Five-Needle Pine, a Supreme Innate Spiritual Root

Time drifted on, who knew how long had passed.

As Kong Xuan gradually refined the boundary stele, it let out wave after wave of humming.

Bzzz—!

As the sound faded away, control of Penglai Immortal Island gradually fell into Kong Xuan's hands.

No one knew how much time passed.

The boundary stele suddenly shook, erupting with an unprecedented, resplendent radiance.

It illuminated the entire Penglai Immortal Island until it was bright as day!

Then the radiance withdrew, and its former resistance vanished completely.

A clear sensation of being connected by flesh and blood, of holding everything under his control, surged into Kong Xuan's heart.

"Success!"

Kong Xuan opened his eyes, and seven-colored divine light flashed through them before vanishing.

With a thought from him,

the battered guardian light barrier surrounding Penglai Immortal Island, which had been left in ruins by the battle and Dongwang Gong's assault on the formation, rapidly healed and reinforced itself like spilled mercury flowing across the ground.

It exuded an aura more profound and more stable than before.

At the same time, the vast immortal island trembled slightly. Its spatial coordinates became illusory and indistinct once more.

It began to follow its innate trajectory, drifting without fixed abode.

Silently, it detached from its original anchor point and slowly vanished into the empty expanse of the Eastern Sea.

From this moment onward, Penglai Immortal Island had completely changed hands. He, Kong Xuan, was now the Lord of Penglai.

Having obtained this immortal island, he finally had a place to settle down.

As for offending Dongwang Gong and forming karma with him, what would come of it?!

Kong Xuan had long anticipated it.

The Pure Yang Sword was the best means of framing another and shifting the blame.

He would find an opportunity someday to give the Pure Yang Sword to Zhun Ti. Then the framing would be complete.

Then Kong Xuan turned his gaze upon Penglai Immortal Island and swept it with his divine sense.

He intended to seek out the opportunities hidden within Penglai Immortal Island.

Wherever his divine sense passed, there were no shortage of exotic flowers, rare herbs, spirit springs, and mineral veins.

Yet there were very few that could truly move the heart of Kong Xuan, a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

But in an instant, when his divine sense fell upon a valley shrouded in hazy five-colored auspicious clouds, his pupils contracted.

At the center of the valley was not some ordinary spiritual vein or blessed acupoint.

Instead, it was enveloped by an exquisitely intricate guardian formation overflowing with dense innate five-element aura.

The formation's light screen flowed with azure, crimson, yellow, white, and black radiance.

They generated and restrained one another, cycling without end.

They formed a perfect closed loop of five-element rotation, firmly protecting whatever lay within.

That pure and vast innate five-element aura far surpassed any spiritual object Kong Xuan had seen before.

It resonated intensely with his own five-element origin.

"Innate five-element aura! So pure and vast!"

Joy shone in Kong Xuan's eyes as he murmured, "Whatever is nurtured inside must be related to the five elements."

Without the slightest hesitation, he stepped out. A step carried him to the ends of the earth, and he instantly arrived before the formation.

Kong Xuan examined this innate formation.

Though exquisite, it was merely a naturally formed Primordial Five-Element Guardian Formation.

Yet before Kong Xuan, who controlled the core of all Penglai Immortal Island and possessed the Seven-Colored Divine Light that could brush away anything, its method of breaking had already become perfectly clear to him.

Kong Xuan did not force his way through. Instead, he extended one finger, seven-colored divine light flowing around its tip.

Carrying his comprehension of the five elements, he tapped several crucial nodes in the formation's energy flow with incomparable precision.

Bzzz!

Bzzz!

Bzzz!

The formation's light screen fluctuated violently, and its five-colored radiance flickered uncertainly.

Every move Kong Xuan made was unraveling the fixed pattern of the five elements' endless generation.

"Open!"

A moment later, Kong Xuan gave a low shout.

A streak of Seven-Colored Divine Light fused with five-element origin shot from his fingertip and plunged into the formation's core.

Crack!

A crisp fracture rang out, like glazed glass shattering.

The flawless five-element rotating light screen, the instant its core was breached, was like building blocks that had lost their support.

It collapsed with a thunderous crash, turning into five-colored motes that filled the sky before merging back into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The formation broke, and the valley's scenery was no longer concealed.

At the heart of the valley, there was no anticipated spiritual treasure shining with divine light, but an extraordinary ancient pine rooted there.

The pine was not tall, only about ten feet high.

Yet its branches twisted like dragons, while its bark was an ancient dark gold, flowing with a metallic sheen.

Its needles were not ordinary emerald green, but came in five colors: azure, crimson, yellow, white, and black.

Every pine needle seemed condensed from the purest Primordial Five-Element Origin, exuding a Dao charm that intoxicated the soul.

Even more eye-catching were the five fist-sized, crystal-clear fruits hanging amid the cover of the five-colored pine needles!

The fruits likewise came in azure, crimson, yellow, white, and black. Full and plump in shape, they seemed to contain liquid formed from five-element Dao laws slowly flowing within.

They radiated an incomparably dense essence of innate five elements.

"Five-Needle Pine!"

Kong Xuan's pupils abruptly constricted. Even with the Dao heart of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, he could not help crying out in shock.

This was one of the ten great innate spiritual roots of the Primordial World, a divine object containing the Great Dao of Primordial Five-Element Origin.

Legend had it that its fruits contained the purest innate five-element aura.

They possessed immeasurable miraculous effects for comprehending the Five Elements Great Dao, tempering five-element divine abilities, and even replenishing one's five-element origin.

This thing had practically been prepared by heaven for him, Kong Xuan.

Kong Xuan suppressed his excitement and stepped forward to inspect it carefully.

The five fruits had already ripened, releasing an enticing Dao fragrance.

He carefully plucked the five Five-Element Fruits one by one.

Each one, upon entering his hand, made him feel a pure, immense power of the same origin flowing into his body.

It made his entire body feel wonderfully at ease, and even the Seven-Colored Divine Light faintly became more agile and dazzling.

"Good. With these Five-Element Fruits, my foundation will become even more profound, and the might of the Seven-Colored Divine Light will surely rise to another level!"

Kong Xuan let the five gleaming fruits float before him, unable to express the joy in his heart.

However, just as he was about to swallow one whole, a thought surfaced silently like icy water, instantly extinguishing more than half his joy.

"When the five elements flourish, yin and yang weaken..."

Kong Xuan's brows furrowed slightly.

He looked at the five fruits before him, then sensed his own origin.

"These Five-Needle Pine fruits contain the most refined and pure Primordial Five-Element Origin. Once I refine them, my five-element foundation will certainly surge, reaching an unprecedented height."

"However..."

He raised his hand. Among the seven-colored tail feathers behind him, the two representing yin and yang seemed slightly dimmer than the feathers representing the other five elements.

"My Seven-Colored Divine Light requires the joint cultivation of the five elements, yin, and yang. Only then can it brush away anything and remain perfectly harmonious without obstruction."

"If the five elements surge while yin and yang cannot improve in tandem, it will inevitably cause an imbalance in my origin, slowing the cycle of yin and yang..."

"If this continues over time, not only will the divine light's might fail to improve, it may instead develop deviations and even backlash against me!"

This discovery made Kong Xuan's heart sink.

The Five-Needle Pine fruits were a peerless opportunity, yet they also brought a potentially enormous hidden danger.

He stared at the Five-Needle Pine itself in the valley, still emitting dense five-element aura, and fell into deep thought.

"It seems these fruits cannot be refined for now."

"How could Penglai Immortal Island's opportunities consist only of the Five-Needle Pine? I should keep searching for an opportunity that can help me break through."

"Strengthening the Seven-Colored Divine Light can wait for now."

After speaking, Kong Xuan stored the Five-Needle Pine in the Seven-Colored Space.

Then, without lingering any longer, his figure transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the other regions of Penglai Immortal Island.