At the summit of Spirit Platform Mountain, beneath the Flame Mulberry Tree.
Zhu Yin watched her leave, but a crystalline innate jade pearl appeared in his palm... This was the Golden Witch Tribe's brewing insights that Yan Zi had given him before departing.
Whether he could use these insights to brew Great Principle Spirit Wine unique to Spirit Platform Mountain would depend on his own ability.
He also understood that Ancestor Witch Roushou had handed over these precious insights not merely as a gesture of goodwill, but to win over Mount Sumeru.
Mount Sumeru now had two Quasi-Sage experts and even the hope of producing Saints in the future. Whether now or later, it was the greatest power in the Western Lands.
Though the Ancestral Witches of the Witch Clan were fierce by nature, they were not fools and understood how to assess the situation.
If two Saints truly emerged in the Western Lands someday, the Witch Clan would not be left isolated. This favor would be a life-saving talisman.
If the Golden Witch Tribe encountered calamity in the future and some Witch Clan members fled to the Western Lands, Zhu Yin would also have to protect them. Such was karma.
However, Zhu Yin did not refuse this deal, because these insights were far too important to both him and Spirit Platform Mountain.
They meant that Spirit Platform Mountain might have a chance to brew higher-grade spirit wine, obtain greater opportunities, and participate in more resource exchanges.
Rare items such as superior innate spirit fruits and high-grade spiritual treasures were exceedingly scarce in the Western Lands.
Since there was an opportunity to obtain them without fighting, how could he possibly let it pass?
After weighing the matter, he decisively made the choice most beneficial to himself.
As for whether he would help the Golden Witch Tribe in the future, that was a matter for the future.
After the Witch-Monster War, when heaven and earth underwent great changes, he would naturally have a chance to lend a hand.
Besides, Ancestor Witch Roushou had given him these insights because he ultimately wanted Zhu Yin to brew Great Principle Spirit Wine and strengthen the Witch Clan.
From that perspective, this "karma" was not particularly burdensome, so Zhu Yin naturally did not take it too seriously.
Before long.
A new batch of innate spirit fruits ripened in the Spirit Medicine Garden.
After Zhu Yin brewed some new law spirit wine, he began secluded cultivation.
He did not immediately study the brewing insights, because in the Primordial World, the Great Dao was fundamental, while everything else was secondary.
Compared to brewing wine, he had more important matters to attend to.
He sat quietly in the cultivation chamber of the Bamboo Building and summoned six Middle-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures with a wave of his hand.
Two of them were the Pure-Cleansing Bell and Vitality Cauldron that he already possessed. The other four were two bells, a cauldron, and a zither.
The spiritual treasure called the Cosmic Extremity Bell was obtained when he suppressed Mo Luo. It could control the Law of Time and reverse the flow of time.
The other three had been bestowed by the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
At first, he found it strange. Why had he not been given higher-grade spiritual treasures, but three middle-grade ones instead?
Could Dao Ancestor really be that stingy?
But as he slowly refined the three treasures, he suddenly understood... Their attributes were remarkably compatible!
One of the bells was called the Grand Cosmos Bell. It was an exceedingly rare spatial spiritual treasure that could suppress heaven and earth and open up the void.
The Cosmic Extremity Bell represented time, while the Grand Cosmos Bell represented space. Not only did they not conflict, they actually attracted one another.
They even contained Yin-Yang characteristics respectively. Their inner and outer aspects complemented each other, and if they could be fused, they might advance into a higher-level "Space-Time Spiritual Treasure."
During that process, the mysteries of the Space-Time Great Dao would also evolve.
Zhu Yin could use the opportunity to comprehend these laws, thereby raising his Great Dao cultivation and further consolidating his own Dao of Freedom.
Zhu Yin had obtained two treasures, one called the Vitality Qi Cauldron and the other the Vitality Cauldron. They looked similar, but each had its own characteristics:
The Vitality Qi Cauldron focused more on vigor;
The Vitality Cauldron leaned more toward life.
One was active, the other still, and they complemented each other perfectly. If he could fuse them, they would become a higher-grade Superior Innate Spiritual Treasure. Their power would increase greatly, and they could also help Zhu Yin better comprehend the Vitality Great Dao.
The Pure-Cleansing Zither, meanwhile, was a treasure that could calm the mind, ward off external evils, and disrupt an enemy's mind. Although it was an offensive spiritual treasure, like the Pure-Cleansing Bell, it contained the power of the Pure Dao. The difference was:
The zither specialized in attack;
The bell specialized in defense.
If he fused the zither and bell, Zhu Yin would not only gain a high-grade spiritual treasure that combined attack and defense, but could also use it to deepen his understanding of the Pure Dao and perfect his path of cultivation.
Inside the Quiet Room, spiritual treasure light flickered.
Zhu Yin first attempted to fuse the Pure-Cleansing Bell and the Pure-Cleansing Zither. The two treasures were originally of the same source, so their fusion was relatively easy.
As he circulated his mana, the two treasures slowly drew closer, producing harmonious music. For a time, the entire room seemed enveloped in profound melodies. Within those melodies, all kinds of Great Dao laws emerged, intertwined and collided, evolving into even deeper truths of purity.
At the same time, the Supreme Bodhi Seed above his head cast down the radiance of wisdom. Zhu Yin focused completely and swiftly entered a state of enlightenment, like a boat sailing across a vast sea.
Time passed silently, and the Primordial World continued to evolve.
A thousand years later, Zhu Yin awoke from the Quiet Room with a satisfied smile.
The successfully fused spiritual treasure still took the form of a bell, which he had deliberately preserved. He had long grown accustomed to this form protecting his Primordial Spirit.
When the bell rang, it could shake the soul and ward off evil forces from within and without. Its power was extraordinary. Combined with the Primordial Spirit secret arts passed down in the Western Lands, he was confident that he could resist even soul-cursing divine abilities like the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book.
That was not his only cultivation gain.
Observing the fusion process of the spiritual treasures consumed immense mental energy. Though exhausting, it was worth it.
He had taken a substantial step forward on the Pure Dao and advanced further on the Dao of Freedom as well.
After sleeping for a hundred years, Zhu Yin woke again, full of energy.
He then began fusing the Vitality Qi Cauldron and the Vitality Cauldron. The two cauldrons attracted each other, their phantoms slowly overlapping into solid form. Vast amounts of Vitality Law emerged during the process, as though all things between heaven and earth were being recreated within the cauldron.
He once again immersed himself in a state of enlightenment, free of distracting thoughts and wholly focused.
Another thousand years later, he awoke once more.
The fusion had succeeded!
The new spiritual treasure was called the Myriad Things Cauldron. It was carved with scenes of all manner of living beings, from mountains, rivers, and great lands to birds and beasts. Everything was present, representing all life between heaven and earth.
Not only could it assist with alchemy and artifact refinement, it also possessed both offensive and defensive abilities. It was truly incomparably profound.
This time, his understanding of the Vitality Great Dao had deepened another step, and his Dao of Freedom progressed along with it.
Combined with his previous two improvements, Zhu Yin finally broke through his bottleneck and successfully advanced to Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Perfection.
This meant his cultivation had reached its peak. As long as he continued accumulating strength, he could advance further.
He put away the Myriad Things Cauldron, sat cross-legged again, and continued his secluded cultivation, sinking into a state of pure clarity before sleeping for another hundred years.
Once another hundred years had passed, Zhu Yin woke again.
He stretched lazily and moved his body.
Although he had already reached Great Principle Perfection, he was not satisfied and continued cultivating.
Because he knew that the road between himself and becoming a true great power was still very long.
If he wanted to catch up to those veteran experts and even challenge the Quasi-Sage realm, he had to build an even firmer foundation.
Thus, he continued sitting on the Enlightenment Meditation Cushion and began fusing the remaining two bell-shaped spiritual treasures.
The bells rang, and the laws of time and space intertwined and collided within the Quiet Room, evolving all kinds of miraculous scenes:
Time stopped, and flying insects froze in midair;
Time flowed backward, and waterfalls surged upward;
Time accelerated, and vegetation passed through the four seasons in an instant;
Space split apart, dividing the world in two;
Space leapt, and birds teleported thousands of miles in an instant;
Space exiled living beings into the void, where boundless loneliness awaited...
Zhu Yin's cultivation continued, and his Great Dao gradually unfolded step by step.
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