It was said that within Chaos stood a Green Lotus, known as the Chaos Green Lotus. This Green Lotus was truly extraordinary; not only was it a Chaos Supreme Treasure, but it was also said that Pangu had been conceived beneath its lotus stem.
The Chaos Green Lotus was immeasurably vast, spanning who knew how many billions of miles, and both its leaves and stem were exceptional. When Pangu cleaved open Heaven and Earth, this Green Lotus, due to its immense power, was not meant to remain in the Primordial Wilderness of later ages, and thus was destroyed by the force of the world's creation. Yet some of its lotus stems and leaves survived. Several of those stems and leaves transformed into the famed Five Directional Flags of later generations:
Central—Wuji Apricot-Yellow Flag;
Eastern Realm—Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag;
Southern Realm—Flame-Illuminating Flag;
Western Realm—Plain-Color Cloud Realm Flag;
Northern Realm—Black-Origin Water-Control Flag.
Though these Five Directional Flags were merely formed from the leaves of the Chaos Green Lotus, their original essence had been that of a Chaos Supreme Treasure. The spiritual treasures they became were naturally all extraordinary. Each was a Top-tier Innate Spirit Treasure, capable of providing immense defense merely by floating at one's side.
Moreover, when the five flags were brought together, they could evolve into the Five-Element Formation. Though this formation was not renowned, that was only because no one had ever managed to gather the Five Directional Flags. Its true power was no less than that of supreme formations such as the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Formation and the Twelve Heavenly Gods Baleful Formation.
Furthermore, when separated, each flag not only possessed extraordinary defensive power but could also instinctively evolve formations. For instance, the Central—Wuji Apricot-Yellow Flag's "Defense" Formation, the Eastern Realm—Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag's "Trapping" Formation, the Southern Realm—Flame-Illuminating Flag's "Killing" Formation, the Northern Realm—Black-Origin Water-Control Flag's "Illusion" Formation, and so on. Though these formations lacked the Great Five-Element Formation's versatility, in terms of specialized power, they could still be called top-tier!
And the formation Kunpeng and Mu Jizi had encountered was precisely the formation evolved by the Eastern Realm—Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag: the Myriad Woods Trapping-Killing Formation!
This formation used the forest as its foundation, muddling cultivators' divine senses before trapping them alive within until they died. It was truly terrifyingly powerful...
Now that they knew what formation it was, the rest was easy to handle. Mu Jizi flicked his wrist, his hands swiftly forming mysterious hand seals. In an instant, streak after streak of white light shot from his hands and struck the void.
His ten fingers became phantoms, like ten heroes gathered in their prime. Each finger snapped out, white light flashing. With a thunderous boom, ripples spread across the void like waves on a lake, casting forth a scene of enchanting splendor.
All of a sudden—
"Buzzz~~~"
The space ahead abruptly shook, then, as though glass had been shattered, countless cracks began to appear.
"Bang!"
The moment Mu Jizi released his final hand seal, the crack-filled space before them suddenly exploded, revealing a quiet little path!
Deep within the path, a small green flag about a foot tall stood planted in the ground. Mu Jizi's eyes lit up at once, and he reached out with his large hand, grabbing for the green flag!
"Whoosh!"
As though Kunpeng were Devouring spiritual liquid, a powerful suction force surged from Mu Jizi's palm. In a single instant, the flag shot toward him like lightning!
"Eastern Realm—Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag! A Top-tier Innate Spirit Treasure!" The Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag spun rapidly above Mu Jizi's palm. Though he had already anticipated that this flag was what had generated the formation here, when he truly held such a spiritual treasure in his hand, he could not help but grow excited once more. "The Chaos Green Lotus truly deserves to be called a Chaos Supreme Treasure. A single lotus stem, a single lotus leaf from its main body can transform into a Top-tier Innate Spirit Treasure. One can well imagine the true might of its original body!"
Classification of spiritual treasures from lowest to highest: third-rate Houtian Spiritual Treasure, second-rate Houtian Spiritual Treasure, first-rate Houtian Spiritual Treasure, Houtian Supreme Treasure, third-rate Innate Spiritual Treasure, second-rate Innate Spiritual Treasure, First-rate Innate Spirit Treasure, Top-tier Innate Spirit Treasure, Houtian Merit Supreme Treasure, Innate Supreme Treasure, Chaos Supreme Treasure!
"Congratulations, Elder Brother, on obtaining such a fine treasure!" Kunpeng stepped forward, and aside from envy, his eyes held only clarity!
"Haha! This time, it is simply that your elder brother's opportunity has arrived. Worthy Brother, there is no need for envy!" Mu Jizi laughed. "Before long, your own opportunity will surely come seeking you!"
Mu Jizi's words were not without reason. Spiritual treasures chose their masters. At this time, Heaven and Earth in the Primordial Wilderness had only just opened, and many powerful treasures had yet to find owners. Should they encounter a mighty cultivator compatible with their attributes, they would naturally issue a summons!
"Good!" Kunpeng grinned and nodded, agreeing with Mu Jizi's view!
After putting away the Eastern Realm—Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag, the two set off once more on their journey through the Primordial Wilderness.
By then, more than five thousand years had passed since the birth of the Primordial Wilderness. The bird clan, beast clan, and Scaled Clan had gradually become distinct. With their forces and positions now clearly defined, friction naturally began to arise!
As the saying went, those not of our race must harbor different hearts. The three clans' stances were clear, and for a time, a mentality of racial division quietly transformed all living beings of the Primordial Wilderness! It was much like the competition between nations and races in later generations—small-scale competition between individuals, great-scale competition between races and nations. In the law-governed society of later generations, such competition drove people to improve themselves, and was not necessarily a bad thing!
But upon this land of the Primordial Wilderness, competition between the three clans had no written restraints. At the slightest provocation, they would fight fiercely; with one disagreement, it was either your death or mine! Whenever one person died, racial hatred deepened. One day, the conflict between the three clans would grow too vast to reconcile!
That day would be the day of the great war among the three clans...
Leaving aside when the three clans would wage war, as racial thought changed, the bird clan, beast clan, and Scaled Clan that would later become famous gradually stepped onto the stage of history!
At this time, Kunpeng and Mu Jizi, who had traveled the Primordial Wilderness for two thousand years, felt this most deeply!
The peaceful Primordial Wilderness of two thousand years ago was now gradually filling with smoke and chaos!
"This kind of racial thinking is truly the most unreasonable!" Riding atop the clouds, Mu Jizi glanced at a struggle within the forest below and shook his head with a soft sigh!
As someone from later generations, Mu Jizi naturally understood that the barriers between races could not be reconciled. Yet having been human in his previous life, he could not help but feel some pity in his heart. Whether it was compassion at work or some other reason, even he did not know!
"These little demons do not understand the Heavenly Mandate. Why should Elder Brother care?" Kunpeng shook his head. As an ancient ferocious beast, he truly could not understand why Mu Jizi was so kindhearted!
"They do not understand the Heavenly Mandate?" Mu Jizi's body jolted upon hearing this. It was as if he had gained some insight, yet his mind was still shrouded in fog, leaving him utterly at a loss!
"Ah~~~~ Was my cultivation still insufficient?"
With a soft sigh, Mu Jizi looked at Kunpeng and said calmly, "The three clans are powerful, and their conflicts are steadily deepening. It would be best for rogue cultivators like us not to get involved. Once we have finished traveling Mount Buzhou, which was formed from Pangu's spine, the two of us shall return to the North Sea for secluded cultivation!"
"Yes!" Kunpeng nodded. "I shall follow Elder Brother's decision in all things!"
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