The Ten Great Innate Supreme Spiritual Roots

"What? Become sworn siblings? The four of you want to become sworn siblings with me? Are you sure you haven't made a mistake?"

Li Mo was stunned.

[What are these guys up to? You're top powerhouses in the prehistoric world. How can you become sworn siblings with a nobody like me? Have you all lost your minds?]

He grumbled inwardly.

Di Jun dropped his earlier domineering act, narrowed his eyes, and smiled. "It's nothing in particular. We just feel that Li Mo and I get along well, so we'd like to do this."

[Yeah, right. You must've been kicked in the head by a donkey.]

Di Jun's mouth twitched. Everything else about Li Mo was fine, but his tongue was far too sharp.

Li Mo refused. "I'm low in status, and my strength is pretty poor. I'm not a good match for the four of you."

"Just the things you said to me earlier prove that you're a good match for us," Xihe said frankly.

[Damn! So you heard what I said earlier.]

"My third sister is right. Once we're sworn siblings, who would dare say we're not a good match? I'll show them whether my Chaos Bell is tougher—or their heads!"

As Tai Yi spoke, he displayed the Innate Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bell, on his person.

At the sight of this, Li Mo's mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.

[Damn! There's no way to refuse now. I'll just have to grit my teeth and agree.]

"I have one request. Please don't spread the news about this. Otherwise, my master Bai Ze might not be able to call himself my teacher in front of me ever again."

Li Mo said.

"Li Mo, I didn't expect you to be so considerate. You really do think of Bai Ze," Changxi said, nodding.

"Very good. Bai Ze should be happy to have a disciple like you," Changxi said with a nod.

[Yeah, considerate my ass.]

Li Mo was only worried that if word got out, it would be harder to flee when the war between the Liches and the Demons began.

After all, the title of sworn brother to the Demon Emperor Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi was far too grand. If he didn't keep it under wraps, it would probably spread throughout the prehistoric world.

When Di Jun and Tai Yi died, would Li Mo be able to get away?

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's use the Fusang Tree as our witness and become sworn siblings!"

With that, the five of them went to stand beside the Fusang Tree.

"So this is the Fusang Tree?"

Li Mo looked up at the tree.

Its leaves were golden, and golden flames blazed across its entire trunk.

From a distance, it looked as though it were about to burn to ashes.

[The Fusang Tree really is extraordinary. It's one of the Ten Great Innate Supreme Spiritual Roots!]

Hearing this, Di Jun smiled knowingly.

"Tai Yi and I were born in this Fusang Tree. In truth, this tree is our home."

As Li Mo gazed at it, a ding sounded in his mind.

[ Ding! System task issued: Touch and copy the Ten Great Innate Supreme Spiritual Roots. You will immediately obtain a copy upon touching each one. The copy's effects will be the same as those of the original spiritual root. ]

[ Copy all of them to receive the reward: "Great Sun Golden Crow Bloodline." ]

[ Great Sun Golden Crow: A life-form from Chaos, even more powerful than the Three-legged Golden Crow. ]

Li Mo was overjoyed. The system had given him another task.

Every system task brought him unexpected rewards.

This task was to copy the Ten Great Innate Supreme Spiritual Roots!

These were unique existences in the prehistoric world.

Just by touching them, he could claim them for himself. It was incredible.

The Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots were the Creation Green Lotus, Ren Water Flat Peach, Ginseng Fruit, Yellow Middle Plum, Hollow Willow, Innate Gourd Vine, Immortal Apricot, Fusang Tree, Moon Laurel, and Bitter Bamboo.

In the future, Hong Jun would give the Ren Water Flat Peach to the Queen Mother, who was currently the Daoist attendant Yaochi.

The Yellow Middle Plum would be obtained by Xi Wang Mu.

The Ginseng Fruit was at Wuzhuang Temple, the private property of Zhen Yuanzi.

The Innate Gourd Vine would emerge on Buzhou Mountain before long.

The Fusang Tree was right before his eyes.

The Moon Laurel was on the Moon Star, in the hands of the two lunar goddesses.

The Bitter Bamboo was in the hands of Daoist Jieyin.

The Immortal Apricot would be obtained by Lei Zhenzi during the Investiture of the Gods period, giving him his Wind and Thunder Wings.

The Hollow Willow was Great Immortal Yang Mei's true form. He had already fled into Chaos and vanished without a trace. His strength was probably on par with Hong Jun's.

The Creation Green Lotus had transformed into many spiritual treasures.

Some of these spiritual roots could still be tracked down, but for the final three, he could only count on luck.

Whether he'd get the final reward, the Great Sun Golden Crow Bloodline, was entirely up to luck.

Even so, the copy ability alone had Li Mo so excited he nearly jumped for joy.

What was he waiting for? Get moving!

Li Mo reached straight for the Fusang Tree.

His action gave Di Jun and Tai Yi a huge fright.

"Li Mo, don't go near it!"

But they were too late.

Li Mo had only touched the Fusang Tree once.

In an instant, his whole body burst into flames.

He became a man of fire, and the sight left the four of them horrified.

"What happened?"

"He's on fire!"

"Is he dead?"

"Quick, save him!"

"There's no saving him. The Solar True Fire on the Fusang Tree is almost as hot as the flames at the center of the Sun Star. Li Mo... Li Mo is going to die."

Di Jun sighed.

"Can't he use Solar True Fire?" Xihe cried out.

"No. His strength is too weak. The Solar True Fire on his body is no match for the fire on the Fusang Tree," Tai Yi said, shaking his head.

[Jun Ge, you're cursing me! You're the one who's dead! Your whole family's dead! This Solar True Fire can't hurt me much at all.]

"Li Mo?!"

Di Jun was overjoyed. He grabbed the burning Li Mo and pulled him down.

At the same time, mana surged through him, absorbing all the Solar True Fire.

A moment later, Li Mo stood before the four of them, completely unharmed and naked.

Li Mo was ecstatic. The Fusang Tree was already his.

If he used this thing to refine a spiritual treasure, he wondered what he could make.

"How is Li Mo all right?" Tai Yi stood there, confused.

"Lord Tai Yi, do you wish I were dead?" Li Mo smiled, though he cursed inwardly.

"Of course not. But I think you should get dressed first," Tai Yi said.

"What?"

Li Mo looked down at himself. He was naked, stark white from head to toe.

[I'm dead! I'm socially dead!]

Li Mo wanted nothing more than to find a crack in the ground and dive inside.

Xihe and Changxi lowered their heads and refused to look at him.

Taking the opportunity, Li Mo changed into a new set of clothes.

At the same time, the five of them became sworn siblings.

They hurried through the ceremony and completed it.

"Fifth brother, your big brother's got your back from now on," Di Jun said, patting Li Mo on the shoulder.

"Of course! I'm counting on you, Jun Ge!" Li Mo replied.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Li Mo kept his identity secret and returned to watch over the Eight Treasures Merit Dragon Pool.

Like a company chairman's younger brother hiding his identity and working his way up from the bottom.

Who dared mess with him? His big brother was the chairman, Di Jun!

That wasn't picking on him. That was sticking out a face for him to slap.

After lying low for a while, Li Mo noticed that the Fusang Tree stored in his system space was turning its Solar True Fire into power, which flowed into his body.

His strength gradually increased.

It was a little slow, but only compared with how quickly he had grown in the Purple Sky Palace.

Compared with the average living being, however, he was improving much faster.

One day, Bai Ze came to the Sun Star with a little girl and met with Li Mo.