Primordial Wilderness: This poor Daoist Yun Xiao, Saint of Three Immortal Island!

It naturally knew that this was its own spiritual treasure, the imprint of its Primordial Spirit within having been erased by Yun Xiao—equivalent to having a piece of its Primordial Spirit forcibly carved away. Such an injury was the hardest to heal; without millions of years, the Primordial Spirit could not be fully nurtured back, and worse still, it might even damage its very foundation.

Originally, it was the first whale in heaven and earth, taking form directly at the Golden Immortal Realm. In the future, attaining the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal would have been a natural progression!

But now, with its foundation damaged, at best it could only hope for the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Realm!

The enmity of blocked Dao—even if it poured out all the waters of the four seas of the Primordial Era, it could never wash it away!

Thinking this far, the hatred on the Whale Ancestor's face nearly solidified into substance. It wished it could devour Yun Xiao's flesh and blood alive to quell the fury in its heart!

Yet it forgot that this Karma had begun with itself—it was its own greedy anger that had driven it to try and seize Yun Xiao's opportunity. It was simply outmatched!

"I am the Whale Ancestor of the Primordial Era, blessed with deep fortune, yet I only managed to find a Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. That one, whose cultivation is second only to mine, already carries a Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Their origins and background are definitely extraordinary!"

"Now that my spiritual treasure has been taken, with this shift in power, relying on my own strength to take revenge seems hopeless!"

The Whale Ancestor ground its teeth. No one who attained the Golden Immortal Realm was a fool. That one was stronger than it, and likely had better origins as well!

Now that its spiritual treasure had been stolen and its foundation damaged, relying solely on its own power, it probably couldn't kill that one at all!

"Forget it. If I can avenge this wrong, even if I have to submit to the Dragon Clan and be at their beck and call, so be it!"

With this thought, the Whale Ancestor's eyes flickered, as if it had made a decision.

Countless beings were born in the four seas of the Primordial Era, but none were stronger or held greater power than the Dragon Clan. When it had taken form, it had once received an invitation from the Dragon Clan.

But it was, after all, the first whale in heaven and earth, proud and aloof, and had politely declined the Dragon Clan's offer.

Now, however, it could no longer afford to be so particular.

With that, the Whale Ancestor hesitated no longer and flew straight toward the deepest part of the Eastern Sea of the Primordial Era, toward the East Sea Dragon Palace.

"Arrived!"

In the Eastern Sea of the Primordial Era, a figure slowly came to a halt. Above her head floated a Mysterious Yellow Scarf, faintly shimmering with starlight, casting her already exquisite features into an even more ethereal, immortal glow.

This figure was naturally Yun Xiao.

According to the map in her mind, the Top-grade Blessed Land lay directly ahead. But as she looked now, there was nothing before her but an endless expanse of seawater—utterly empty!

Boom!

Seeing this, Yun Xiao's expression remained calm. She directly summoned the Primordial Heavy Water Hammer, channeled her Magical Power into it, and struck straight ahead!

Hum!

The next moment, amid a strange ripple, a previously hidden restriction slowly emerged before Yun Xiao.

"Just as I thought!"

Seeing this restriction, a hint of joy appeared on Yun Xiao's face. Innate Restrictions, born before heaven and earth, naturally possessed the power to block heavenly secrets. A top-grade Innate Restriction like this one—even a Primordial Saint would be utterly unable to deduce its existence.

If she hadn't had the map, even if this restriction were right in front of her, she would never have noticed it!

With that thought, Yun Xiao began to break the restriction.

Innate Restrictions were profoundly mysterious, let alone a top-grade one.

Even at the Golden Immortal Realm, it took Yun Xiao a full several hundred years to completely dismantle the restriction.

At that moment, the runes of the top-grade Innate Restriction shifted and transformed, eventually forming a vortex that spewed forth an intensely rich concentration of spiritual energy!

Without a moment's hesitation, Yun Xiao stepped inside.

The vortex quickly closed, and along with the entire restriction, it vanished completely, leaving the sea surface as calm as before.

"Whew!"

The moment she stepped through the restriction, the scene before her changed. But the lush landscape of dense Innate Spiritual Energy and spiritual roots she had imagined did not appear.

Instead, the entire Yingzhou Immortal Island was shrouded in a gray haze. Thin, pale streams of Chaos Qi mixed with Innate Spiritual Energy. As far as the eye could see, there wasn't a single spiritual root.

"This..."

Yun Xiao was momentarily stunned, but quickly understood the key point. This Top-grade Blessed Land was itself a Chaos Fragment that had fallen into the Primordial Era when Great God Pangu split heaven and earth. It was only natural that it contained Chaos Qi. Moreover, this was the era of the Fierce Beast Tribulation, not long after the creation of the world. The Chaos Qi within this Top-grade Blessed Land had not yet fully transformed into Innate Spiritual Energy, resulting in the scene before her.

"Looks like I came too early!"

Yun Xiao joked to herself, but she knew full well that a Top-grade Blessed Land absolutely held immense opportunities.

"Mysterious Yellow Star Silk!"

With a thought, the Mysterious Yellow Star Silk floated above her head, cascading down thick streams of Mysterious Yellow Qi, firmly protecting her.

The surrounding thin Chaos Qi continuously slashed against the Mysterious Yellow Star Silk, producing a constant clang of metal striking metal. Even Yun Xiao felt a shiver of fear.

Even at its thinnest, the power of Chaos Qi was unimaginable. If she hadn't had a spiritual treasure to protect her, she would never have been able to venture deeper!

As she pondered, Yun Xiao did not stop. She executed the Soaring Cloud Light technique and flew straight toward the core area of Yingzhou Immortal Island.

Along the way, everything was gray-white Chaos Qi. She didn't see a single spiritual herb. That was only natural—under such conditions, it would be a miracle if anything grew!

"Hm?"

Yun Xiao didn't know how long she had flown. One day, she suddenly stopped and stared ahead.

There, standing amidst the raging Chaos Qi, was an unimaginably massive Sky-Piercing Giant Wood, as if it were propping open heaven and earth itself. No matter how the Chaos Qi slashed at it, it stood unmoved. Not only that, beside this Sky-Piercing Giant Wood was a towering, muscle-bound phantom. Though it was only a phantom, it still radiated an aura that suppressed Chaos and looked down upon the ages. Just one glance left Yun Xiao deeply shaken, unable to calm down for a long time.

"Is this... the Sky-Piercing Jianmu?"

Yun Xiao looked at the sky-piercing giant wood and instantly understood its origin.

The Jianmu—a hundred fathoms tall with no branches, nine forks above and nine roots below, its fruit like hemp, its leaves like awn—was the tree that pierced the heavens!

Legend has it that when the Great God Pangu split open heaven and earth and used his own body to hold them apart, the Sky-Piercing Jianmu stood alongside Pangu to prop up the cosmos. But the pressure of heaven and earth was so terrifying that even the Jianmu could not bear it and ultimately shattered. What now appeared before her was likely not the complete Jianmu, but the main fragment of that sky-piercing tree transformed into this form!

Yet even as a main fragment, its grade was probably no less than that of a top-grade innate spiritual root.

Not only that, but on this Jianmu still lingered the Sky-Supporting Mark left by the Great God Pangu.

If she could meditate beneath this tree and grasp that mark, the benefits to herself would be immeasurable!

Thinking this, Yun Xiao did not hesitate. With the Mysterious Yellow Star Silk above her head, she moved and in an instant arrived beneath the Sky-Piercing Jianmu.

"Hm?"

Just then, Yun Xiao discovered another pleasant surprise.

Beneath this Jianmu, there was clearly a Spiritual Pond, radiating three kinds of light—the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars!

This was none other than the legendary Three Lights Divine Water, one of the three great divine waters of the Primordial Wilderness.

If one looked closely, one could sense that this Spiritual Pond emitted the threefold radiance of sun, moon, and stars—unmistakably the fabled Three Lights Divine Water!

But what delighted Yun Xiao even more was this.

At the center of this Spiritual Pond, there was also a twelve-grade white lotus, swaying gracefully, radiating a world-purifying light, as if it were the most perfect creation in the world!

"This is..."

Looking at the twelve-grade white lotus platform before her, Yun Xiao was first stunned, then an expression of ecstasy involuntarily spread across her face!

It was not that she lacked composure—it was simply that the opportunity before her was far too astonishing!

In the Primordial Wilderness, there were the Five Direction Lotus Platforms, formed from five lotus seeds of the Chaos treasure Thirty-Six-Petal Chaos Green Lotus that had nurtured the Great God Pangu when it shattered. Each was a Supreme Grade Innate Defensive Spiritual Treasure!

They were:

The Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, the companion spiritual treasure of Old Ancestor Minghe.

The Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, the companion spiritual treasure of Demon Ancestor Luohu.

The Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, obtained by Hongjun and bestowed upon Zhunti and Jieyin during his lectures at Purple Cloud Palace.

The Twelve-Petal World-Purifying White Lotus, whereabouts unknown.

The Twelve-Grade Samsara Purple Lotus: a samsara treasure that assisted Houtu in transforming into the cycle of reincarnation.

Besides these five lotus platforms, it was said that one fully mature lotus seed had evolved into the Twenty-Four Grade Creation Green Lotus. Unfortunately, it was envied by the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial Wilderness and, before it could take form, was torn apart by the Three Pure Ones, becoming the Qingping Sword, the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and the White Jade Flat Crutch—three top-grade innate spiritual treasures. Red flowers, white lotus roots, green lotus leaves—the Three Pure Ones were originally one family, and this was the origin of that saying.

There was also one completely unripe lotus seed that transformed into the Precious Lotus Lantern, one of the four primordial spirit lamps!

And now, before her, this twelve-grade white lotus platform should be the most mysterious of the five innate lotus platforms—the Twelve-Petal World-Purifying White Lotus!

"Jackpot! An absolute jackpot!"

Joy bloomed on Yun Xiao's face. In the Primordial Wilderness, having strong offense meant nothing.

Take Demon Ancestor Luohu, for example. He wielded the God-Slaying Spear and commanded the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array. In terms of offensive power, he was undoubtedly the number one figure of the Dragon-Han Tribulation!

And yet, he still ended up as a stepping stone for Hongjun to attain the Primordial Saint realm!

This showed that in the Primordial Wilderness, strong defense and longevity were the true principles!

Only by being able to endure could one have infinite possibilities.

Moreover, the Primordial Wilderness was filled with countless secret arts and divine abilities. For instance, the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book could even curse to death Zhao Gongming, who was in the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm—utterly impossible to guard against!

But now, with this World-Purifying White Lotus, she no longer had to worry about such problems!