Taking the Three Luminaries Divine Water

When Nuwa collected the Three Luminaries Divine Water back then, she was already at the Quasi-Sage level, so naturally there had been no problem.

Yang Xuan, however, was only a Mysterious Immortal, while the guardian spirit was two realms above him.

This might well turn into another fierce battle.

"Would you be willing to yield this item to me, Fellow Daoist?"

Yang Xuan's expression remained unchanged, though he had already prepared himself for battle.

The white snake's eyes churned with vicious light, its scales standing on end. Clearly, Yang Xuan's words had enraged her.

She had cultivated here for countless years, yet no one had ever dared treat her with such contempt.

"Presumptuous!"

The white snake spoke in a shrill, grating voice. "A puny cultivator at the early Mysterious Immortal realm dares covet the Three Luminaries Divine Water? This demon has guarded it for eight thousand years. Even if a Golden Immortal came, they would have to first see what I was capable of!"

Yang Xuan's expression did not change.

In terms of raw strength, he might not necessarily be her inferior.

Even among innate beings, there were differences in superiority.

"So it seems we must have a fight?"

Yang Xuan's tone turned slightly cold. After a pause, he continued,

"The Three Luminaries Divine Water may be valuable, but it can only accelerate cultivation. It cannot help you assume human form. If Fellow Daoist is willing to yield it to me, I can seek an opportunity for your transformation."

The white snake's vertical pupils narrowed slightly as she began to reassess Yang Xuan.

So he cultivated the Creation Grand Dao.

No wonder he had dared enter Kunlun Mountain alone and remained unruffled even before an existence at the late Mysterious Immortal realm like her.

Without innate foundations and opportunity, one could not even touch the threshold of the Creation Grand Dao.

"Creation Grand Dao..."

The white snake murmured it once more, the hostility in her voice fading somewhat. "No wonder you are filled with the power of creation."

Yang Xuan did not deny it.

The Creation Grand Dao was, after all, one of the foremost Great Daos.

A flicker of hesitation crossed the white snake's eyes.

Day after day, she absorbed the essence of the sun and moon and took in the spiritual energy of the Three Luminaries Divine Water, all in the hope that she might one day assume human form and set foot upon the true Primordial World.

But how could transformation be easy?

Either she needed a great opportunity, enlightenment from a supreme expert, or a heavenly treasure...

And the Three Luminaries Divine Water was undoubtedly a supreme treasure. Yet though she had tried to collect it, she could not move it in the slightest.

So she could only remain in this sea-lake, never leaving even a step.

She was waiting for some supreme expert who came to collect the Three Luminaries Divine Water.

In consideration of her guarding the Three Luminaries Divine Water, they might grant her a supreme opportunity.

Yet this minor cultivator before her, aside from his extraordinary Creation Grand Dao, possessed no other particularly outstanding advantage.

"What guarantee do you have?"

The white snake's voice was no longer so shrill, carrying a trace of probing instead.

Yang Xuan took a vine leaf from his sleeve. Emerald-gold light flowed across his palm.

The white snake's gaze fell upon the leaf, and her pupils abruptly contracted.

Though she did not recognize its origin, the aura contained within made her instinctively sense a power far beyond the level of her understanding.

"This is a leaf from my true body. It can help you comprehend the Great Dao, and it can also be exchanged for a promise from me."

Yang Xuan held out the vine leaf. "If Fellow Daoist is willing to make things convenient, you may take this leaf."

By doing so, he was also using his true body as backing, as if to say: Do not be fooled by my low realm. My true body is extremely formidable. This is an early investment—hold onto it, and you will be one of the elders in the future.

The white snake fell silent.

Her forked tongue flickered uncertainly, while her golden vertical pupils repeatedly swept over Yang Xuan.

Though she harbored doubts about his words, she knew that she no longer had any way to stop him.

She might even end up being suppressed here.

Then she might as well let him try to collect it himself. If he could take it away, that would mean the Three Luminaries Divine Water was fated with him, and she could form a good karmic bond.

If he could not take it away, that would be even better. Either way, she would not lose out.

Having thought it through, the white snake slowly lowered her body and withdrew her hostility.

"What do you want the Three Luminaries Divine Water for?"

"I cultivate the Dao of Creation. The Three Luminaries Divine Water contains the essence of the sun, moon, and stars, which will aid my comprehension of the Dao."

Yang Xuan answered truthfully.

The white snake nodded and did not press further.

She opened her enormous mouth and took in the leaf Yang Xuan had offered. Her mountain-like body slowly retreated, her eyes filled with complicated anticipation.

She hoped he could collect the Three Luminaries Divine Water, so that her eight thousand years of guardianship would not have been in vain.

Yet she also hoped he would fail, proving that this opportunity still belonged to her and that only her realm was insufficient.

Yang Xuan stepped forward, a seven-colored rainbow glow appearing beneath his feet.

Before the three great mountains, his tiny figure was like an ant.

The Three Luminaries Divine Water was no ordinary object. It could not be collected through brute force; it had to be drawn in with the "Dao."

The light of the sun, moon, and stars was one of the most fundamental powers of heaven and earth, intimately connected with the Creation Grand Dao.

The sun gave birth, the moon completed, and the stars transformed.

Birth, completion, and transformation were precisely the full process of creation.

He opened his eyes and extended his right hand, palm facing upward.

A strand of seven-colored spiritual energy rose from his palm. Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet intertwined, forming a miniature rainbow that stretched toward the three drops of divine water atop the mountain peaks.

The white snake's pupils contracted slightly.

Seven-colored rainbow light—this was a sight she had never witnessed before.

The rainbow touched the first drop of divine water.

It was a golden liquid as blazing as a solar disk.

In an instant, golden light flared brightly, illuminating the entire sea-lake.

All three drops of divine water began to tremble at once, resonating with one another.

They sensed the power of creation within Yang Xuan and the aura that shared the same origin as the sun, moon, and stars.

Yang Xuan took a deep breath and fully unleashed his comprehension of the Great Dao.

The seven-colored spiritual energy transformed into an invisible spiritual hand, gently supporting the three drops of divine water and slowly lifting them upward.

The three drops left the mountain peaks and hovered in midair. Golden, silver, and violet radiance reflected off one another, dyeing the entire valley in dreamlike colors.

The white snake's heart rose to her throat.

She had guarded them for eight thousand years and tried countless times, every attempt ending in failure.

The divine water seemed to have taken root. No matter what she did, she could not take it away.

Yet this cultivator at the early Mysterious Immortal realm had succeeded on his very first attempt?

The divine water slowly drifted toward Yang Xuan.

Behind Yang Xuan, the phantom of a gourd vine that reached through heaven and earth emerged. None knew how tall it was, nor how deep its roots extended.

Before his innate foundations, even the Three Luminaries Divine Water—which had condensed the light of the sun, moon, and stars across hundreds of thousands of miles over tens of thousands of years, and was unimaginably heavy—was lightly grasped in Yang Xuan's palm.

The white snake could sense that the Three Luminaries Divine Water was breaking free from the restraints of this world, changing from a "natural object" into an "owned object."

This process was irreversible. Once it was complete, the Three Luminaries Divine Water would truly belong to Yang Xuan.

"Collect!"

Yang Xuan shouted softly, his five fingers closing around it.

The three drops of divine water turned into three streaks of light and entered his palm.

A vast power surged from his palm into his body. The essence of the sun, the splendor of the moon, and the brilliance of the stars merged with the power of creation within him, forming a tiny chaotic vortex intertwined with three colors within his divine body.

The white snake stared blankly at it all, unable to recover for a long while.

The Three Luminaries Divine Water was gone.

Her guardianship had ended as well.

Yet she did not feel disappointed. Instead, she felt a lightness, as though a heavy burden had finally been lifted.

Yang Xuan withdrew his hand and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

His aura rose—early Mysterious Immortal, peak early Mysterious Immortal, mid Mysterious Immortal!

The power of the Three Luminaries brought by the divine water had directly pushed his incarnation's cultivation to the mid Mysterious Immortal realm.

He rose to his feet and turned toward the white snake.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist."

The white snake came back to herself, her gaze complicated. "You... you really collected it?"

Yang Xuan nodded.

"The Three Luminaries Divine Water is fated with me. Perhaps it is also fated with Fellow Daoist. Fellow Daoist guarded it for eight thousand years, and your contribution cannot be overlooked. I will not break my word. One day, I will surely seek an opportunity for Fellow Daoist to assume human form."

The white snake was silent for a moment before slowly lowering her body. "My name is Bai Lin."

"This poor Daoist is Yan Zhen." Yang Xuan smiled as he exchanged names with Bai Lin.

"Bai Lin will remember this." Bai Lin nodded slightly, her massive snake head making a nodding motion.

Yang Xuan cupped his hands. "Until we meet again."

Seven-colored radiance appeared beneath his feet, transforming into a cyan streak of light as he flew out of the valley.

Bai Lin watched that cyan light vanish beyond the horizon.

Though the Three Luminaries Divine Water had been taken away, with these three divine peaks here, this was still a rare place for cultivation.

After eight thousand years, she could finally cultivate in peace.