The next day, the thirteen set out again, continuing their search on Mount Buzhou.
This time, Pan Xuan went alone, searching upward along the northern slopes of Mount Buzhou.
His Vast Righteous Qi was the most sensitive to Innate Restrictions, so working alone was actually more efficient.
The northern slopes of Mount Buzhou were entirely different from the southern slopes. The southern slopes had dense vegetation and abundant spiritual energy, while the northern slopes were far more treacherous, bristling with sheer cliffs, howling mountain winds, and piercing cold.
Pan Xuan stepped across the rocks, climbing upward one step at a time, keeping his divine sense extended to its fullest range as he perceived everything around him.
He searched for three full days without finding any trace of Innate Restrictions.
But he was in no hurry and continued searching upward at an unhurried pace.
On the fourth day, he arrived before an extremely well-hidden cave.
The cave lay halfway up a cliff face, its entrance blocked by a massive rock. Without careful inspection, it would have been impossible to discover.
Pan Xuan had noticed it because, as his divine sense swept over that rock, he detected an exceedingly faint fluctuation.
It was a fluctuation unique to Innate Restrictions.
Pan Xuan walked to the entrance and reached out to push the rock aside.
The instant the rock moved, rich spiritual energy surged out of the cave. Within that energy lay an endlessly renewing power of creation, as though it could nurture all things and create life.
Pan Xuan's heart tightened. The spiritual root inside this cave was anything but ordinary.
He entered the cave. It was not dark inside; instead, a faint glow shone from its depths.
The glow was bluish-purple, gentle and mysterious, illuminating the entire cave.
The cave was only