A Supreme Treasure Gathered Dust

Tongtian's eyes were now wide as saucers, his mouth slightly open without realizing it.

It was as though he had seen Father God Pangu perform a chaotic dance on the spot.

That small dark-blue banner, the black lotus patterns flowing across its surface, the Dao rhythm that stirred all waters and made them obediently submit...

There was no mistaking it!

It was definitely the Profound Origin Water Control Banner, one of the Five Innate Flags!

This banner obscured Qiankun, blotted out the sky and sun, drove away all evils, and rendered all spells ineffective. It was a supreme Spiritual Treasure that ruled over the water essence of the world!

And those twenty-four beads, spinning round and round, radiating Five-Colored Radiance, so heavy they seemed capable of crushing the void...

That aura, that might—

They were clearly the Innate Spiritual Treasure Sea Calming Beads, capable of dazzling an enemy's spiritual awareness and five senses, with a single blow carrying the force of the four seas overturning!

Either one of these treasures, if it fell into the Prehistoric World, would be enough to spark a bloody storm and make even Grand Unity Golden Immortals beat each other's brains out!

But now...

Tongtian rubbed his eyes hard, nearly thinking he had fallen under some illusion spell.

The Profound Origin Water Control Banner was obediently controlling the water beneath a Milk Baby's little feet.

Like the most dutiful surfboard.

As she waved her arms about at random,

it raised wave after gentle wave across the pool, allowing her to play and glide along them.

The Twenty-Four Sea Calming Beads had lost every trace of an Innate Spiritual Treasure's majesty.

Like a clumsy circus troupe,

they awkwardly formed a crooked, lopsided circle with no Formation to speak of,

chasing after the little girl's figure as they flew up and down, their Five-Colored Radiance flickering unstably.

"Th-that is..."

Even Tongtian's voice had changed.

Pointing at the scene, his finger trembled slightly. He did not know whether to be angry or laugh.

"The Profound Origin Water Control Banner?!

The Sea Calming Beads?!

Th-this little girl is using them as...

as toys?!

She's riding on them under her feet for fun?!"

He felt as though his understanding of the world had suffered an unprecedented blow.

It was like seeing someone use the Heaven-Opening Axe to chop firewood,

or use the Taiji Diagram as a tablecloth.

It was such a waste of heavenly gifts that gods and men alike would be outraged!

Yuanshi's reaction was more restrained, yet even more intense.

He stood frozen in place as though he had been struck by a silent bolt of chaotic divine lightning.

There was not much expression on his handsome face,

but his pupils suddenly contracted within those deep, starry eyes,

as though he had witnessed the most unbelievable and unacceptable sight in the world.

His gaze locked tightly onto the Profound Origin Water Control Banner beneath those jade-white little feet,

then swept over the Sea Calming Beads dancing about like a horde of demons.

Heartbreaking!

Utterly heartbreaking!

Those were top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures!

They contained supreme Water Dao Laws and Space Law!

They should have been enshrined and studied, or wielded to roam the Prehistoric World and display boundless might!

Yet now... now...

Yuanshi only felt a stifling resentment clogging his chest, leaving him unbearably oppressed.

His nature, which pursued perfection and valued making the best use of everything, had suffered an inhumane challenge.

This was a hundred times more unbearable than seeing the Spiritual Grass of Kunlun Mountain trampled recklessly by the Spiritual Beasts Tongtian raised!

He even unconsciously raised a hand slightly.

As though he wanted to step forward at once

and rescue those two dust-covered Spiritual Treasures.

However, an even stronger emotion suddenly surged up and forcibly suppressed the impulse.

That little girl playing so happily was no stranger!

She was precisely the one with whom he shared a heaven-ordained father-daughter bond, the existence who had unsettled his heart for so long!

Just now...

he had actually wanted to scold her?

To snatch away her toys?

That thought made Yuanshi feel an inexplicable hint of...

guilt and self-reproach.

She was only a child!

What did she know about the value of Spiritual Treasures?

She merely thought they were fun!

Look at her little face, grinning so broadly her eyes had vanished, so happy she looked ready to fly.

It was completely pure joy, without the slightest impurity.

Yuanshi slowly lowered his raised hand.

He forced himself to shift his gaze away from the Spiritual Treasures

and let it fall upon that tiny little figure instead.

At that sight, the anguish filling his heart

melted away bit by bit like spring snow beneath the sun, replaced by an even more complicated and indescribable emotion.

Helpless indulgence, and a trace of...

softness he himself was unwilling to admit.

Compared to his two younger brothers, Laozi appeared the calmest.

Within his placid eyes,

surprise only flashed past for an instant before being replaced by deeper contemplation.

What he saw was not how the Spiritual Treasures were being mistreated, but something deeper.

The Profound Origin Water Control Banner had clearly been initially refined,

its aura connected to that little girl's.

Its operation appeared immature, yet there was no sense of sluggishness or rejection.

The Sea Calming Beads were the same. They could actually fly about wildly according to her wishes without backlash.

What did that mean?

It meant that these two unruly Spiritual Treasures had both acknowledged her!

They might even be actively cooperating with her play!

Especially the Profound Origin Water Control Banner.

Its nature was inherently gentle, benefiting all things without contention.

It faintly resonated with the incomparably pure cleansing origin within the little girl. It seemed...

to rather enjoy being used as a surfboard?

Laozi's gaze narrowed slightly as it fell upon the little chubby hand waving the banner.

Her movements appeared completely unstructured, merely flailing about at random.

Yet every swing drew forth the Innate Water Essence Qi in exactly the right measure.

It could support her body as she played,

without using excessive force to hurt her, nor damaging the surroundings in the slightest.

And the Twenty-Four Sea Calming Beads.

Though they appeared to be flying chaotically, their auras were actually faintly linked to one another,

forming an extremely crude yet effective protective circle that guarded their little mistress in the middle of her play.

It isolated all possible outside interference and danger.

This was no simple game.

This was talent!

An innate, extraordinary affinity for and control over Great Dao Laws!

It was simply that she herself had not realized it, using it only for amusing things.

Wasting heavenly gifts was merely the surface appearance.

Su Miao, who was happily playing by the pool, had no awareness whatsoever of the three uninvited guests who had silently arrived.

She was having so much fun that she felt surfing alone was not exciting enough.

Her little head turned, recalling what she had learned from controlling water earlier.

She tried to separate tiny threads of Spiritual Sense and connect them to the little banner beneath her feet.

At the same time, she pointed forcefully at the calm pool before her with her chubby little hand and shouted in a childish voice:

"Water Dragon Twister! Rise!"

She thought of the tornadoes she had seen on television. That was what looked impressive!

However, once the command was given,

the towering Water Dragon Twister she had imagined did not appear.

Instead, the Profound Origin Water Control Banner beneath her feet flashed with dark light. Where its tip pointed,

a... ridiculously thick, endlessly spinning Water Trumpet suddenly shot out?!

The column of water was like a mischievous giant python,

twisting its waist and making strange gurgling noises,

as it rushed straight into the sky,

then splashed apart with a crash,

turning into sparkling raindrops that fell from above and formed a tiny rainbow amid the rosy clouds.

"Hahaha! Wrong, wrong! It's a tornado, not a giant fountain!"

Su Miao froze for a moment, then doubled over with laughter at the ridiculous sight.

She nearly slipped off the banner, but fortunately, the circle formed by the Sea Calming Beads steadied her firmly.

She laughed until tears nearly came out, feeling that this failed Spell was even more fun than a successful one.

What she did not know

was that this careless attempt had drawn upon the purest Innate Water Essence Qi.

The power it contained was enough to easily shred True Immortals and Mystic Immortals.

But the Profound Origin Water Control Banner possessed spirit and automatically protected its mistress.

It restrained every bit of destructive force, manifesting only a harmless form to play with her.

In the shadows,

Tongtian could no longer hold it in. Clutching his stomach, his shoulders shook wildly as he laughed soundlessly until he could barely catch his breath.

Yuanshi watched the carefree little girl laughing, and the corner of his eye twitched violently again.

That trace of heartbreak had completely turned into endless helplessness and... an utterly unfamiliar sense of amusement.

He suddenly felt that allowing Spiritual Treasures to gather dust seemed... not quite so unacceptable after all?

The contemplation in Laozi's eyes deepened.

This little girl always seemed capable of causing something unexpected.

Just as the Three Pure Ones were absorbed by this absurd yet amusing scene,

their gazes finally passed beyond those eye-catching Spiritual Treasures,

past the playful scene,

and truly focused upon the little girl herself.

They could clearly see

the Dao rhythm flowing around her body and that pure, flawless aura of origin. It indeed came from a top-tier Innate Spiritual Root.

The Pure World White Lotus, without a doubt.

But her form...

was absolutely not a simple Innate Dao Body!

Nor was it an ordinary case of incomplete transformation!

It was an extremely strange, extremely special state!