The Generous Tongtian Cult Leader, Sage Talisman!

Tongtian Cult Leader didn't immediately take out any treasures. Instead, he looked at Zhao Gongming and fell into contemplation.

Zhao Gongming wasn't in a hurry either, calmly waiting in silence.

Though he also coveted magical treasures, the Myriad Heavens World was his foundation. As for other treasures, it was good to have them, but he could accept going without.

"Gongming, you've evolved Twenty-Four Great Thousand Worlds, their origins linked as one, offense and defense fused together. I possess quite a few magical treasures, but not many are suitable for you!"

"Therefore, aside from the Green Duckweed Sword and the Execution Immortal Sword Formation, you may choose from all my other treasures as you please. Pick three!"

Tongtian Cult Leader's words were astonishing. As his voice fell, he swept his great sleeve, and in the next moment, a vast multitude of spiritual treasures—more than a thousand of them—formed a Thousand-Treasure Torrent. Like a dazzling galaxy, they appeared before Zhao Gongming. These spiritual treasures were all Innate Spiritual Treasures. The treasure light they gave off alone illuminated hundreds of millions of miles around, as though they were about to evolve into a realm of treasures.

Even the Three Skies at the side were completely stunned by the sight.

Over a thousand Innate Spiritual Treasures—this scene was simply too shocking. Only a Saint could be so fearless.

If any other Quasi-Sage dared to display so many spiritual treasures, it would likely alarm the entire Primordial World and draw the siege of countless Great Supernatural Beings.

Even Zhao Gongming was somewhat startled by Tongtian Cult Leader's grand gesture. But he quickly gathered his focus and began selecting.

Though the number of spiritual treasures before him was astounding.

Lower-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures accounted for ninety percent of them. Add in the mid-grade and Upper-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and they made up more than ninety-nine percent.

The remainder—the ones truly worth choosing from—numbered only around ten.

"What is this?"

Zhao Gongming's gaze soon landed on a bare little sapling. No matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem like any remarkable treasure!

Yet as he drew near, the Myriad Heavens World he had just evolved began to rumble. They clearly emitted a sense of longing.

"Ha ha, this little sapling has no simple origin. When Pangu opened heaven and earth, the Heaven-Connecting Jianmu that held up the sky alongside him shattered. This was formed from a portion of its origin. In the Primordial World, it has another name... the World Tree!"

Tongtian Cult Leader smiled as he spoke. Upon hearing this, stormy waves rose within Zhao Gongming's heart.

The World Tree was said to be a Chaos Ancestral Spirit Root, the first spirit root born within Chaos. When heaven and earth were opened, it had held up the sky alongside Pangu. Later, it shattered beneath the Opening-Heaven Pressure. Even if what Tongtian Cult Leader had brought out was merely a World Tree Seedling, its value was absolutely beyond imagination. Especially for evolving worlds, it was no exaggeration to say that this World Tree Seedling was even more practical than a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!

"Master, for my first treasure, I'll choose this World Tree!"

Zhao Gongming hurriedly spoke, then continued selecting. Before long, his gaze fell upon a black banner. It had six tails, and the Sha Qi it radiated made even his heart tremble instinctively. This was clearly the legendary Six-Soul Banner, said to be capable of cursing Saints to death. It was also Tongtian Cult Leader's trump card for turning the tide during the Investiture of the Gods Cataclysm. Who could have imagined that he would encounter a traitor like Dingguang Immortal, who stole the Six-Soul Banner and handed it to Taiqing, causing Tongtian Cult Leader's efforts to come to nothing?

Zhao Gongming still had doubts about whether the Six-Soul Banner could truly curse a Saint to death. But that it could curse Quasi-Sages and Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals to death was an ironclad fact.

He was somewhat tempted, but quickly calmed down.

The Great Dao was impartial. For the Six-Soul Banner to possess such terrifying power, using it naturally required paying a grievous price. It was like the Treasure-Dropping Coin: it could knock down his Dinghai Divine Pearls, but at the cost of Fortune, leading Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao to die miserably and have their names entered upon the list. Their immediate superior just happened to be Zhao Gongming, the man whose Dinghai Divine Pearls had been knocked down. They would be wearing small shoes for all eternity.

"Though the treasure is good, the price is grievous—wound the enemy a thousand, injure yourself eight hundred!"

After considering it, Zhao Gongming set down the Six-Soul Banner and soon selected his remaining two treasures.

One was a Fishing Drum, a Peak-Grade Innate Defensive Spiritual Treasure. Yet it didn't defend the physical body; it was specifically used to protect the Primordial Spirit.

The Primordial World was filled with bizarre and unpredictable methods, impossible to guard against. Take the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book, for instance—it had forcibly cursed even Zhao Gongming, a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, to death.

He possessed the Twenty-Four Heavens Worlds, where offense and defense were one. With this Fishing Drum to defend his Primordial Spirit as well, he had completely made up for his weakness.

The other had an unusual appearance: an ancient wheel covered in cracks. It was called the Fortune-Governing Compass, a strange treasure of the Primordial World whose function was to gather Fortune.

In the Primordial World, Fortune couldn't be seen or touched, but its importance went without saying.

With astonishing Fortune, one could pick up treasures while walking or attain enlightenment and break through while asleep.

When Fortune declined, disaster could fall from the sky while one sat at home. Like Shiji—she had been in Skull Mountain when calamity suddenly struck, and Taiyi and Nezha, master and disciple, wiped out her entire sect.

The previous Zhao Gongming's Fortune seemingly hadn't been much better either. He held the Dinghai Divine Pearls, yet happened to encounter the Treasure-Dropping Coin.

Moreover, under his heaven-defying comprehension, Zhao Gongming faintly sensed that the Fortune-Governing Compass seemed to possess other uses as well.

"Gongming, the Primordial World is perilous. I still have important matters to attend to. This is a Sage Talisman, containing the power of one strike from me. Keep it for you siblings to defend yourselves!"

Seeing Zhao Gongming finish choosing his treasures, Tongtian Cult Leader swept his great sleeve and put away the Thousand-Treasure Torrent.

Then, a talisman shaped like a small azure sword landed before Zhao Gongming. This was clearly the Sage Talisman.

As soon as he finished speaking, he offered no further explanation. Amid Zhao Gongming and the Three Skies' somewhat stunned expressions, his figure moved, and he departed directly.

"He just... left?"

The Three Skies still wore dumbfounded expressions. They had only just become his disciples, yet their Master Tongtian had left so decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

Only Zhao Gongming remained calm.

At this point in time, Tongtian Cult Leader's appearance in the Eastern Sea of the Primordial World was likely because he and Primordial Lord of Heaven were in conflict, making a fuss about dividing their household.

In other words, Tongtian Cult Leader didn't even have a dojo right now. A dignified Saint without a dojo—he was homeless!

Saints also cared about face, so naturally he wouldn't keep them by his side.

However, once Tongtian Cult Leader found Golden Turtle Island, it would likely be the time when the myriad immortals of the Interception Sect gathered there.

As his thoughts turned, Zhao Gongming looked toward the four treasures before him.

The World Tree Seedling, the Fishing Drum, the Fortune-Governing Compass, and the Sage Talisman!

This time, he had truly struck it rich. But before Zhao Gongming could recover from his delight—

Rumble!

Above the heavens, the hundred-acre Merit Cloud that had been floating there began to rumble. Vast and mighty, it descended directly toward Zhao Gongming!

"Heavenly Dao Merit?"

As Zhao Gongming watched the immense Merit descend, something stirred instinctively within his heart.