Wanting to Recreate the Mount Wuyi Mountain Guardian Beast

After several breaths, a resolute divine sense carrying the air of burning one's boats came through. "Immortal, for your great kindness, this junior... is willing to try!"

"This junior has been trapped by the shackles of this body for who knows how many ages."

"I have squandered my years until now. Though I possess spiritual intelligence, I have never had the chance to glimpse the mysteries of the Great Dao."

"Even the Nine-Colored Heavenly Phoenix, when it came here, used a secret technique of the Phoenix Race to enlighten the spirits in the mountain, yet it was helpless when it came to this junior."

"If this junior continues to wither away waiting, I will ultimately only waste away my lifespan and become a handful of rotten earth."

"Today, Immortal has looked upon me with favor and bestowed this sliver of opportunity. Never mind that there is no absolute certainty."

"Even if it means nine deaths and one chance of life—or ten deaths with no life at all—this junior is willing to brave this extraordinary peril for a Chance of Transcendence!"

A trace of approval flashed through Haotian's eyes. "Your Dao Heart is steadfast, and you do not fear hardship or danger. You are surely destined to have hope of transcendence."

"Since that is so, let us begin."

He said no more. With a thought, several streaks of treasure light emerged one after another from around him, hanging in midair and bathing the valley in a flowing, radiant splendor.

The Primordial Chaos Sky Measuring Ruler, wreathed in purple-gold Dao charm, hung high at the center, emanating a might capable of suppressing heaven and earth.

The phantom of the ancient and mysterious Treasure Dropping Gold Coin rose and fell, with the power of laws faintly appearing and vanishing around it.

The mouth of the Ten Thousand Crows Pot, glimmering with scarlet flames, swirled with firelight.

The Three Talents Jade Cups, with tri-colored radiance flowing over them, formed a formation of their own.

The Pure Glazed Bottle tilted slightly, its mouth releasing an aura of sweet dew that was pure and gentle.

At the sight of so many Innate Spirit Treasures, the spirit grass's unease and tension immediately receded somewhat.

All five Innate Spirit Treasures had appeared at once, their vast Dao charms interweaving until even the spiritual energy within the valley boiled!

Though the spirit grass had yet to undergo Form Transformation, its spiritual perception was incomparably keen.

Seeing such an unimaginably extravagant display, the apprehension and unease in its heart were instantly replaced by shock and an inexplicable confidence.

Next, Haotian took out a Ginseng Fruit, its exotic fragrance assailing the senses and its Dao charm seemingly born of heaven itself.

As fellow plant spirits, the spirit grass could perceive with exceptional clarity the vast, pure innate Yimu essence of creation and life origin contained within the Ginseng Fruit. Its spirituality surged wildly, nearly beyond its control.

Haotian placed the Ginseng Fruit in his mouth and sealed its essence with his mana, not swallowing it immediately.

Then, with a thought from him, the Three Talents Jade Cups blazed with light.

White, gold, and black Dao patterns stretched out and intertwined, swiftly setting up an incomparably stable Three Talents Barrier around Haotian and the spirit grass. It completely isolated the inside from the outside, preventing any external force from interfering with the spellcasting process.

With the preparations complete, Haotian's expression turned solemn.

He first controlled the Pure Glazed Bottle and poured out several drops of crystalline sweet-dew spiritual liquid brimming with pure vitality.

As if alive, the spiritual liquid transformed into threads of emerald mist and gently seeped into the spirit grass's enormous body.

At once, the spirit grass felt a gentle yet irresistible force of vitality course through its entire body.

That vitality nourished every vein in every blade of grass. The spirit grass's Dao charm, which had long ceased to advance, began to grow markedly, as though a parched riverbed had been met by spring rain.

At the same time, Haotian made a pulling gesture with his right hand, and the Ten Thousand Crows Pot spewed Samadhi True Fire—blazing white with a faint golden tint—from its mouth.

The fire appeared gentle, but the temperature within was terrifyingly high. It precisely enveloped the Stone Slab Fragment and began to slowly burn and refine it.

The stone slab gradually turned red-hot within the true fire and began to soften.

The natural Dao patterns upon it shifted endlessly in the flames, while their resonance with Mount Wuyi's earth veins became ever clearer.

Before long, the spirit grass had fully absorbed the sweet-dew spiritual liquid. Its spirituality was full to the brim, its radiance contained within.

Meanwhile, under the continuous refinement of the Samadhi True Fire, the Stone Slab Fragment had transformed into a mass of flowing, translucent, earth-yellow liquid.

Faint phantoms of mountains and rivers, along with Dao patterns, rose and fell within it, releasing a strange aura that was both heavy and nimble.

The moment had arrived!

Haotian's gaze sharpened. He held two fingers of his left hand together like a sword and pointed from afar at the core of the spirit grass's massive body, sending out a gentle Dao charm containing the force of attraction.

He shouted softly, "Primordial Spirit, leave your body. Do not resist!"

Following his instructions, the spirit grass completely let down its mental defenses.

The next instant, a solid and pure Primordial Spirit soul, taking the form of a ball of emerald light, was carefully and completely drawn by Haotian from its plant True Form.

The instant the Primordial Spirit left its body, Haotian controlled the earth-yellow stone-slab liquid with his right hand while guiding the spirit grass's Primordial Spirit with his left, causing the two to suddenly merge!

"Sizzle!"

The moment the Primordial Spirit came into contact with that strange liquid—which contained Earth Vein Power and had been refined by Samadhi True Fire—a sudden aberration occurred!

An indescribable agony, as though the soul had been placed in molten lava to roast, erupted. It was like countless red-hot steel needles viciously piercing the deepest reaches of the spirit grass's Primordial Spirit!

This pain far exceeded the limits that Living Beings could endure. Had Haotian not first used the sweet dew to help stabilize its spirituality, that single strike alone would have been enough to shatter its spiritual consciousness.

Having lost its plant True Form, the spirit grass could make no sound at this moment. Yet the violent trembling and distortion of its Primordial Spirit light sphere proclaimed the inhuman agony it endured.

Through his Divine Sense, Haotian could clearly sense the soundless scream originating from the very source of its soul, as well as the fluctuations on the verge of collapse.

His thoughts raced, and the phantom of the Treasure Dropping Gold Coin burst forth with brilliant light.

A mysterious, ineffable force of strange laws silently descended, tightly enveloping and stabilizing the Spirit Grass's Primordial Spirit core, which was on the verge of dissipating. It forcibly sustained its consciousness, helping it endure the agony of soul-burning and spirit-forging.

Only now did the most crucial step begin!

He had to make this "Earth Vein Solution," fused with the Spirit Grass's Primordial Spirit, truly undergo a rebirth.

It had to become a unique existence, much like the former "Beast of Mountain and River Geography"—closely bound to Mount Wuyi's earth veins and nearly indestructible.

To achieve that, he had to stir, harmonize, and even reshape the momentum of the Mountains and Earth Veins here, forging an entirely new foundation of existence for it!

Had Haotian only just arrived at Mount Wuyi, without a supreme treasure like the Earth Book that specialized in sorting out earth veins, this would have been utterly impossible.

But now, Haotian possessed the Primordial Chaos Sky Measuring Ruler!

This Treasure possessed the supreme might to measure the heavens, gauge the earth, and regulate heaven and earth. Altering the course of the earth veins in a region was well within its authority!

Now! Haotian roared inwardly. He hesitated no longer and poured all his strength into the Primordial Chaos Sky Measuring Ruler suspended above his head!

"Buzz!"

Violet-gold radiance burst from the Sky Measuring Ruler, while the Dao patterns across its Ruler Body flowed as though they had come alive.

A vast, ancient, supreme Dao aura—capable of measuring the myriad heavens and setting the earth in order—came crashing down!

The ruler's phantom shifted slightly, without unleashing any earthshaking spectacle.

Yet an invisible, incorporeal, but undeniably real majestic force intervened like the finest carving blade, beginning to guide and harmonize the complex, surging momentum of the Mountains and Earth Veins throughout the hundred-thousand-mile region around Mount Wuyi!

Haotian felt his mana pour into the Primordial Chaos Sky Measuring Ruler like a river bursting through a breached dam. The speed and expenditure far surpassed anything he had experienced while activating any spiritual treasure before!

In less than ten breaths, the immense mana of his Golden Immortal Mid-stage cultivation had nearly run dry, and waves of hollow, piercing pain shot through his meridians!

At that critical moment, Haotian did not hesitate. He clenched his teeth and bit open the ginseng fruit he had been holding in his mouth all along!

"Boom!"