Dao Xuan's Plan

Furthermore, Dao Xuan could seek out corresponding treasures or spiritual roots to help the world improve. For example, when Dao Xuan had opened up the world before, he had turned the twelve Sea-Calming Divine Pearls into the Heaven Realm and Hell Realm of the Inner World.

Heaven-Piercing Jianmu had also become the pillar supporting the Inner World, and its role was now even greater.

At this moment, Dao Xuan was considering how to make his world develop and become complete more quickly.

After all, in the Primordial World, if one did not wish to be schemed against, one had to cultivate to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm as soon as possible. Otherwise, once Hongjun integrated with the Dao and the Six Saints gradually took their places, beginning to scheme against one another for fortune—

Then all living beings beneath heaven and earth would become their chess pieces. If Dao Xuan had yet to become a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, although he could use the uniqueness of Chaos Island to conceal the secrets of heaven and avoid trouble for a time, he would likely fall into the game sooner or later.

Moreover, if World-Proving Dao simply followed its natural course and allowed the Inner World to develop on its own, it would be an extremely slow process. Naturally, Dao Xuan did not wish to wait like that.

Therefore, accelerating the development of the Inner World was imperative!

Without question, among these methods, finding treasures or spiritual roots corresponding to the relevant laws was the fastest way to elevate the Inner World.

Of the ten great laws, the first Dao Xuan thought of was the Five Elements Law.

After all, the Five Elements Law had further evolved from the Four Symbols Laws, so improving the Five Elements Law was currently the most important matter.

There were also quite a few treasures and spiritual roots in the Primordial World corresponding to the Five Elements. The most famous treasures were naturally the Innate Five-Direction Banners.

Unfortunately, Dao Xuan did not possess a single one of the five banners.

At present, the Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner was likely in Minghe's possession, while the other four banners were all gathered in Hongjun's hands.

After the next preaching and distribution of treasures, three of them would be bestowed: the Wuji Apricot-Yellow Banner would fall into Yuanshi's hands, the Earth-Severing Flame-Light Banner would go to Laozi, and the Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Banner would be obtained by Jieyin.

Dao Xuan considered it and found that his chances of acquiring the five banners were simply too low. After all, every one of the Innate Five-Direction Banners was a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and everyone knew how important they were as treasures corresponding to the Five Elements of heaven and earth.

They were supreme treasures capable of suppressing fortune! During the Investiture Calamity, the disciples of the various Saints possessed all kinds of treasures, yet these banners remained firmly in their masters' hands and were never bestowed upon their disciples.

Even direct disciples could not obtain them.

Thus, Dao Xuan had almost no chance of acquiring these banners from their owners.

Therefore, his plan to supplement the Five Elements Law of the Inner World by seeking the Innate Five-Direction Banners had died before it could even begin.

In comparison, the Innate Spiritual Roots corresponding to the Five Elements were easier to obtain.

As it happened, among the ten great Innate Spiritual Roots were roots of all five elemental attributes. They were the Yellow Central Plum Tree corresponding to Jia Wood, the Fusang Tree corresponding to Bing Fire, the Ginseng Fruit Tree corresponding to Wu Earth, the Immortal Peach Tree corresponding to Ren Water, and the Bodhi Tree corresponding to Geng Metal.

However, he could forget about the Ren Water Immortal Peach Tree for now. That tree was currently with Hongjun as well, and Hongjun would not bring it out until after the Witch-Beast Calamity had ended.

The Jia Wood Yellow Central Plum Tree was likely ranked first among the ten great spiritual roots, and its effects were also immense.

Eating one of its fruits could allow someone to directly become a Great Principle Golden Immortal. Though a Great Principle Golden Immortal achieved in that manner would almost certainly have no possibility of advancing any further afterward.

Even so, that showed just how formidable this spiritual root was.

However, there were many claims regarding the whereabouts of the Yellow Central Plum Tree, with three major theories. The first was that it was located on one of the three islands of Penglai, Yingzhou, and Abbot.

Naturally, that theory could be ruled out immediately, because Dao Xuan had already found all three islands, yet there had been no Yellow Central Plum Tree on any of them.

Of the remaining two theories, one claimed it was on Kunlun Mountain and had been obtained by Yuanshi, while the other claimed it was in West Kunlun, in Xi Wangmu's possession.

Dao Xuan could not determine whose hands it was actually in. Thus, he would most likely be unable to find the Yellow Central Plum Tree either.

So Dao Xuan could only set his sights on the other three. The remaining three Five-Element Spiritual Roots had clear targets and were all openly known.

By paying some price, he might be able to obtain them.

The Bing Fire spiritual root, the Fusang Tree, was in the hands of the brothers Dijun and Taiyi. The two had just established the Demon Tribe and were in the stage of recruiting powerful figures from all sides and building their influence. If Dao Xuan went to request it, even if they made excessive demands, his chances of obtaining it after some bargaining were still quite high.

After all, Dao Xuan was not seeking the entire Innate Spiritual Root. He only needed to take a portion of their branches.

Of course, having the complete spiritual roots would naturally be better, but that would offend people too deeply. Dao Xuan had no desire to forge some life-and-death grudge with these great figures over a single Innate Spiritual Root, one that would not end until one side died.

That was not how he played the farming game.

The Wu Earth Ginseng Fruit Tree would be even easier. This spiritual root was Zhen Yuanzi's companion spiritual root, and if Dao Xuan went to ask for it, Zhen Yuanzi would most likely agree. He might even give him a few extra fruits.

As for the Geng Metal Bodhi Tree, he had to be more careful. That spiritual root was Zhunti's true body, and unlike the domineering Dijun and Taiyi, that fellow was insidious and shameless.

With a single word about fate, he might just detain you in the west and refuse to let you leave.

Furthermore, Zhunti and his senior brother Jieyin were both deeply accomplished in the Dao of karma. Dao Xuan did not wish to fall into their trap.

Therefore, Dao Xuan felt that since he could not gather all the Five-Element Spiritual Roots anyway, it would be best not to provoke those two for the time being.

"Ah, surviving in the Primordial World is far too difficult."

Dao Xuan shook his head, but he still made a plan. He intended to first visit Zhen Yuanzi and see how taking cuttings from the Ginseng Fruit Tree and planting them in the Inner World would work.

However, with the World Tree that had now recovered into a Chaos Spiritual Root, this should not be much of a problem.

That was right. The Chaos Spiritual Root World Tree was Dao Xuan's greatest support for this plan of transplanting spiritual root cuttings. This Chaos Spiritual Root World Tree could be said to be the ancestor of countless spiritual roots.

As long as he took a trace of its origin, the branches cut from those spiritual roots could sprout and take root, transforming into new Innate Spiritual Roots.

Moreover, aside from the World Tree, Dao Xuan also had Three Lights Divine Water and Nine Heavens Breath Soil, both of which were immensely beneficial to the growth of Innate Spiritual Roots.

Having thought everything through, Dao Xuan immediately took action.

Very quickly, a streak of escaping light flew out from Chaos Island and headed straight toward Longevity Mountain on the Primordial Land.

Longevity Mountain.

This great mountain stood at the border between east and west and was Zhen Yuanzi's cultivation abode.