Buzhou Mountain.
Inside the Small Heaven and Earth within that innate formation.
Qin Mu was refining the restrictions on the Purple Gold Chaos Gourd.
The Purple Gold Chaos Gourd had been nourished by Chaos Liquid, and its grade had reached that of a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
A Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure contained a full forty-eight innate restrictions.
The more restrictions one refined, the more powerful the treasure would naturally be when activated.
Time slipped by.
Before long, many years had passed.
At that moment, inside the Small Heaven and Earth, Qin Mu slowly opened his eyes.
"I've refined sixteen of its forty-eight innate restrictions."
"That should be just enough to bring out the Purple Gold Chaos Gourd's power."
Qin Mu murmured to himself, then put away the Purple Gold Chaos Gourd floating before him.
Next, he shifted his gaze to the Innate Gourd Vine.
"Although all the gourds on this Innate Gourd Vine have been picked..."
"It is, after all, one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots."
"I wonder if it can give birth to seven gourds again?"
After thinking it over, a look of resolve flashed in Qin Mu's eyes. He raised a hand, and an invisible wave of magical power settled upon the Innate Gourd Vine.
When he looked again, Qin Mu had already collected the Innate Gourd Vine.
"If I can get more Chaos Liquid the next time I open a Red Packet, I might as well give it a try."
"If the Innate Gourd Vine can grow innate gourds again, I'll have struck it rich."
After putting away the Innate Gourd Vine, Qin Mu let out a long breath and said with a sigh:
"It's time to go."
Then, without another thought, he walked straight through the innate formation and out of this Small Heaven and Earth.
What Qin Mu hadn't expected was—
The moment he stepped out of the innate formation, sharp attacks suddenly came at him from three different directions.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Three attacks shot toward him in an instant.
One was a blazing dragon of magical power; one was a freezing sword of magical power; and one was a poisonous mist steeped in baleful energy.
In less than a moment, all three attacks had reached Qin Mu.
"Hm?"
Qin Mu's expression darkened.
He hadn't expected that the moment he stepped out of the innate formation, he would be greeted by three fierce attacks.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Before Qin Mu could think further, all three attacks struck him almost simultaneously.
Deafening explosions rang out. Magical power surged and roiled, while the very fabric of space and time warped under the impact.
Before long, the vibrations subsided and the dust cleared.
A closer look showed Qin Mu still standing where he was, completely unharmed.
Ever since entering Buzhou Mountain, he had relied on the pressure there to temper his body.
By now, the strength of his physical body rivaled that of a Spiritual Treasure!
Those three attacks had been fierce, but they still couldn't break through his body.
After all, even before entering Buzhou Mountain, Qin Mu had defeated Kuafu, a Great Witch of the Witch Clan, using nothing but the strength of his physical body!
Then Qin Mu shifted his gaze and swept a cold look across the area.
He saw three figures standing not far away.
They were the Green Robe Daoist, the Red Robe Daoist, and the Black Robe Daoist, who had arrived here before him!
"What?"
"He's still alive?"
"He withstood the magical attacks of all three of us with his physical body?"
"..."
Seeing Qin Mu completely unharmed, the three of them were all stunned.
They hadn't expected Qin Mu's physical body to be this powerful.
In their eyes, the three fierce attacks they had just unleashed would have been more than enough to kill a mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal.
When Qin Mu saw who the three were, his expression darkened slightly.
After a moment's thought, he understood.
He had deciphered the innate formation, entered the Small Heaven and Earth within it, and obtained a tremendous opportunity.
But these three had spent tens of thousands of years trying to comprehend the formation and had gained nothing.
Naturally, they wanted to kill him and seize his treasure!
As Qin Mu considered this, the Green Robe Daoist's gaze turned cold. He looked straight at Qin Mu and said:
"Fellow Daoist."
"Since we've met before..."
"Hand over your treasure at once, and I'll spare your life!"
When the three of them had seen Qin Mu decipher the innate formation and enter it after just three hundred years, they had been utterly shocked.
At the time, the three had already agreed that once Qin Mu came out of the formation, they would join forces to seize the treasure he had obtained.
All three of them were late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortals, while Qin Mu was only a mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal.
Hearing what the Green Robe Daoist said, Qin Mu smiled faintly.
"You want a treasure?"
"I've got one, all right!"
As he spoke, Qin Mu casually flicked his hand. A gourd appeared above his palm.
It was the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure he had obtained in the Small Heaven and Earth: the Purple Gold Chaos Gourd!
"Boom!"
The moment the Purple Gold Chaos Gourd appeared, it radiated a terrifying aura. Chaos Qi swirled around it, and its dazzling light soared into the sky!
"This... This is an Innate Spiritual Treasure?"
"He really did obtain a tremendous opportunity!"
"That opportunity should have been ours!"
The three of them immediately recognized the Purple Gold Chaos Gourd as an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
Their eyes gleamed with greed as they stared at it.
After all, an Innate Spiritual Treasure was no ordinary item.
Even a Great Principle Golden Immortal wasn't guaranteed to possess such a treasure.
Besides, one needed an Innate Spiritual Treasure to house one's primordial spirit when severing a corpse to attain the Dao and enter the Quasi-Saint realm.
"Haha!"
"Heaven is on my side!"
Still reeling with shock, the Red Robe Daoist burst into wild laughter, his eyes fixed on Qin Mu with undisguised greed.
Qin Mu paid him no mind and said coolly:
"If the three of you want this treasure..."
"Then we'll see if you have what it takes."
"But..."
Qin Mu paused briefly, then added with disdain:
"You're only three late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortals."
"And you still think you can kill me and take my treasure?"
"You're overestimating yourselves."
As soon as Qin Mu finished speaking, the three Taiyi Golden Immortals' expressions changed dramatically.
After all, Qin Mu himself was only a mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal, yet he dared to say something like that in front of all three of them?
"Hmph!"
After a brief silence, the Green Robe Daoist couldn't help snorting.
"You're only a mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal. How dare you be so brazen?"
"Take this!"
The Green Robe Daoist gave a sharp shout. With a flick of his hand, he channeled his magical power at full force, and a long sword appeared, slashing straight at Qin Mu.
Qin Mu remained unfazed.
He threw a punch at the Green Robe Daoist.
"Boom!"
The power of the fourth turn of the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill erupted, and thirty-six strands of Chaos Sword Qi coiled around his fist.
One punch, and the void collapsed!
The long sword slashing toward Qin Mu shattered into pieces on impact.
The terrifying force of the punch did not weaken!
In less than a moment, it had reached the Green Robe Daoist.
"What?"
The Green Robe Daoist's eyes widened, disbelief filling his face.
"Bang!"
Before he could recover, the dreadful force of the punch slammed into his body.
A deafening sonic boom rang out.
The Green Robe Daoist's physical body exploded, and the Sword Qi around Qin Mu's fist shredded his primordial spirit to pieces.
And so, a Taiyi Golden Immortal fell for good!
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