Helpless Jade Tablet, Shore Flower

Before he had gone far, Old Ancestor Styx once again felt a force pulling at him. Following the sensation, he arrived before a Formation. As before, Old Ancestor Styx first comprehended the Formation completely. Only after spending an Eon comprehending it did he enter the Formation, where he discovered a jade tablet. After refining it, Old Ancestor Styx learned the name of this Innate Spiritual Treasure: the High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, Helpless Jade Tablet, also known as the Asura Jade Tablet. It was precisely the treasure that would later suppress the fortune of the Asura Clan!

Looking at the jade tablet, Old Ancestor Styx could not help falling into thought. Sure enough, his connection with the Earth Dao was also quite profound. One of the Three Good Paths in the later Six Paths of Samsara was the Asura Path. The treasure that suppressed the fortune of the Asura Clan was also known as the Helpless Jade Tablet. He had no idea whether it had any connection to the Bridge of Helplessness. At present, the Underworld had yet to emerge, so Old Ancestor Styx had no way to investigate it. He stopped thinking about it.

After putting away the Helpless Jade Tablet, Styx began carefully examining the Nether Blood Sea. When he had refined the Blood Sea Creation Array earlier, he had felt that it was part of some Great Formation. However, after coming out, he had not been able to find that Great Formation. After comprehending the protective Formations of two Innate Spiritual Treasures, Old Ancestor Styx's level in the Array Dao had also improved somewhat. Although he could not be considered particularly profound yet, discovering a Great Formation that was closely connected to him and did not guard against him was still no problem!

After carefully comprehending it for a while, Old Ancestor Styx finally discovered the clue to this Formation. No wonder he had been unable to find it earlier. It turned out that the entire Nether Blood Sea was part of the Formation. Hiss... What an immense undertaking! He had no idea whether it had been formed naturally or left behind by Great God Pangu. I was wondering how the Nether Blood Sea had gathered all the Blood Qi, Slayer Qi, and Grievance Qi scattered throughout the Great Wilderness.

Old Ancestor Styx could not help becoming immersed in comprehending this Formation. After several hundred Eons of study, Styx finally understood some of its principles! The Sea of Blood Reincarnation Great Array, judging by rank alone, should be no weaker than the Star Dou Great Array and the Twelve Heavens God and Fiend Great Array. However, this Formation focused neither on offense nor defense. Its operating principle was to draw in the Blood Qi, Grievance Qi, Slayer Qi, and other Filth Qi from the entire Great Wilderness, contain them within itself, and thereby purify the Great Wilderness! Yet Old Ancestor Styx faintly sensed that this Formation seemed incomplete. It only had the ability to contain, not transform. His cultivation was currently too low, so he could not investigate further. He could only set the matter aside for now and make plans after his cultivation improved!

While Old Ancestor Styx was traveling through the Blood Sea, time also passed imperceptibly, reaching the mid-stage of the Fifth Tribulation. Old Ancestor Styx felt his cultivation stirring restlessly. The shackles imposed by the Great Dao and Great God Pangu had loosened once again, and he could improve his cultivation another step...

Thus, Old Ancestor Styx stopped wandering around. The Nether Blood Sea was right here, and he could explore it again at any time. He went straight toward the core of the Formation that he had sensed while comprehending the Sea of Blood Reincarnation Great Array earlier. After reaching the core, Old Ancestor Styx saw a Stone Tablet and an Innate Spiritual Root. As for the obstruction on the outer perimeter, from the moment Old Ancestor Styx had comprehended the Sea of Blood Reincarnation Great Array, it had ceased to hinder him. Others, however, would still have to expend considerable effort!

Old Ancestor Styx first spent an Eon refining the Stone Tablet. From then on, the entire Nether Blood Sea came under his control. Afterward, Old Ancestor Styx finally turned his gaze toward the Innate Spiritual Root. This Innate Spiritual Root was extremely strange! Its flowers were pure white. Before long, the flowers withered, and leaves grew in their place. Once the leaves appeared, the flowers withered again. Seeing this, Old Ancestor Styx formed a few guesses! The Shore Flower, also known as Manjusaka, bloomed before growing leaves; when the flowers bloomed, the leaves fell, and when the leaves fell, the flowers bloomed. The flowers and leaves were forever separated, never meeting throughout countless lifetimes. Thus, it was said: "The Shore Flower blooms on the far shore; one sees the flower but not the leaves"!

Legend had it that the sides of Yellow Springs Road were covered with Shore Flowers. The fiery red Shore Flowers grew tall and large, blooming brilliantly. On the far shore of the River of Three Crossings, which connected the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth, and Human, lay a place that could never be reached. It was said that the flowers' fragrance could awaken the memories of the dead from before their deaths. Supposedly, Manjusaka had initially been white. After absorbing ghosts, it turned red.

After refining it, it was exactly as Old Ancestor Styx had guessed: the High-grade Innate Spiritual Root, Shore Flower. He had never expected this flower to fall into his hands. In the future Netherworld Underworld, there would be even more places where he could intervene... The Old Ancestor Styx thought.