The scene inside the formation suddenly opened up. At the center of the valley lay a quiet pool.
The water was not clear enough to see through. Instead, it displayed a magnificent sight.
The golden radiance of sunlight, the silvery splendor of moonlight, and the brilliance of starlight.
Three kinds of innate divine light flowed naturally within it.
The entire pool shimmered with dazzling colors. Hazy energy rose without end, radiating boundless vitality and a spiritual essence that nurtured all things.
"Three Lights Divine Water?"
Fuxi could barely hide his astonishment. He hurried forward. "Sunlight Divine Water can erode flesh, blood, bones, and marrow. Moonlight Divine Water can corrode the primordial spirit and soul. Starlight Divine Water specifically devours true spirits and consciousness. All three are deadly poisons.
"But once they are combined,
"they become one of the finest healing medicines in the Primordial World. They can restore flesh to bones, bring the dead back to life, and nourish the very roots of all things!
"To find so much Three Lights Divine Water... I've never heard of anything like it!"
Even Nüwa and Guiyuan were astonished. A single drop of Three Lights Divine Water could heal the grave injuries of a Taiyi cultivator. There had to be tens of thousands of drops here!
Guiyuan lowered his gaze. At the bottom of the pool, beneath its rippling divine radiance, lay a layer of soil that emanated dense Earth Essence Qi.
The soil was a warm, earthy yellow, with spiritual energy contained within it. It looked ordinary, yet gave off a strange feeling that it could bear and nurture all things under heaven.
"Nine Heavens Soil?"
His heart stirred, and he immediately thought of the legends from later generations. When Nüwa molded clay to create humanity, she had used this Three Lights Divine Water and Nine Heavens Soil.
Could the beginning of that great merit lie here?
But if he hadn't intervened,
how could Fuxi and Nüwa have broken the Three Talents Formation?
Then he reconsidered. Even without his intervention,
given Fuxi's profound mastery of formations and the Heavenly Secrets, he could have spent a much longer time at it.
Perhaps he could have slowly worn down the formation through sheer persistence or some other clever method. In the end, this opportunity would still have fallen to the siblings.
The three turned their eyes to the space above the pool.
Three pearls, their radiance hidden within, floated in a Three Talents Formation, slowly revolving. Like breathing, they rhythmically drew in the essence of the Three Lights Divine Water and Nine Heavens Soil below.
Their divine senses swept over the pearls, and information about them naturally appeared in all three of their minds.
"The Heaven, Earth, and Human Pearls?" Fuxi raised an eyebrow as he read the information. "The Heavenly Yuan Pearl governs the Heavenly Secrets and divination, clarifying changes.
"The Earthly Yuan Pearl contains the life-giving power of creation, nourishing all things. It can also draw upon the earth's solidity to suppress mountains.
"The Human Yuan Pearl... can refine the energy of all living beings and gain countless divine abilities?"
Before he could finish speaking, the three pearls seemed to sense something and moved in unison.
The Heavenly Yuan Pearl became a streak of light and flew straight into Fuxi's arms, blending seamlessly with the aura around him.
The Earthly Yuan Pearl glowed with a gentle, weighty radiance and settled safely in Nüwa's palm, faintly resonating with her own Dao of Creation.
As for the Human Yuan Pearl, it first transformed without hesitation into a hazy yellow streak of light and shot toward Guiyuan.
But halfway there, it seemed to strike an invisible wall. Its speed abruptly slowed, and it came to a dead stop in midair.
The light around the pearl flickered rapidly, brightening and dimming as if it were struggling fiercely. It darted forward a little, then hesitated and retreated.
It circled in place, looking deeply reluctant and resistant.
Guiyuan frowned. He had no patience to indulge a pearl in some game of "playing hard to get."
He immediately reached out, fingers spread.
An invisible force of magic instantly enveloped the hesitant Human Yuan Pearl. Without the slightest courtesy, he seized it and gripped it firmly in his palm.
The moment the Human Yuan Pearl landed in his hand,
it trembled violently as if startled. It darted back and forth in his palm, its light flashing rapidly as it conveyed intense unwillingness, seemingly desperate to break free of his control.
"Great Treasure Refining Technique."
Divine sense and divine ability intertwined.
Guiyuan immediately began refining the Human Yuan Pearl. It contained thirty-six Innate Restrictions and had already reached the very limit of a High-grade Innate Treasure.
It was just one step away from becoming a Top-grade Innate Treasure.
As he began refining it, the information within surprised Guiyuan. "Soul, true spirit?"
Fuxi and Nüwa, standing nearby, had seen what happened and wore strange expressions. Why did it feel as though the Human Yuan Pearl and Guiyuan hadn't been fated for each other at all?
But they couldn't very well say anything. Each of them had gained something, and they had entered together as allies. They couldn't simply exclude Guiyuan.
Fuxi smiled and said, "Why don't we divide the Three Lights Divine Water and Nine Heavens Soil equally into two shares, with each of our two sides taking one?"
Guiyuan heard Fuxi's proposal.
What an honest man.
By rights, they ought to divide it into three shares, one for each of them.
Fuxi had simply counted them as two parties.
But Guiyuan had no need to incur this debt of gratitude. More importantly, the Three Lights Divine Water and Nine Heavens Soil weren't indispensable to him.
There was no need to owe Fuxi and Nüwa a debt of gratitude over these things.
Guiyuan waved a hand. "Three shares will do."
He had already decided how to use the two treasures.
A small piece of Nine Heavens Soil could become an entire continent, and the more spiritual energy it contained, the faster it grew.
Guiyuan thought he could use it with his Eternal Life Method to refine the Thirty-Three Heavens Fierce Sha Treasure.
The Eternal Life Method also allowed one to use treasures to raise living beings and gather their faith. The Nine Heavens Soil would be perfect as a foundation for that.
As for the Three Lights Divine Water, he would keep it in the Xuanyaun Controlling Water Flag except when he needed it to heal injuries. The three kinds—sunlight, moonlight, and starlight—could be used against enemies.
Seeing that Guiyuan was firm, Fuxi said no more and nodded in agreement.
He swept his sleeve, activating his divine ability. At once, the Three Lights Divine Water in the pool and the Nine Heavens Soil beneath it were divided into three equal portions. They became three balls of light and flew toward the three of them.
Guiyuan reached out and caught his share. The divine water swirled in his palm, its sunlight, moonlight, and starlight radiating in turn, while the Nine Heavens Soil gave off dense, gentle Earth Essence Qi.
With a thought, he put them away safely.
As the treasures were taken, the valley's abundant spiritual energy receded like a tide, and the hazy divine light and Dao resonance quickly vanished.
In just a moment, the place was no different from any ordinary valley in the Primordial World. It had become utterly unremarkable.
The three walked out of the valley together.
Though their joint effort to break the formation had not taken long, they had formed a measure of friendship.
Fuxi looked at Guiyuan with a warm smile and invited him, "Daoist Guiyuan, would you care to visit the Daoist abode my younger sister and I share at Phoenix Mountain and stay for a few days?
"We could discuss the Dao together. I'm sure we would all benefit."
While they were breaking the formation, Fuxi had seen everything clearly.
Guiyuan had used one method after another, demonstrating a profound understanding of the Great Dao. He wielded divine abilities with effortless ease, and each one was formidable.
In both cultivation and the application of divine abilities, he was above Fuxi and Nüwa.
The path to Daluo was still shrouded in uncertainty. The opportunity to discuss the Dao with someone like him was undoubtedly a rare blessing.
Guiyuan considered the invitation for a moment.
Fuxi was skilled at divining the Heavenly Secrets, while Nüwa held mastery over the life-giving power of creation. Their Daos were indeed unique and could greatly help him comprehend the laws of heaven and earth in the Primordial World.
Besides, he needed a quiet place to refine the Nine Heavens Soil he had just obtained into the Thirty-Three Heavens Fierce Sha Treasure.
The Dao of Daluo was certainly fundamental, but the means to protect one's Dao were just as important. Improving a magic treasure's power wouldn't take too long, yet it could give him greater confidence when it mattered.
"Very well." Guiyuan nodded. "Thank you both for your kind invitation. I'd be glad to impose on you."
"You're too kind, Daoist. Please, come with us," Fuxi said with a smile.
Nüwa also gave a slight nod in reply.
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