His divine sense carefully perceived the unique aura emitted by that dragon body, combining his inherited memory with the majestic Pangu aura he had felt not long ago on the summit of Buzhou.
Cross-verifying and deducing, after a long moment, he finally had a sudden flash of enlightenment and understood the true origin and background of this object!
This was not a true living creature of the Dragon Clan!
This was formed after Great God Pangu performed World-Opening and exhausted his strength, falling and transforming his body into all things, leaving behind the final shred of Innate Vast Righteous Primordial Qi within his chest cavity (which was that very last breath).
It was mixed with quite a bit of the Invulnerable to All Magic Profound Yellow Merit Qi derived from the dawn of World-Opening.
Having further absorbed the ubiquitous Pangu Will of Buzhou Mountain and the thickest, most extreme Innate Spiritual Qi, after countless yuanhui of precipitation, nourishment, and creation, it was an entity naturally condensed and formed under a fortuitous coincidence!
Because it contained a trace of vast righteous energy from Pangu's World-Opening, a supreme emperor imagery, the mellow power of World-Opening Merit, and the favor of the Primordial World, it instinctively transformed into the form of a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon that was extremely hard, supreme and noble, symbolizing auspiciousness and imperial authority.
In a sense, it was more like a natural Innate Exotic Treasure with matchless power and great merit, or rather, an existence similar to the later generations' Destiny Golden Dragon that guarded the Heaven and Earth Order—only today, the Heavenly Dao had not yet emerged, and Hongjun had not yet appeared.
It had no controller, nor had it naturally given birth to a complete spiritual intelligence, remaining in a peculiar state of ignorance and unformed, with its power internal.
Those copious amounts of Profound Yellow Merit Qi not only endowed it with the characteristic of being immune to all evils, but also gave it the potential supreme wonderful use of Suppression of Destiny.
Having figured out the situation, the astonishment in Lord Wanshouyuan's heart instantly turned into immense surprise and heartfelt emotion.
Great God Pangu truly had a body full of treasures and boundless mighty force; even after his fall, the things he left behind were by no means trivial and were wondrous to this extent!
Although this golden dragon lacked spiritual intelligence, its background was extraordinary, containing three of the top-tier powers in the Primordial Wilderness: considerable World-Opening Merit, Profound Yellow Qi, and Pangu Primordial Qi. Its potential value was almost no less than that of a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, and in some aspects, it was even superior!
He suppressed his excitement and carefully observed the dragon body, confirming that its energy structure was stable yet internal, and that there was no danger of autonomous attack.
Only then did he step forward a few paces, stretch out a finger with a trace of awe, and gently touch the cold and huge golden dragon scales close at hand.
Where his hand touched, there was no expected hard metal texture; instead, it was warm and smooth like jade, and faintly he could feel beneath the scales an energy as vast as the sea, upright and majestic, mighty and irresistible, flowing slowly like breathing, full of the power of life yet lacking true conscious dominance.
This object... is truly wondrous in creation and unimaginable, Lord Wanshouyuan muttered to himself, hot light flashing in his eyes. Several thoughts flashed through his mind instantly.
The foundation of this golden dragon was so deep that it surpassed the Primordial Wilderness. Because it contained quite a bit of Profound Yellow Merit Qi, if he could find a secret method to enlighten it, or wait for some special opportunity to make it give birth to true spiritual intelligence, then with its heaven-defying background, its future achievements would definitely be limitless!
Whether taking it as a mount, introducing it into his sect as a personal disciple, or using it as a powerful protective guardian to guard the Longevity Mountain Dojo, it would be a choice that was perfect to the extreme!
Its potential was so huge that it might even surpass many innately born gods and demons. The Power of Merit could even help it turn misfortune into fortune.
Even taking a step back, if it ultimately failed to give birth to spiritual intelligence, its main body would still be a supreme divine material for refining supreme magic treasures!
Using it as the main material, supplemented by other rare Innate Spiritual Objects, and crafted by a weapon-refining master, the refined magic treasure—because it contained Profound Yellow Merit Qi—would innately be destined to be at least at the level of a top-tier Houtian Spirit Treasure (or even a Merit Spiritual Treasure), and even had a sliver of hope of touching the edge of the legendary Houtian Supreme Treasure.
Its power would definitely be earth-shattering, enough to become a treasure of sect-suppressing rank, staining neither karma in slaughter nor lacking in marvelous wonders!
No matter what, such a heaven-bestowed divine object must never be left here to gather dust and waste this heaven-defying opportunity in vain!
Lord Wanshouyuan made his decision on the spot, once again taking out the cyan jade bottle refined from the most essential branches of the Ginseng Fruit Tree's main body.
This bottle contained an internal space that was exceptionally profound and possessed its own structure, which should be able to accommodate this object. He circulated his Da Luo Magical Power, pinched a profound treasure-storing incantation seal with his hand, made a gentle beckoning gesture toward the mountain-sized golden dragon body, and silently recited the true mantra in his mouth.
He saw the body of the golden dragon, hundreds of zhang long, suddenly emit a soft and dazzling golden radiance, within which Profound Yellow Qi faintly flowed, illuminating the entire grotto into brilliance.
Its size rapidly shrank accordingly, and ultimately it turned into a foot-long, lifelike dragon-shaped stream of light, looking as if cast from pure gold. With a "swish," it was steadily taken into the jade bottle.
It was placed in different spaces within the bottle from those three drops of Pangu Jade Marrow, not interfering with each other, their auras both perfectly sealed.
Having collected this unexpectedly delightful golden dragon, Lord Wanshouyuan carefully explored the inside and outside of this huge grotto from top to bottom. Confirming there were no other leaked treasures or anomalies, he turned and walked out of the cave, fully satisfied.
After this accidental harvest, Lord Wanshouyuan's speed of going down the mountain inevitably slowed down a lot.
He was no longer in a hurry to travel, but instead spread his Da Luo-level divine sense outward as much as possible, as if combing through every inch of mountain rock, every crack, and every suspicious corner of the places he passed with the finest-toothed comb, hoping to discover some more hidden opportunities.
Buzhou Mountain was too mysterious and vast, being Pangu's Spine; there was no guarantee that other treasures were not hidden in some more secluded places, waiting for those who were destined.
However, perhaps his vast fortune had already been consumed too much on the summit, or perhaps the opportunities of Buzhou Mountain were not endless, as he had already obtained the most core few items.
Until he journeyed all the way down, the heavy Pangu Pressure around his body went from strong to weak and finally disappeared completely, allowing him to feel once again the relatively "light" and lively Innate Spiritual Qi between the heaven and earth of the Primordial Wilderness, and he had no other heart-stirring discoveries either.
Looking back at the towering, sacred, cloud-shrouded Mount Buzhou that still connected the heaven and earth, Lord Wanshouyuan felt not the slightest bit of regret in his heart.
There was only full harvest, boundless awe, and deep gratitude to Father God Pangu. This climb up the mountain yielded a enormity of treasures far exceeding his initial imagination, enough to affect his entire future dao path and that of his main body, Zhenyuanzi!
He did not linger any longer. After identifying the direction where Longevity Mountain was located, the cyan light around his body suddenly surged violently, like a cyan sun rising, and then it turned into a cyan startled rainbow that tore through the vast sky and was extremely swift.
Driving the escaping method and divine powers recorded in the Wood Scripture to the absolute limit he could currently reach, with a speed many times faster than when he came, he flew with all his might toward the direction of Wuzhuang Temple of Longevity Mountain like lightning and wind!
Eager to return home!
He could not wait to send this astonishing harvest—especially the majorly important Pangu Jade Marrow and the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon containing Profound Yellow Merit Qi—back into the hands of his main body as soon and safely as possible!
The cyan light grazed across the vast primordial vast sky at extreme speed, leaving only a lingering and thick spiritual qi trajectory behind him, speaking of the urgency of the return journey.
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