Myriad Lotus Pond

From afar, the water and sky merged into one, with vast, azure waves stretching for miles.

Upon the water's surface floated countless lotuses.

Some were budding, their beauty poised to burst forth! Others bloomed in full splendor, radiating a myriad of colors! Still others had already formed seedpods, exuding a delicate fragrance. The various lotuses shone in a dazzling display, transforming the entire water expanse into a vibrant, multicolored tapestry.

A thick, almost palpable aura of Innate Yi Wood Qi and Kui Water Qi washed over Zhao Gongming, causing every pore in his body to relax as if he were immersed in warm, ambrosial nectar.

"What a blessed land!" he couldn't help but exclaim.

This was the Myriad Lotus Pond.

Zhao Gongming suppressed his aura and slowly descended from the clouds, landing by the pond's edge. He didn't rush to go deeper but instead extended his divine sense, like a gentle spring breeze caressing willow branches, carefully probing his surroundings.

Although this was a blessed place, in the Primordial World, opportunities and dangers often went hand in hand. The more precious the land, the more likely it was that powerful beings would cultivate there, or that it would be occupied by formidable creatures.

As his divine sense swept across the area, he noticed many beings by the pond's edge absorbing spiritual energy and cultivating. Most of them were transformed plant and flower Spirits and Monsters with low cultivation levels.

In the depths of the water, however, he detected several hidden yet powerful auras, seemingly belonging to Grand Unity Golden Immortal-level existences. They each occupied a section of the water, maintaining a respectful distance from one another.

Zhao Gongming understood. As long as he didn't intrude upon their territories, there should be no major issues.

He walked along the pond's edge, step by step. His Foundation as a Chaos God and Demon granted him an extraordinary sensitivity to the primordial energies of heaven and earth.

He was searching, seeking the purest Innate life force that might exist within the Myriad Lotus Pond.

One day, two days... three days passed.

Zhao Gongming had almost circumnavigated the outer perimeter of the Myriad Lotus Pond, collecting some immortal lotuses of exceptional quality. However, he still hadn't found the feeling he was looking for.

Just as he was preparing to venture deeper into the pond to investigate, his steps abruptly halted.

A faint yet exquisitely pure Innate aura, as if transcending the barriers of time and space, lightly brushed against his divine sense.

The aura was clear, sacred, and carried a purifying essence that seemed capable of cleansing all things!

"Found it!"

Brilliant Divine Light erupted in Zhao Gongming's eyes. Without hesitation, he followed the source of the aura, speeding towards the depths of the Myriad Lotus Pond.

His figure was like lightning. With a few leaps across the myriad lotus leaves, he had penetrated a hundred miles into the water. The deeper he went, the clearer the pure Innate aura became. The surrounding scenery also began to change. Ordinary immortal lotuses gradually disappeared, replaced by Golden Lotuses and Jade Lotuses of higher grades. Each one shimmered with resplendent light, exuding an imposing aura of treasure.

Finally, before a stretch of water shrouded in dense white mist, Zhao Gongming stopped.

Pushing aside the mist before him, the sight that greeted him made his breath catch.

In front of him, a pond about ten feet in diameter lay clear to the bottom, unstained by any impurity. And in the center of the pond, a massive white lotus floated serenely.

This white lotus had twelve petals, its entire body as white and lustrous as jade, utterly pure and flawless. Each petal seemed to be inscribed with the profound principles of heaven and earth. Strands of Innate life force Qi circled the lotus platform, transforming into auspicious clouds and radiant energy, making it appear as if it were the embodiment of the Great Dao.

It simply floated there, yet it seemed to be the center of this world, the origin of all things.

A grand aura that suppressed Destiny and purified defilement washed over him.

"World-Purifying White Lotus!" Zhao Gongming's heart pounded violently.

This lotus was, in fact, a mid-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure!

Surrounding the white lotus was an invisible formation barrier, its Dao Patterns flowing and incredibly profound. It was clearly a powerful Innate formation guarding this Supreme Treasure.

Zhao Gongming took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

He activated his divine sense and carefully touched the formation barrier.

Buzz!

A powerful force rebounded, and myriad runes instantly lit up on the formation barrier, filling the air with a killing intent.

"Innate Guardian Great Array... Just as I suspected," Zhao Gongming was not surprised.

If a spiritual treasure of this caliber were unguarded, it would likely have been taken by powerful beings long ago.

He did not force his way through. Instead, with a thought, twenty-four sapphire-blue beads flew out from his sleeve, circling around him. These were the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls!

"Break the formation with treasure!"

Zhao Gongming guided them with both hands. The twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls spun, transforming into twenty-four beams of blue divine light. Following a mysterious trajectory, they gently struck different nodes of the Innate formation!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each impact felt like a blow to the formation's weak points. The light barrier shook violently, and the flowing runes on it began to become chaotic.

With his Foundation as a Chaos God and Demon, Zhao Gongming's understanding of the Great Dao was far beyond what it used to be.

Although this Innate formation still appeared profound to him, it was no longer without flaws.

Using the Chaos Spiritual Treasure, the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, as his weapon and his own comprehension of the Great Dao as his guide, he was gradually deconstructing this formation!

Half an hour later.

With a crisp "crack," the light barrier guarding the World-Purifying White Lotus shattered like broken glass, fragmenting into countless points of light and dissipating.

An Innate life force Qi, more than ten times stronger than before, erupted forth!

Zhao Gongming rejoiced. Without further hesitation, he reached out and grasped. The twelve-petaled World-Purifying White Lotus let out a soft hum, transforming into a white light that fell into his palm.

The lotus platform felt warm and smooth in his hand. A cool sensation instantly flowed through his entire body, clearing his Nascent Soul as if all dust had been washed away.

At that very moment, the cold System notification sound boomed in his mind!

[Detected Innate Spirit Treasure - World-Purifying White Lotus (Mid-grade)!]

[Detected faint Chaos Green Lotus Origin within...]

[Deduction plan generated...]

[Can consume Primordial Points and Chaos Origin matter to deduce it into the Chaos Supreme Treasure - Thirty-Six-Petal Chaos Green Lotus!]

[Preliminary deduction (promotion from Twelve-petal to Twenty-Four-petal) requires: 10000 Primordial Points, one strand of Chaos Qi!]

[Begin deduction immediately?]

That cold System prompt, like thunder from the nine heavens, exploded in Zhao Gongming's sea of consciousness. Every word seemed to contain the profound resonance of the Great Dao, causing his heart, which had just been stirred by obtaining the Spirit Treasure, to instantly churn with even more violent waves.

Chaos Green Lotus!

Thirty-Six-Petal Chaos Green Lotus!

This was not merely the name of a Spirit Treasure; it represented a legend, an epoch, the supreme divine artifact from when Chaos had not yet opened and the Primordial had not yet been distinguished! It was the supreme Dao foundation upon which the Great God Pangu was born!

Zhao Gongming's mind almost fell into a state of stasis at this moment.

He had originally thought that deducing this Twelve-petal World-Purifying White Lotus into a Twenty-Four-petal or Thirty-petal top-grade Innate Spirit Treasure would already be an immense fortune. He never imagined that this Primordial Deduction System would be so... heaven-defying!

To be able to use this mid-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, which contained a trace of faint Origin, as a base, with Chaos Qi as a guide, to recreate that legendary Chaos Supreme Treasure!