and, as if possessed, decided to buy it.

He hadn't expected that after bringing it home and cleaning it, the White Jade Plate would hit him before he'd even had a chance to examine it.

When he opened his eyes again, he'd arrived in the Primordial World, replacing an Innate God-Demon nurtured from Pure and Turbid Qi who had failed to take form.

As his thoughts turned, Lu Yuan understood the mystery behind his transmigration, and the gloom that had long lingered in his heart immediately vanished.

He looked within at his Purple Mansion Spirit Platform, gathering his mind into a single point. Then Lu Yuan's "gaze" once again fell upon the "White Jade Plate" within his True Spirit.

According to the information that had brushed through his mind, this "White Jade Plate" was a Treasure Beyond Fate, its status even surpassing that of an Innate Supreme Treasure.

But the White Jade Plate had encountered a tremendous upheaval before it could be fully nurtured, and had been forced to emerge ahead of time.

For reasons unknown, it had drifted to Blue Star, where Lu Yuan had spotted it while out for a walk one evening.

At present, this "White Jade Plate" could barely maintain the status of a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Its only ability was to conceal and muddle the power of fate surrounding Lu Yuan.

To repair the "White Jade Plate," he needed the power of the World Origin, or a treasure containing the power of the World Origin.

"The power of the World Origin?"

Lu Yuan's mouth twitched slightly. The power of the World Origin was the foundation of Heaven and Earth, from which all things were derived.

Everything in the Primordial World was a manifestation of the power of the World Origin.

If he could obtain the Primordial World's Origin before Hongjun proved the Dao and became a sage, there might still be a sliver of hope.

After Hongjun proved the Dao of Hunyuan, the Heavenly Dao Order had been firmly established, and the world's course had shifted from untamed growth to rigid and meticulous order.

Everything in the Primordial World was under the Heavenly Dao's control. The Heavenly Dao's Net was strict, and sages enforced the law on Heaven's behalf.

If Lu Yuan stubbornly pursued it, he might be branded a remnant of the demonic cultivators by a Great Divine Ability User acting at the Heavenly Dao's direction, and eliminated in the name of upholding justice before he ever got his hands on the World Origin.

"Ah, I'd better put the power of the World Origin out of my mind for now. I should use a spiritual item containing the World Origin's power to repair the White Jade Plate instead..."

Lu Yuan shook his head and sighed inwardly. The Primordial World was still in the Innate Era.

The Witch-Demon Calamity had yet to show the first signs of emerging, and Buzhou Mountain, formed from Great God Pangu's backbone, still served as the pillar of Heaven in the Primordial World.

The Primordial World was exceptionally rich in resources: Lingbaos, Spiritual Roots, and Innate Spiritual Items of all kinds.

As his thoughts turned, Lu Yuan set off to explore this Divine Mountain Dao Field.

From the Innate inheritance he had received after taking form, Lu Yuan knew that the Divine Mountain Dao Field where he had been nurtured lay in the southeastern part of the Primordial World.

Its approximate location corresponded to the Southern Wilderness beside Southern Jambudvipa in the era after the Investiture of the Gods calamity.

The place where he had taken form was a Cave Heaven Blessed Land within the Divine Mountain Dao Field. It was no less impressive than the famous thirty-six Cave Heavens of later generations.

Lu Yuan looked around. Within the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, the small amount of Chaos Qi that remained was continually refined by the Innate Grand Formation, breaking down into Innate Spiritual Qi.

Innate Spiritual Qi was abundant here. The mountains teemed with spiritual flowers and grasses, and even the clear water flowing through the streams was immortal liquid that later generations of Dao-seekers could only dream of obtaining.

Lu Yuan carefully placed wards around these spiritual grasses and trees, which seemed to be everywhere, protecting them one by one.

He knew that these seemingly "ordinary" weeds would become treasures that helped cultivators increase their magic power after the Innate Era ended.

After working for a while, Lu Yuan sensed the Innate Grand Formation and headed toward the place where the three dragon veins of the Cave Heaven Blessed Land converged.

Deep beneath a valley, the earth's veins brimmed with the Daoist resonance of the primordial yellow that had opened up the world, before Pure and Turbid had yet separated. The immortal light emitted unintentionally by the Profound Yellow Pure Turgid Diagram had actually carved out a secret realm within the earth's veins.

Beside the Profound Yellow Pure Turgid Diagram lay a palm-sized jade slip. It seemed unremarkable, yet this Lingbao occupied the very heart of the secret realm.

Meanwhile, the Profound Yellow Pure Turgid Diagram, which had propped open the secret realm, had no choice but to take the lowest place.

From this, one could see that this jade-slip Lingbao was perhaps no ordinary treasure!

Following his sense of it, Lu Yuan reached the depths of the earth's veins and gently beckoned with one hand. The Profound Yellow Pure Turgid Diagram flew from the secret realm into his hand without hesitation.

Perhaps the Profound Yellow Pure Turgid Diagram had arisen in response to his destiny and was his companion Lingbao, so it resonated with him deeply and was easy to refine.

In only a few years, he had refined twelve Innate restrictions. Given his Heavenly Immortal cultivation, that was truly remarkable!

If it had been another Innate Spiritual Treasure, he wouldn't have managed more than three to five Innate restrictions before obtaining the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, even if it had been a Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with twelve restrictions!

After refining sixteen Innate restrictions, Lu Yuan gradually began to struggle, so he stopped rather than continuing.

"So the Profound Yellow Pure Turgid Diagram is a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with thirty-six Innate restrictions?"

Lu Yuan opened his eyes, his face full of delight. By rights, an Innate God-Demon of his middle-grade roots should have had a Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure as his companion treasure.

But the Profound Yellow Pure Turgid Diagram was undeniably a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Though he didn't know why, Lu Yuan was overjoyed.

After all, the higher the grade of an Innate Spiritual Treasure, the greater the power of fate contained in its status.

Whether in combat or in suppressing the power of fate, a single High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure could be worth at least three to five Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

After finishing the refinement of the Profound Yellow Pure Turgid Diagram, Lu Yuan swept his Divine Sense through the secret realm deep beneath the earth's veins. Only then did he notice the jade-slip Lingbao at its center.

He stepped into the secret realm and pointed. With a powerful pull, the palm-sized jade slip landed in his hand.

The jade-slip Lingbao was palm-sized and milky white. It carried an air of lofty majesty that made it seem impossible to disobey.

Unfortunately, the jade disk was a damaged treasure, as could be seen from the broken gaps on either side.

Lu Yuan secretly lamented his bad luck. The moment he saw this treasure, he'd felt that it was connected to him, but it turned out to be a damaged Lingbao.

Still, he was very happy to have obtained it.

After refining the treasure, the jade disk's spiritual light passed over him, and he read the information within it. Lu Yuan's expression shifted, and his eyes filled with delight.

"This treasure is actually a fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation..."

Lu Yuan trembled all over. He had memories of Blue Star and had received the inheritance of an Innate God-Demon. How could he not know the Jade Disk of Creation's illustrious reputation?

The Jade Disk of Creation was an Innate Supreme Treasure, a divine artifact of the Heavenly Dao. It was said to record the mysteries of the three thousand Great Daos and hold the secrets of the Heavenly Dao's workings.

Even Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who had attained the Dao of Hunyuan and preached in the Purple Heaven Palace beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, had relied heavily on the Jade Disk of Creation to open the Immortal Dao and become the first sage of the Primordial World.

Lu Yuan's gaze grew burning hot as he looked at the jade disk in his hand.

Although this fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation didn't possess the same power as the one in Dao Ancestor Hongjun's hands, it was still no small treasure.

It recorded three Great Daos: "Copy," "Dao Script," and "Pure and Turbid." It was a full one-hundredth the size of the complete Jade Disk of Creation.

Moreover, this fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation could record the Great Daos of Heaven and Earth. As long as they didn't exceed the realm of the Heavenly Dao, it could record the Great Dao of anyone, from a Great Divine Ability User to even a Hunyuan Sage.

This left Lu Yuan extremely excited. It meant that in the future, when he listened to Great Divine Ability Users and sages preach, he could record their teachings. Even if he failed to understand them at the time, he could return and study them over and over.

"Looks like my instincts were right. This treasure really is connected to me!" Lu Yuan happily put away the jade disk and placed it in the secret realm of his Purple Mansion Ancestral Aperture Spirit Platform.