See the Great Way by Breaking Through Life and Death; Create the Future with the Nine-Turn Divine Art (Continued)

That was why the importance of one's innate foundation to the beings of the Primordial Wilderness was self-evident.

Moreover, one's innate foundation was generally determined at birth. Reversing it required an extraordinary opportunity.

In other words, the foundation you were born with basically determined what you'd be for the rest of your life. Unless you encountered an opportunity that defied the heavens, there was no way to change it.

"Vmm—"

Now, as she refined the Pangu Jade Marrow, Yun Xiao's mind grew ever clearer. Dao Sound occasionally echoed in her ears, as though she were listening to the Dao every moment without even trying to cultivate.

"I should take this chance to break through again!"

She quickly sent her divine sense into the Fragment of the Jade of Creation and continued comprehending the Law of Strength.

Time passed unmarked in the Primordial Wilderness.

On this day, Yun Xiao slowly opened her eyes. A long, indistinct river flashed through her pupils, as if it carried absolute power and could sweep away every obstacle!

Law of Strength, three percent!

"That'll do."

Yun Xiao murmured softly. The further one advanced in comprehending the Law of Strength, the harder it became. With her current cultivation, reaching three percent was already no small feat.

As for the Pangu Jade Marrow, its energy was so terrifying that she had only refined one-tenth of it.

She left the remaining energy within her body. Once her Primordial Spirit cultivation advanced another step and she could cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique more deeply, she could continue refining it.

"Time to make a trip to the North Sea."

Yun Xiao rose to her feet. With a gentle squeeze of one hand, she twisted a patch of space out of shape!

Such strength and such a physical body were already on par with a True Dragon of pure blood!

She retraced her steps along the Dao Bridge. In an instant, she was back at the starting point.

"Hm?"

Just then, Yun Xiao paused in surprise.

The gate that had disappeared had reappeared before her, blocking her way!

"Even leaving requires one final test?"

Looking at the gate that towered into the heavens, Yun Xiao smiled faintly. A long river raced through her pupils, and a hazy Green Light surged across her palm as she slowly pressed it against the gate.

"Rumble!"

With a deafening boom, the massive gate, as heavy as countless Ancient Stars gathered together, was slowly pushed open by the Law of Strength!

"Looks like the final test was my innate foundation."

Yun Xiao's gaze brightened. She had a vague idea why the gate had appeared again.

If she hadn't comprehended the Law of Strength, she might have been trapped here by the gate forever, unable to escape until the next person with a great opportunity arrived.

By then, she might have had to hand over everything she'd gained!

But if her innate foundation was extraordinary and she could comprehend the Law of Strength, she could resonate with the gate and leave at her leisure.

In other words, courage, fortune, and innate foundation were all indispensable!

The conditions for obtaining Great God Pangu's legacy were truly stringent!

"Vmm—"

Just as the gate opened, the two lines of writing on it suddenly blazed with ten thousand feet of Green Light. Then, to Yun Xiao's astonishment, they transformed into the shape of a Divine Axe!

What was going on?

Before Yun Xiao could react, the Divine Axe turned into a streak of light, flew off the gate, and plunged straight into the space between her brows.

"This..."

She touched her forehead but felt no discomfort at all.

"Forget it. Maybe it's another kind of gift, one I can't sense at my current level!"

Yun Xiao pondered for quite a while but still couldn't figure it out. With no other choice, she retraced her route and transformed into a streak of white light, shooting up from the bottom of the mountain pit.

Halfway up Buzhou Mountain, outside the pit.

"Could there be a great opportunity here...?"

A middle-aged man paced around the edge of the pit, hesitating over whether to go down.

A chilling wind howled from the hole, making his skin crawl. But this was Buzhou Mountain, and any strange place here could be hiding a treasure.

Just as the man hesitated.

"Boom!"

A loud crash came from the bottom of the pit. The man leaned over curiously to look down and saw a ball of white light shooting up from below, growing larger and larger in his pupils...

"Pfft!"

Before he had a chance to react, the white light smashed into the man's chin. The tremendous impact sent him tumbling down the mountain like a gourd...

"Crap, I've caused trouble!"

Yun Xiao touched her forehead and watched the man's figure tumble down the mountain like a shooting star. She couldn't help but grimace.

Who said nobody was on Buzhou Mountain? She'd let her guard down!

This place was the Qilin Clan's territory!

"Did I... accidentally knock a Qilin to death?"

She shivered, then immediately flew toward the North Sea.

But a while later, Yun Xiao turned around and came back.

If she really had knocked him dead, wouldn't all the treasures on him be...?

"What a sin. What a terrible sin."

Yun Xiao sped down the mountain. As she descended, Pangu's Pressure weakened, and she moved quickly. Before long, she found the man lying on the ground halfway between the mountainside and the foot of the mountain.

"Daoist friend, are you all right?" she called tentatively from a distance.

The man remained motionless on the ground. She couldn't sense the slightest trace of his aura.

"Daoist friend, I didn't do it on purpose. I'm sure you'll forgive me."

"But if your legacy and opportunities are buried here on Buzhou Mountain, I'm afraid you really won't forgive me."

Yun Xiao called out as she walked toward the man, though it was unclear who she was trying to convince.

At last, she reached the man's side and reached down to feel for him...

"Boom!"

The next moment, two streaks of Flowing Light collided in midair, unleashing a deafening crash!

What a crafty old schemer!

Yun Xiao and the man both retreated, warily watching each other.

A Xuanhuang Handkerchief hovered above Yun Xiao's head, while the man gripped a long spear in his hand, its surface swirling with a dense aura of slaughter.

"Daoist friend, you injured me when you hit me. You'll have to pay something to settle this Karma."

"Your life, perhaps?"

As he spoke, the man's aura abruptly changed. The pressure of an Early Taiyi Golden Immortal swept across the land, and snow roared through the air!

"You've gone to quite a lot of trouble just to kill me and take my treasures."

Under the man's pressure, which crashed over her like a tidal wave, Yun Xiao remained composed.

By now, she had figured out what had happened.

A Grand Unity Golden Immortal couldn't possibly have failed to dodge just then. He'd let her hit him simply to give them an excuse to settle their Karma.

His goal was to see her emerge from the pit on Buzhou Mountain and seize everything she'd gained.

So even if she hadn't come back, the man would have chased after her himself.

By returning, she'd fallen right into his scheme!

But she knew how dangerous the Primordial Wilderness was and had prepared in advance. His plan to kill her with one strike had come to nothing.

"Daoist friend, since fate has brought us together like this, don't blame me."

With that, Yun Xiao spoke softly, and the Pure World White Lotus appeared, blossoming in an instant. A sea of flowers stretched across a million miles!

"So you really did obtain a great opportunity on Buzhou Mountain!"

At the sight of the Pure World White Lotus, the man looked delighted, evidently misunderstanding something.

But none of that mattered now. The long spear in his hand transformed into a streak of light, forming the character "kill" in midair before thrusting straight at Yun Xiao.

It was the innate mid-grade Spiritual Treasure, the Blood Origin Spear. Driven by the man's Taiyi Golden Immortal mana, it seemed capable of piercing anything, even cleaving through the snow as it fell!