Kongtong Seal, Seizing Grand Pure One Laozi's Opportunity!

At this moment, the sight before him was truly astonishing.

Looking around, the spiritual qi between heaven and earth was so dense it was nearly condensing into mist—more than a thousand times richer than the outside world.

Just one breath was worth several days of arduous cultivation outside. Spiritual roots and materials were even more numerous, and Zhao Gongming had spotted no fewer than three Innate Spiritual Roots alone.

One had to know that, generally speaking, the finest treasures of a Grotto-Heaven Paradise lay in its core region.

Yet even the outer region held such an astonishing sight. It was hard to imagine what opportunities the core of this Shouyang Restriction contained.

Buzz!

At that thought, Zhao Gongming immediately transformed into a streak of light and flew straight toward the core region.

As he continued deeper, the spiritual qi grew ever denser, while the grades of the spiritual roots and materials continuously rose as well.

"Is that... a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root? A Starfruit Tree?"

"Gasp! A large Innate Geng Metal Vein?"

"I'll take it, I'll take it, I'll take it all!"

Along the way, Zhao Gongming was simply raking it in. He found dozens of Innate Spiritual Roots alone, including a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root—the Starfruit Tree.

One had to know that this was no longer the early era after the world's creation, when spiritual roots and materials carpeted the land. Ever since Dao Ancestor Hongjun preached at Purple Cloud Palace, the three thousand Purple Cloud guests had swept through and scoured the Primordial World like locusts. In the current Primordial World, even a lower-grade Innate Spiritual Root was difficult to find, much less a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root like this. Even Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals, or perhaps even Quasi-Sage experts, would likely fight fiercely over it.

Besides that, the value of a large Innate Geng Metal Vein was equally staggering. Innate Geng Metal was incomparably sharp.

And an entire Innate Geng Metal Vein stretched for far more than a thousand li, containing even the Mother of Geng Metal within it. In terms of value, it was practically no less valuable than an Upper-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Zhao Gongming showed no courtesy whatsoever. Along with the spiritual roots, spiritual materials, and Geng Metal Vein, he even relocated all the Innate Spirit Soil from the ground into the Myriad Heavens World. As the Twenty-Four Heavens Worlds rumbled, the origin contained within them surged by a huge margin.

"What is this?"

On this day, Zhao Gongming suddenly stopped. This was already the core of the Shouyang Restriction, where the spiritual qi between heaven and earth had become so dense that it fell as spiritual rain.

His gaze locked tightly onto the scene ahead.

There stood a crimson bronze pillar.

It rose for far more than a thousand li, exuding an intensely rich aura of utmost yang. Its entire body was actually formed from incomparably precious Shouyang Copper.

In terms of value, Shouyang Copper was far more precious than Innate Geng Metal. It was the foremost refining material in the Primordial World!

During the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, the Sea-Calming Needle Yu the Great used to control the floods, as well as the Nine-Toothed Rake used by Zhu Bajie, a third-generation disciple of the Humanity Sect, had both been refined by Grand Pure One Laozi from Shouyang Copper.

A mere fist-sized piece could bring earth-shaking changes to a spiritual treasure's power.

And now, this Shouyang Bronze Pillar stood thousands of li tall. Even Zhao Gongming couldn't estimate its value. At the very least, it was comparable to a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!

Yet his gaze merely swept over the Shouyang Bronze Pillar before turning directly toward its summit.

Three treasures floated there, each emanating an aura profound to the extreme.

"What are these?"

With a flicker of his body, Zhao Gongming arrived atop the Shouyang Bronze Pillar and looked at the three treasures suspended in the air. They were:

A golden seal, entwined by nine golden dragons, with the two characters "Kongtong" engraved on its base, radiating terrifying pressure.

A treasure furnace, inscribed with two Great Dao talismans. The faint characters "Heaven-Seizing" could be seen upon it.

A fragment of a jade butterfly, from which Dao Rhyme Divine Light cascaded down, emitting an aura profound to the extreme.

"Come!"

With a grab of his hand, Zhao Gongming seized all three treasures. After refining them slightly, a stream of information flooded into his mind. He froze for a moment, shock appearing across his face.

It wasn't surprising that he reacted this way. The origins of these three treasures were simply too astonishing.

First was this seal. It was none other than the legendary Kongtong Seal!

As a supreme treasure of the Human Race, the Kongtong Seal itself was a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Once activated, it transformed into a Kongtong Divine Mountain, unleashing overwhelmingly tyrannical power!

Yet beyond its own might, it was also a supreme treasure of the Human Race, capable of deposing and establishing Human Sovereigns. To the Human Race, its value exceeded even that of a Supreme Treasure!

"The Three Pure Ones have only just split apart. Master Tongtian has left Kunlun Mountains, and only afterward will Grand Pure One Laozi depart Kunlun Mountains for Mount Shouyang..."

Zhao Gongming hadn't expected that he would arrive at Mount Shouyang ahead of time and seize Grand Pure One Laozi's opportunity.

If he wasn't mistaken, this restriction should originally have fallen into Grand Pure One Laozi's hands. Likewise, the Kongtong Seal should naturally have ended up with Grand Pure One Laozi.

One had to know that the Kongtong Seal did more than depose and establish Human Sovereigns. It was also the supreme treasure used to suppress the Humanity Sect Fortune!

Although Laozi had established the Humanity Sect and become its sect leader, without the Kongtong Seal, it would ultimately remain incomplete.

Moreover, compared with its power, the Kongtong Seal's significance was even greater. It represented the legitimate lineage of the Humanity Sect and the legitimate lineage of the Human Race.

With the Kongtong Seal, one possessed legitimacy itself and could naturally make proper plans.

Of course, he was only a Golden Immortal at present, still far from being qualified to make such plans.

At that thought, Zhao Gongming put away the Kongtong Seal and looked toward the treasure furnace beside it. It was called the Heaven-Seizing Furnace, and it was astonishingly an exotic treasure of the Primordial World.

In the Primordial World, exotic treasures were neither innate nor acquired, but that didn't mean they were weak. On the contrary, every exotic treasure was ridiculously powerful.

Take the Treasure-Dropping Coin, for instance. Zhao Gongming's former self had lost all twenty-four Dinghai Divine Pearls to it. Once activated, it could make even a Supreme Treasure fall.

Then there was the Six-Soul Banner in Tongtian Cult Leader's hands. Once activated, let alone cursing a Saint to death, a Quasi-Sage expert would likely have no chance of survival at all.

As for the God-Slaying Spear from the ancient era of Dao and Devil, there was even less need to mention it. It was comparable to a Slaughter Supreme Treasure and could wound even a Saint's body.

Naturally, this Heaven-Seizing Furnace possessed an equally powerful ability: it assisted in pill refinement. No matter what grade of pill it was used to refine, it granted a fixed twenty percent chance of success.

"What?!"

Zhao Gongming was stunned again. In the Primordial World, nine was the ultimate number. The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir refined by Taiqing, for example, was the Primordial World's foremost Saint Pill. It was said that a mortal who swallowed one could directly attain the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm. Though that claim was somewhat exaggerated, it still showed how terrifying the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir was. Yet the higher a pill's grade, the more astonishingly difficult it was to refine.

But now, with this Heaven-Seizing Furnace, even a novice pill refiner could successfully refine the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir in two out of ten furnaces!

Of course, the higher the pill's grade, the more astonishing the required materials would be.

To refine a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, one would likely need Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Fruits!

Even so, this was already absurdly powerful!

"The reason Grand Pure One Laozi became the Primordial World's foremost pill-refining Saint Teacher likely has much to do with this Heaven-Seizing Furnace!"

Zhao Gongming's eyes shone as he directly put away the Heaven-Seizing Furnace, then looked at the final jade butterfly fragment.

This was the legendary Fragment of the Creation Jade Butterfly!