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

Time passed unnoticed in the Primordial Wilderness.

On this day, Yun Xiao slowly opened her eyes. The plants around her flourished as if spring had just begun, and under the influence of the laws of time and space, the Chaos Qi Stream had even begun to transform into Innate Spiritual Energy!

She rose calmly to her feet, seeming to blend into the world around her. Though she stood right before them, no one could detect her with their spiritual sense!

By now, she had comprehended eight percent of the Great Dao of Space.

Her roots had also improved by a substantial margin thanks to Great Dao Merit.

"Open Personal Panel."

Yun Xiao thought to herself, and a screen of light appeared before her.

Name: Yun Xiao.

Roots: Top-grade Innate Divine Being.

Primordial Spirit cultivation: Mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal (mid-stage third turn of the Origin Art)

Physical cultivation: Perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal (perfected third turn of the Mystic Art)

Spiritual Treasures: Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, Kongtong Seal, Pure World White Lotus...

Great Dao Laws: Great Dao of Strength (five percent); Great Dao of Time (eight percent); Great Dao of Space (eight percent); Great Dao of Pills (fifteen percent); Great Dao of Artifacts (fifteen percent)

Mounts and pets: Innate Geng Metal White Tiger (late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal), Treasure Seeking Rat (mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal)

After dismissing the panel, Yun Xiao nodded in satisfaction.

Aside from her Primordial Spirit cultivation, everything else had undergone a complete transformation!

Her roots as a Top-grade Innate Divine Being now matched those of the future Saints, such as the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa.

With roots like these, becoming a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal was all but assured. Not only would she face no bottlenecks in her cultivation, she also had astonishing fortune. She might stumble across a Spiritual Treasure or an Innate Restriction just by visiting some random place.

As for her perfected third turn of the Mystic Art, that went without saying. Yun Xiao was confident that she could crush any creature at the perfected Taiyi Golden Immortal stage!

The Great Dao of Time, the new law she had comprehended, had also brought her a considerable surprise.

This Great Dao was controlled by Shi Chen, the second-ranked among the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods.

Once mastered, it could reverse the future, rewind, stop, or speed up time, and even turn its wielder into a river of history!

For now, Yun Xiao had only comprehended eight percent of the law of time. She couldn't do anything so heaven-defying, but she could slightly alter the flow of time around her.

At eight percent, she could set up a time restriction that slowed the flow of time by a factor of eighty.

Simply put, one year of cultivation here would be equivalent to eighty years of cultivation outside!

Add the Fragment of the Jade of Creation and the Enlightenment Mirror, and even Yun Xiao herself found this rate of cultivation frightening!

The Great Dao of Space, meanwhile, was the Great Dao law controlled by Yang Mei, the third-ranked among the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods.

Legend had it that Yang Mei had transformed from the innate top-grade spiritual root Hollow Willow. His mastery of spatial power was so profound that if he didn't want to be found, no one could see him—not even by traversing boundless space.

After comprehending eight percent of the Great Dao of Space, Yun Xiao had gained an enhanced ability to travel through the void.

In other words, the speed of Soaring Cloud Light had increased eightfold!

Don't underestimate an eightfold increase. In a fight to the death, the outcome could be decided in a single instant. Even a difference of one ten-millionth of a second could determine the victor and turn the tide!

As for Xiao Bai and the Treasure Seeking Rat's advancement, Yun Xiao wasn't particularly surprised.

"How terrifying..."

Xiao Bai circled Yun Xiao, exclaiming in amazement again and again.

He couldn't sense how powerful Yun Xiao was, yet for some reason, he couldn't help feeling a trace of fear deep in his heart.

Her aura was still at the mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal level, but somehow, she seemed to have ascended to an entirely new realm.

"It's been so long. The commotion caused by the Fire Phoenix should have died down by now."

"I also have a premonition that another calamity is about to descend upon the Primordial Wilderness. Let's return to Fangzhang Island and keep... no, go into seclusion and cultivate."

Yun Xiao spoke slowly, then flashed onto Xiao Bai's back and flew toward the West Sea.

By now, the baleful aura between heaven and earth had grown so dense that it was almost like a fog. Under its influence, even some of the weaker innate races had begun to grow irritable.

Yun Xiao and Xiao Bai headed west. Just as they were about to reach the West Sea, a beam of light suddenly shot up in the distance, instantly dispersing the dense baleful aura!

At the same time, a cloud of auspicious spiritual energy gathered in the heavens. Golden lotuses bloomed upon it as birds and beasts raced across its surface—a truly extraordinary sign of good fortune!

"To come across a Spiritual Treasure appearing at a time like this?"

Yun Xiao watched the beam of light, her thoughts stirring. She guessed it had something to do with the improvement of her roots.

And a Spiritual Treasure that could create such a spectacle between heaven and earth was likely to be of no small grade.

"Whoosh!"

Without waiting for Yun Xiao to urge him on, Xiao Bai flew straight toward the source of the light. Before long, they arrived at the place where the Spiritual Treasure had appeared.

Many innate beings had already gathered there. There were apes, bears, elephants, and other powerful innate races. They warily watched one another, none daring to rush forward and snatch the treasure for fear of becoming a target.

Yun Xiao and Xiao Bai stood quietly at the very edge of the crowd and drew no attention.

"What's that?"

When Yun Xiao spotted the Spiritual Treasure in the center of the area, her eyes lit up.

It was a small apricot-yellow flag. As mist billowed around it, ten thousand golden lotuses appeared, and it radiated the aura of a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

"If I'm not mistaken, this must be the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, one of the Innate Five Directions Banners!"

Yun Xiao stared intently at the apricot-yellow flag.

During Pangu's creation of heaven and earth, the Thirty-Six-Petal Chaos Green Lotus shattered, and its leaves transformed into the Innate Five Directions Banners. Each was a top-grade innate Spiritual Treasure, capable of both offense and defense!

The central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner: ten thousand golden lotuses, impervious to all things!

The eastern Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner: relic radiance that calmed the mind and spirit!

The southern Blazing Light Banner: it threw Yin and Yang into chaos and reversed the Five Elements!

The western Plain Cloud Boundary Banner: extraordinary visions filled the air, and all under heaven grew bright!

The northern Xuan Yuan Water-Controlling Banner: it shrouded Qiankun, blotting out the sky and sun!

Of them all, the Apricot Yellow Banner was the most mysterious. Who would have thought it would appear today on the coast of the West Sea!

And she had just happened to be heading toward the West Sea when she came across it.

It seemed this treasure was destined for her!

Thinking this, Yun Xiao quietly activated Soaring Cloud Light and the law of space.

"Everyone, why don't you let me have this treasure? If any of you ever need help, my Mountain Ape clan will spare no effort to assist you!"

At that moment, a mountain-sized ape cupped his hands toward the few creatures beside him, standing not far from the Apricot Yellow Banner.

"Is your Mountain Ape clan's promise worth a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure?" A gigantic brown bear beside him scoffed.

"Exactly. We're all at the perfected Taiyi Golden Immortal stage. Why should we yield to you?" A deep-blue musk ox chimed in.

"Even if we don't give it to the Mountain Apes, there's only one treasure and five of us. How are we supposed to divide it?" asked a golden leopard.

"Why not just fight? The strongest deserves the treasure!" a fiery-red elephant said impatiently.

"Fight? The four of us against you?" the giant bear taunted.

"Come on, then! I'll focus on you alone. I'll take you down with me even if it kills me!" The giant elephant refused to back down.

The Guiwei Wood Mountain Ape, Bingchen Earth Bear, Zishui Musk Ox, Lihuo Divine Elephant, and Xinjin Leopard.

The Innate Five Elements Races!

These five powerful creatures, all at the perfected Taiyi Golden Immortal stage, were quarreling without a care beside the Apricot Yellow Banner, paying no attention to the other beings gathered there.

They acted as if the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure were already theirs.

"Whoosh!"

Just then, a figure suddenly flashed past. The Apricot Yellow Banner was whisked away, vanishing into the distance in an instant.

The Five Elements Races: ???

Xiao Bai: Where's my master?

The Apricot Yellow Banner had vanished in the blink of an eye. Even with their perfected Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation, the Guiwei Wood Mountain Ape and the others hadn't reacted in time.

"What are you standing around for? After her!"

The Xinjin Leopard was the first to chase after it. Only then did the Guiwei Wood Mountain Ape and the others snap out of it, pursuing the thief in a fury!

To snatch something right under their noses—she must have a death wish!

Earlier, the Guiwei Wood Mountain Ape and the others had each secretly left a trace of their scent on the Apricot Yellow Banner. So even though Yun Xiao had stolen it, they could still follow the scent to find her.

"Wait for me!"

Just then, a white tiger carrying a rat flew over.

"Are you here to fight over the Spiritual Treasure too?"