"This is... the Purple Rhyme Immortal Ganoderma!" Zhao Gongming's breath caught slightly.
It was a branch-grown offshoot of an Innate Spiritual Root. It took ten thousand years to mature and was an exceptionally rare Spiritual Herb in the Primordial World!
It contained pure Innate Yi Wood Qi and a trace of Origin Dao Rhyme. For cultivators at the Golden Immortal level and below, it had the miraculous effects of cleansing their magic power and purifying their roots!
[ Ding! A thousand-year-old spiritual treasure, "Purple Rhyme Immortal Ganoderma," has been detected. Harvesting and consuming it will grant 500 Primordial Points. Consumption will greatly increase the host's magic power and purify the host's roots!]
The system's prompt confirmed his judgment and made his heart leap.
Five hundred points! That was far better than fighting for his life on the island!
Without the slightest hesitation, he carefully stepped forward, used his magic power to protect the Ganoderma's roots, and harvested it intact.
As soon as the Purple Rhyme Immortal Ganoderma touched his hand, it turned into a Purple-Gold Streamer and flowed into his palm, vanishing from sight.
The next moment, a vast torrent of Life Essence and pure magic power erupted within him!
The Purple-Gold Torrent formed from the Ganoderma surged through his meridians like a Primordial Divine Dragon awakening. Its power was incredibly pure, containing the vitality of Innate Yi Wood and a faint trace of Great Dao Origin Rhyme—far beyond ordinary Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
Zhao Gongming grunted. Every acupoint and every inch of flesh in his body trembled and rejoiced beneath the force washing over him. Not daring to slacken for even an instant, he immediately sat cross-legged on the jade floor. He sank his mind into his Dantian Sea of Qi and guided the immense energy along the course of the Supreme Purity Immortal Method, circulating it through his body.
Rumble!
It was as if a tsunami and thunderclaps were sounding within him. His magic power surged through his meridians like a heavenly river pouring backward. With each circulation, it became denser and purer.
His Early Golden Immortal foundation was cleansed and replenished by this power, growing deeper and more substantial at a visible rate.
His aura climbed steadily. Blue immortal light shone from within him, intertwining with the purple-gold medicinal energy to form a dazzling halo that made the entire cave seem dreamlike.
[ Ding! +500 Primordial Points!]
The system's prompt rang in his mind, but Zhao Gongming had no time to spare for it. His entire mind was immersed in the exhilaration of his rapidly increasing strength. He could feel his roots undergoing an indescribable transformation as they were nourished by that trace of Origin Dao Rhyme.
It was an elevation of his very Essence of Life, as if he had broken free of some invisible shackle and grown more attuned to the world around him.
After an unknown length of time, the last trace of medicinal power was finally refined and absorbed into his limbs, his bones, and the depths of his Nascent Soul. Only then did Zhao Gongming slowly open his eyes.
Divine Light shone in his gaze, as if galaxies were turning within its unfathomable depths. He gently clenched his fist, and the air boomed dully from the sheer force of his body.
"What a Purple Rhyme Immortal Ganoderma!" He rose to his feet, delighted by the oceanic power surging through him.
This trip out to sea had brought far more than he had imagined. Not only had his cultivation stabilized at the Peak Early Golden Immortal level, just one step from the middle stage, but his roots had also been purified. His future path of cultivation would be much smoother.
Adding the 50 points he had earned earlier by establishing his reputation and the 10-point reward for finding several ancient, incomplete scrolls in the cave, his Primordial Points had now reached 560.
"It's time to head back."
Zhao Gongming did not linger. He had already claimed the cave's opportunities, so there was no point in staying.
With a flicker, he transformed into a Green Rainbow and shot out of the cave. After determining his direction, he sped toward Jin'ao Island.
When he returned to Jin'ao Island, Zhao Gongming made no announcement. He went straight back to his own cave dwelling—Luofu Cave.
For the next few years, he kept a low profile and rarely left. Aside from occasionally discussing the Dao with fellow disciples he knew well, he spent most of his time in seclusion inside his cave.
He earned Primordial Points bit by bit, either by slaying demon beasts that trespassed into the East Sea's territory or by offering guidance to the junior brothers and Junior Sisters who came to seek his advice.
Time passed slowly amid this tedious yet fulfilling cultivation. Then, on a peaceful afternoon, his Primordial Points finally reached a new height.
[Primordial Points: 10,800.]
Looking at the number on the system panel, Zhao Gongming took a deep breath, his eyes shining with a brilliance he had never shown before. He had waited far too long for this moment.
"System, derive the first revolution of the Nine Revolutions Chaos Divine Art!" Without the slightest hesitation, he issued the command in his mind.
[Deriving the first revolution of the Nine Revolutions Chaos Divine Art will cost 10,000 Primordial Points. Confirm?]
"Confirm!"
[10,000 Primordial Points deducted. Derivation commencing...]
Almost as soon as the system's prompt sounded, Zhao Gongming felt his Nascent Soul seized by an indescribable force. In an instant, he crossed through time and space and arrived in an endless chaos.
There was no up or down, no past or future—only boundless gray currents surging and colliding.
Then a figure towering between heaven and earth appeared in the heart of the chaos. He held a Great Axe, and every swing contained the Supreme Great Dao of World Creation!
It was Pangu!
Zhao Gongming's mind shook violently. He seemed to have become a speck of dust on Great God Pangu, witnessing with his own eyes the supreme feat of World Creation.
This was more than the evolution of a cultivation art. It was an inheritance of the Dao—a supreme and profound meaning born from chaos, transcending all things!
Boom!
After an unknown length of time, the scene of World Creation finally froze in place, and Zhao Gongming's consciousness abruptly returned to his body.
A torrent of insight, more vast and domineering than anything he had ever experienced, crashed into his mind like the Chaos Heavenly River breaching its banks!
The first revolution of the Nine Revolutions Chaos Divine Art!
Complete!
In that instant, the Supreme Purity Immortal Method that had been circulating within him was like snow beneath the blazing sun. It was immediately replaced, fused, and elevated by the even more primordial and powerful mysteries of the art!
Magic power began circulating through his Dantian Sea of Qi in an entirely new way. Each cycle was like a miniature act of World Creation. His magic power, once the color of Supreme Purity Immortal Light, gradually took on a faint shade of chaos, its quality transformed beyond recognition!
At the same time, his body underwent a dramatic transformation. His bones, flesh, and organs were all tempered by this Chaos Dao Rhyme, becoming tougher and more powerful! Ancient Dao Patterns appeared on his bones, and faint Chaos Qi flowed through his blood. It was as though he were about to shed his acquired nature, return to the innate, and regain a Chaos Body!
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