Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!

Qin Mu hurriedly looked up.

In the distance, a brilliant glow surged into the sky, shrouding the heavens and tearing open a rift in the sea of clouds.

Deep within the glow, Chaos Force churned.

Vaguely, he could see Golden Array Patterns flowing within it.

"Is this... an Innate Treasure coming into the world?"

"What kind of treasure is it, to have an Innate Formation protecting it?"

Qin Mu was secretly astonished.

"Boom..."

At the same time, terrifying flames erupted from within the formation.

The mere heat waves rolling off the flames incinerated everything around them to ash.

As Qin Mu stood stunned,

Daoist Tongtian, beside him, raised an eyebrow and sighed.

"After waiting fifty thousand years, this Innate Spiritual Treasure has finally appeared."

As soon as he finished speaking, Daoist Tongtian's wide sleeves fluttered, and a piercing sword cry rang out.

In the next moment, a long sword descended from the Ninth Heaven into his hand.

Taking the sword, Daoist Tongtian casually swung it, slashing toward the vast glow.

Whoosh!

With that single slash, boundless magical power surged forth. The mighty Sword Qi hung across the sky like a Silver Silk waterfall!

In an instant, the terrifying Sword Qi had cut deep into the glow.

Rumble!

As the Sword Qi poured in, the Innate Formation within the glow rapidly began to turn, attempting to pulverize its power.

But under Daoist Tongtian's terrifying sword power, the array patterns were torn to pieces.

The sword power's momentum did not wane. It swept back and forth through the formation.

Bang, bang, bang...

As the sword power swept through the Innate Formation, its restrictions were swiftly destroyed.

Boom!

For a brief moment, a blinding blaze suddenly erupted from the center of the formation.

Immediately afterward, under the piercing force of the terrifying sword power, the Innate Grand Formation shattered like glass.

Fragments of the array patterns rained down, each striking the ground and forming a terrifying Abyss.

"This...?"

Qin Mu's pupils contracted, his face full of shock.

"Daoist Tongtian is only a Quasi-Saint, yet the power of a single sword is already this terrifying."

"I wonder just how powerful the Saints above the Quasi-Saints must be?"

Qin Mu murmured in amazement.

Beside him, Daoist Tongtian had already put away his sword and was calmly watching the shattered Innate Formation.

Before long, a crimson bead slowly rose from the formation's eye.

The treasure bead hovered in the air, wreathed in tongues of flame.

A terrifying aura capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas radiated from it. Even the surrounding space and time seemed to twist and warp as if set ablaze.

"Gulp..."

Qin Mu swallowed, staring fixedly at the bead.

Looking closely, he could see strange Dao Patterns across its surface.

"From its power, this bead must be an Innate Spiritual Treasure, right?"

"No wonder Daoist Tongtian waited fifty thousand years for it!"

As Qin Mu speculated to himself,

Daoist Tongtian reached out and grabbed at the air.

He was clearly trying to pull the bead into his hand.

Rumble!

Who could have guessed that the moment Daoist Tongtian's magical power reached it, the treasure bead would unleash a terrifying wave of heat and violently resist!

"It's got quite a temper."

Daoist Tongtian spoke calmly, then lightly swept his sleeve.

Whoosh!

As his wide sleeve fluttered, a streak of Immortal Light flew out from within it.

In just a few breaths, the treasure bead was enveloped by the Immortal Light, and its fierce resistance was instantly suppressed.

Looking again, the bead, which had been radiating terrifying flames, had become docile. The fiery glow around it had softened, too.

In the next moment, the treasure bead turned into a streak of red light and flew straight into Daoist Tongtian's hand.

After taking the bead, Tongtian lowered his eyes and inspected it.

"A Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Not bad."

As he spoke, Tongtian lightly tapped it with a fingertip. The Dao Patterns on the bead seemed to awaken, flowing with brilliant light.

Besides that, the Five Elements Origin seemed to be surging within the bead.

"Hmm?"

"It's actually a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure?"

Qin Mu was utterly astonished.

He had guessed that the treasure coming into the world was likely an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

But he hadn't expected its grade to be so high—to have reached the top grade.

Before Qin Mu could recover, Daoist Tongtian turned his gaze toward him.

"Since you have joined my sect,"

"then I'll give you this Fire Spirit Pearl as your Initiation Gift."

With that, Tongtian gave a slight wave of his hand, and the treasure bead in his palm flew toward Qin Mu.

Qin Mu hurriedly caught it. Before he could react, a Fire Mark appeared on his palm.

"Fire Spirit Pearl?"

"This is that treasure!"

Qin Mu was stunned.

He knew about the Fire Spirit Pearl. After Pangu created Heaven and Earth, the Five Elements Power had come into being: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth!

In the end, the Five Elements Qi had condensed into five Spirit Pearls. Whoever obtained one could wield the Origin of one element.

The one Tongtian had given him was the Fire Spirit Pearl.

"Thank you, Master!"

Still reeling with shock, Qin Mu hurriedly bowed to Tongtian.

He hadn't expected Daoist Tongtian to be so generous.

He'd simply given away a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!

After all, Daoist Tongtian had waited a full fifty thousand years for this Fire Spirit Pearl.

Tongtian remained calm and smiled faintly.

"Let's go!"

"Come back to Kunlun Mountain with me."

With that, Daoist Tongtian waved his sleeve. An invisible force lifted Qin Mu and carried him into the sky.

Before long,

Qin Mu returned to Kunlun Mountain with Tongtian.

A magnificent palace stood on the mountainside.

Its gates had been carved from Phoenix Wood, an Innate Spiritual Root.

An ancient Formation Diagram covered the palace's entire domed roof, ripples of Daoist resonance spreading from it.

At that moment, two Daoists sat facing each other on a Cloud Platform inside the palace.

One of them was a white-haired, youthful-faced elder.

A Celebration Cloud faintly appeared above his head.

His snow-white eyebrows hung down to his waist, and every hair was entwined with Merit Qi.

Stars seemed to flow across his plain white Daoist robe. A Purple-Gold Red Gourd hung at his waist, constantly drawing in and releasing spiritual mist.

Most astonishing of all were the elder's half-closed eyes.

His left eye seemed to reflect the birth and growth of all things, while his right reflected the destruction of the heavens.

The one seated across from the elder was a middle-aged Daoist.

His blue Daoist robe was embroidered with the stars of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou. When its hem fluttered, the elements of earth, wind, water, and fire could be seen forming anew.

His face was as handsome as polished jade, and a chill aura surrounded him.

"Hmm?"

After seeing the two men, Qin Mu immediately guessed who they were.

The elder was probably Taishang Laozi, while the middle-aged Daoist was Daoist Yuanshi.

As they descended from the clouds, Taishang Laozi and Daoist Yuanshi, who had been discussing the Dao, turned their gazes toward them in unison.

When he saw Qin Mu standing beside Daoist Tongtian, Daoist Yuanshi narrowed his eyes slightly and asked,

"Third Brother, you're back!"

"And who is this young man?"

Daoist Tongtian didn't hide the truth and replied,

"He's a disciple I took in while I was away. It must be fate."

As he spoke, Daoist Tongtian glanced at Qin Mu.

"Why haven't you paid your respects to your two senior uncles?"

At once, Qin Mu bowed to Taishang Laozi and Daoist Yuanshi.

"Your disciple, Qin Mu,"

"pays his respects to Senior Uncle-Master and Second Senior Uncle!"