Isn't This Getting Better?

The Human Flower above Lu Xuan's head had already reached its limit at nine grades, yet he suddenly sensed that it was stirring again.

But rather than continuing to bloom and increase its grade, a watery blue pearl condensed atop the lotus.

Lu Xuan wanted to take the pearl down for a closer look, but found that he simply could not touch it.

Even when he tried channeling his mana into it, he could not do so. It was as if the pearl did not belong to Lu Xuan, as if it did not even truly exist.

Attempt after attempt ended in failure, until Lu Xuan finally gave up on investigating the pearl.

Yet just as Lu Xuan wanted to experience what it felt like to be at the mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, the watery blue pearl stirred. It began frantically absorbing the Innate Water Spirit Power around it before pouring it into Lu Xuan's body.

Lu Xuan's corresponding attribute was wind. That was precisely why he possessed the Listening Divine Ability. Thus, when cultivating, he mostly absorbed Innate Wind Spirit Power.

But now, Innate Water Spirit Power entered Lu Xuan's body. In an instant, the two powers collided within him.

Yet no fierce conflict erupted as he had imagined. Instead, they fused together with remarkable ease. It was only that the proportion of Water Spirit Power was so minuscule compared to Wind Spirit Power that it was almost negligible.

This sudden turn of events sent Lu Xuan into wild delight. He could not help muttering to himself, "I've only just bloomed the Human Flower, and I already gained the ability to absorb Innate Water Spirit Power."

"Once the Heaven Flower and Earth Flower bloom, will I gain fire and earth as well? If that happens, I'll truly have all four spirits gathered together."

The joy in his heart refused to settle, making it impossible for Lu Xuan to calm down enough to cultivate. So, he simply stopped trying and began wandering around Abbot Island.

Innate Spiritual Roots on Abbot Island could truly be found everywhere. They were merely ordinary Innate Spiritual Roots, though, and were not difficult to find even on the Primordial Land.

But after the Witch-Demon Calamity, the value of these Innate Spiritual Roots would be beyond comparison.

Beyond those ordinary Innate Spiritual Roots, Lu Xuan also discovered the foremost of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots: the Yellow Central Plum.

Nine fruits hung quietly upon the Yellow Central Plum Tree. Each fruit bore the two characters "Yellow Central," which was also the origin of the Yellow Central Plum's name.

"I never expected the Yellow Central Plum Tree to be on Abbot Island as well. Wasn't this tree supposed to belong to the Queen Mother of the West? Could it be that hers is female, while mine is male?"

As Lu Xuan's hand touched the Yellow Central Plum Tree, information about it instantly appeared in his mind.

The Yellow Central Plum Tree was the foremost of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots. For its first fruiting, it required thirty-three yuanhui to blossom, thirty-three yuanhui to bear fruit, and another thirty-three yuanhui to mature.

Only after a full ninety-nine yuanhui could it produce nine fruits. Every single fruit could raise an ordinary mortal to the Great Luo realm without any side effects.

And the nine fruits currently hanging from the Yellow Central Plum Tree were its first batch. Only after these nine fruits were picked could the tree bloom and bear fruit again.

However, its next flowering and fruiting would not require such a long time. It only needed ten thousand years to bloom, and thirty thousand years to produce nine mature fruits.

Still, those fruits would not possess the formidable effects of the first generation. Yet if a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal obtained a Yellow Central Plum, they could still break through to Great Luo in an instant.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Xuan plucked all nine fruits and sent them into the Pangu World-Opening Map. After all, he did not need to worry about them spoiling there.

After picking the fruits, Lu Xuan could not help closing his eyes and placing his hand on the Yellow Central Plum Tree.

The earth immediately began to tremble, and the Yellow Central Plum Tree actually moved slowly toward the Pool of Three Lights Divine Water as though it had grown legs.

After moving the Yellow Central Plum Tree beside the Pool of Three Lights Divine Water, Lu Xuan continued exploring Abbot Island. Whenever he found a precious Innate Spiritual Root, he used the same method to move it beside the Pool of Three Lights Divine Water.

One day, Lu Xuan spotted countless rays of rosy light ahead, so dazzling that he could barely open his eyes. It inevitably struck him as strange.

Although Lu Xuan had already refined the entirety of Abbot Island and knew every blade of grass and tree upon it like the back of his hand,

for Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Roots like the Yellow Central Plum, he still could not sense their existence unless he personally came near them.

That was the innate concealment of supreme-grade innate objects. Therefore, Lu Xuan was almost certain that whatever was releasing this boundless radiance had to be a Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure.

Since arriving in this world, aside from the Pangu World-Opening Map, Lu Xuan had only obtained the Twelfth-Grade Pure World White Lotus. He did not possess a single other spirit treasure.

Now that he knew he was about to obtain a Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, he could hardly contain his ecstatic joy. He immediately headed toward the light.

The moment Lu Xuan arrived at the source of the light, he saw twelve precious pearls shoot skyward from beneath the earth veins. At the same time, they charged straight toward the outside of Abbot Island with unstoppable momentum.

How could Lu Xuan possibly let them escape? He immediately deployed the Pangu World-Opening Map and directly enveloped all twelve precious pearls within it.

Even so, when Lu Xuan took the twelve precious pearls out again, he could still sense the intent within them to break free of his control.

As Lu Xuan's hand touched the pearls, information about them instantly appeared in his mind.

"Isn't this getting better? They're actually the twelve lost Sea-Calming Pearls. How is this one Innate Spirit Treasure? These are twelve of them, plain and simple!"

Lu Xuan had not forgotten that in the original course of the Primordial World, Zhao Gongming had obtained merely twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls, yet they had granted him the might of a Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure.

It was said that if one could gather all thirty-six Sea-Calming Pearls, they could rival a Heaven-Opening Supreme Treasure. Even a single one taken out on its own was a solid High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure.

Spirit treasures in the Primordial World were likewise divided into ranks: Postnatal Spirit Treasures, Innate Spirit Treasures, Innate Supreme Treasures, Chaos Spirit Treasures, and Chaos Supreme Treasures.

Moreover, every rank was further divided into low, mid, high, and supreme grades. The distinction lay in the number of Innate Restrictions contained within the spirit treasure.

What Postnatal Spirit Treasures contained were Postnatal Restrictions, restrictions naturally formed during the refining of spirit treasures. They ranged from a minimum of one to a maximum of thirty-six.

If a Postnatal Spirit Treasure could be made to produce Innate Restrictions, it would be called Returning to Innate from Postnatal. It was said that Nuwa's Heaven-Earth Cauldron could achieve this.

Low-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures contained nine to eighteen Innate Restrictions. Mid-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures contained nineteen to twenty-seven Innate Restrictions.

High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures contained twenty-eight to thirty-six Innate Restrictions. Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures contained thirty-seven to forty-five Innate Restrictions. Innate Supreme Treasures contained forty-six to forty-nine Innate Restrictions.

Upon reaching fifty Innate Restrictions, it became a Chaos Spirit Treasure. If it reached eighty-one Innate Restrictions, it became a Chaos Supreme Treasure.

And now, each of these twelve Sea-Calming Pearls contained a terrifying thirty-six Innate Restrictions. They were only one Innate Restriction short of being Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures.