The Spirit Root That Fits Hongyun Perfectly

At the peak of Longevity Mountain, within Wuzhuang Temple.

The vast, world-shaking phenomenon that had previously swept across the sky and shaken the earth's veins had now completely subsided.

The boundless energy of the Pangu Jade Marrow, vast as an ocean, had now perfectly merged into Zhenyuanzi's true body—that mass of Profound Yellow radiance, growing ever more condensed, emitting vast Earthen Energy Essence and profound Dao resonance.

It had settled into an incomparably solid foundation, pushing his cultivation and stabilizing it at the Peak Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Only the final insight and opportunity seemed to separate him from the threshold of the Quasi-Saint stage.

Within the temple, the aura was harmonious and peaceful, the rhythm of the Great Dao flowing naturally, as if the earlier world-shaking upheaval had been nothing but a dream. Only the Xiantian Pure Qi and Earth Essence still lingering in the air, not yet fully dissipated, testified to the reality and extraordinariness of the transformation that had just occurred.

Lord Wanshouyuan and Daoist Hongyun exchanged a smile, both seeing in each other's eyes the relief and joy of a task completed.

The two Daoist children, Qingfeng and Zhi, were also elated, their small faces flushed with excitement. Though they did not fully understand exactly how much their master had gained.

The celestial phenomenon that had drawn heaven and earth's congratulations, along with the increasingly unfathomable aura of their masters, was enough for them to realize this was a momentous blessing.

After a brief period of regulating his breath and fully stabilizing the realm that had been elevated along with his true body's breakthrough, Lord Wanshouyuan seemed to recall something.

With a slight thought, he gently flicked his sleeve, and a streak of flowing light, shimmering with Xiantian Spiritual Light, flashed out from within.

The next moment, a remarkably extraordinary spiritual root appeared in the palm of his hand, floating three feet away in midair.

It was none other than the strange spiritual root he had obtained from within the Xiantian Restriction at the peak of Buzhou Mountain—the Four Symbols Plantain Tree!

Although this tree had left the unique chaotic remnant nurturing environment of Buzhou Mountain, its Xiantian Origin had not diminished in the slightest.

The plant, over ten feet tall, was a vivid, dripping emerald green throughout. Its trunk was like jade, its branches and leaves like fine jadeite, emitting an extremely dense Xiantian Jia Mu Vitality.

Most miraculous of all were the four enormous leaves at its top, each vastly different in shape yet naturally imbued with Dao resonance. They swayed without wind, slowly rotating, each emitting a completely different yet same-origin Xiantian Four Symbols Origin aura:

One leaf was thick and deep and condensed, colored Profound Yellow, its natural veins seeming to trace the contours of the boundless earth, exuding the heaviness and bearing of "Earth";

One leaf was supple and elongated, colored deep blue, shrouded in water vapor, its rippling patterns seeming to carry the sound of ten thousand rivers surging, exuding the flexibility and nourishment of "Water";

One leaf was light and ethereal, colored pale cyan, its edges sharp as blades, its slight tremors causing the surrounding air currents to whistle, exuding the swiftness and formlessness of "Wind";

One leaf was blazing and unrestrained, colored fiery red, its veins like flowing magma, faint flames flickering and rising within, exuding the violence and annihilation of "Fire."

These four attributes were perfectly gathered upon a single spiritual root, mutually generating and restraining each other in endless circulation, forming an introverted and balanced miniature Four Symbols world—mysterious and extraordinary, naturally imbued with Dao resonance.

Lord Wanshouyuan examined this spiritual root, destined to be connected with him, and after a moment's thought, decided to plant it rather than keep it stored in his sleeve.

A spiritual root, after all, must take root in a spiritual vein to sustain its vitality and preserve its Dao resonance for eternity.

His gaze swept over the courtyard and finally settled on its very center—the very spiritual aperture where the Ginseng Fruit Tree's true body had once been rooted.

This was the core node where the ancestral vein's spiritual energy of Longevity Mountain converged most densely. The soil, nourished and replenished by the Ginseng Fruit Tree over endless epochs, had long since transcended the mundane.

It contained astonishing Wood Vitality and the purest, most profound Earth Essence, making it the finest spiritual soil in the Primordial World, most suitable for nurturing all kinds of spiritual roots.

He stepped forward, using no magical tool but his own hand as a hoe. His fingertips shimmered with Earthen Energy Divine Light as he gently parted the soil, which sparkled with multicolored radiance, its spiritual energy nearly liquefied.

The soil parted, revealing the jade-like spiritual vein node beneath, and an intensely concentrated burst of spiritual energy gushed forth.

Lord Wanshouyuan carefully planted the roots of the Four Symbols Plantain Tree into that spiritual aperture, drawing upon the earth vein's spiritual energy to gently nourish its roots like a trickling stream.

The moment the plantain tree's roots touched the spiritual aperture, they trembled slightly, like parched earth receiving a long-awaited rain, greedily absorbing the pure, immense earth spiritual energy and Wood Essence.

The four leaves at its top blazed with brilliant light, their rotation accelerating, growing ever more verdant and dazzling, radiating divine splendor. It was clearly extremely well-adapted to this environment, even more vibrant and full of life than when it had been at Buzhou Mountain.

Just as the Four Symbols Plantain Tree had fully taken root and stabilized, its own Dao resonance perfectly connecting with Longevity Mountain's earth veins, and its Xiantian Four Symbols Origin aura spreading out without reservation, interweaving and resonating with the temple's original Earthen Energy and Wood Dao resonance—

Daoist Hongyun, standing nearby, suddenly shuddered violently!

His face twisted into an expression of extreme strangeness and disbelief.

His gaze seemed locked by an invisible chain, staring fixedly at the Four Symbols Plantain Tree, his eyes filled with profound shock, bewilderment, and an indescribable... longing!

A violent tremor and resonance, originating from the deepest part of his soul, from the very essence of his life, exploded like a great bell or drum within his Purple Mansion Primordial Spirit, telling him with absolute clarity—this object was inextricably, destined to be connected to him!

Hongyun was the first patch of Xiantian red cloud from the primordial chaos to gain sentience and take form at the dawn of heaven and earth.

His true body was ethereal and formless, gathering and dispersing without constancy. By nature, he was close to the sky, the flowing wind, and the supreme, unyielding celestial true fire. His origin inherently contained the swiftness of "Wind" and the violence of "Fire," these two innate attributes.

At the same time, clouds were formed from the rising of water vapor, so deep within his origin, he also naturally harbored the flexibility, transformation, and nourishment of "Water."

And ever since he had first gained sentience, he had lingered atop Longevity Mountain, accompanying Zhenyuanzi's true body of Innate Earthen Energy for countless epochs, spending days and nights together, discussing the Dao and sparring.

Through subtle, long-term influence, his cloud body had long since absorbed a vast amount of Innate Earthen Energy, such that his origin had, imperceptibly, deeply integrated the heaviness, stability, and bearing of "Earth"!

Earth, Water, Wind, Fire!

These were the most fundamental and powerful Xiantian Four Symbols elements that constituted all things in the Primordial World.

And they had, in a remarkably natural, harmonious, almost heaven-ordained manner, simultaneously come to exist within the origin of Hongyun, this Xiantian Cloud, achieving a certain subtle balance!

Only, in the past, he himself had never perceived this so clearly or so profoundly. He had merely instinctively employed various escape techniques, illusion arts, and fire control divine powers.

Now, facing this plantain tree, which also contained the purest, most primordial Xiantian Four Symbols Power, the four attributes of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire within Hongyun seemed to have received a supreme summons, fully awakening.

With unprecedented vitality, they surged and flowed of their own accord! They resonated with the Dao resonance emitted by the plantain tree with an intensity that was like water and milk blending together!

He felt his heart tremble, his primordial spirit leap with joy. Many vague points and stagnant barriers in his past cultivation regarding the use, transformation, and mutual generation and restraint of these four powers now, under this resonance, seemed to be suddenly enlightened, as if clouds had parted to reveal the sun!

That plantain tree, in his eyes, was no longer merely a spiritual root. It was as if it were an external manifestation of a part of his own Great Dao, an excellent reference and amplifier for his own path!

With its aid, his speed in comprehending the Four Symbols Great Dao, deducing his own divine powers, and even exploring higher realms would surely increase severalfold!