Ginseng, Fire Jujubes, and Apples

After dealing with Roc, Dao Xuan's expression turned solemn once more. The next thing he had to do was complete the Yin Five-Element Spiritual Roots.

One could imagine just how difficult this would be.

However, Dao Xuan was no longer what he once was. Not only had his cultivation risen to the Mid-Stage Primordial Golden Immortal, but even his Inner World had evolved to the mid-stage Middle Thousand World.

His divine abilities and methods were countless times stronger than before.

Besides, he was not trying to directly create complete Yin Five-Element Spiritual Roots. He merely wanted to lay the foundation first, then slowly perfect them as the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Law were completed.

Dao Xuan first pointed east and shouted, "In the name of the master of this world, Innate Ji-Earth origin, condense! Innate Ji-Earth Spiritual Root, emerge!"

"Boom!"

The world shook. The Yin-Yang and Five Elements Law circulated, and streams of Yin-Yang Five Elements power gathered toward the east. Finally, accompanied by a dazzling yellow radiance—

An almost entirely translucent Innate Spiritual Root condensed somewhere in the eastern lands.

This Innate Spiritual Root was not some towering tree, but an Earth Ginseng with sparse branches and small leaves.

Tiny ginseng fruits hung amid its branches and leaves, shaped like round earthen beads. Their surfaces glimmered with a warm jade light. Though they too were illusory, the aura they emitted was very similar to the Ginseng Fruit Dao Xuan had eaten on Longevity Mountain.

If these fruits became real, they would likely be like Ginseng Fruit, increasing one's lifespan when consumed and granting Earth-Essence Essence!

This Earth Ginseng could also be called ginseng, but this ginseng was not that ginseng. Zhen Yuanzi's Ginseng Fruit Tree was a tall tree that grew upward.

The Earth Ginseng, however, grew downward into the ground. Though its form above the surface appeared small, its body underground was in fact extremely massive.

Moreover, much like the Ginseng Fruit borne by Zhen Yuanzi's Ginseng Fruit Tree, the Earth Ginseng's body within the earth was also humanoid.

Even its facial features were clearly defined.

The Ginseng Fruit Tree and Earth Ginseng, one Yin and one Yang, one Ji Earth and one Wu Earth, could in some respects be said to share the same root and origin.

It was merely that their Creation differed. One favored lightness and clarity, growing into a tree; the other favored heaviness and turbidity, forming a root. Yet both were Earth-Essence Essence, only taking different forms due to the division of Yin and Yang.

At this point, the Innate Ji-Earth Spiritual Root had taken its place!

In the future, as long as the corresponding Ji Earth Law was gradually perfected, this Earth Ginseng could slowly become real and become another Innate Spiritual Root of this Inner World.

Next, Dao Xuan pointed south again. "In the name of the master of this world, Innate Ding-Fire origin, condense! Innate Ding-Fire Spiritual Root, emerge!"

"Rumble!"

Heaven and earth trembled as Yin-Yang Five Elements power circulated and gathered. Before long, a Fire Jujube Tree grew from the southern lands.

Like the Earth Ginseng, this Fire Jujube Tree was entirely illusory, but it was exceptionally tall.

It also bore fruit—Innate Fire Jujubes. The fruits were oval, dark red in color, with lustrous skins densely covered in tiny flame patterns, like embers still burning.

Naturally, these fruits were also illusory rather than real.

Furthermore, the aura of the entire Fire Jujube Tree was exceptionally somber, completely unlike the blazing majesty of the Fusang Tree.

It was like a spark buried deep beneath the earth, quiet but never extinguished, gathering strength as it waited to erupt!

Dao Xuan paired it with the Fusang Tree. One stood above and one below, one Yang and one Yin. The Fusang Tree's Innate Bing Fire steamed all things and illuminated the ages.

The Fire Jujube Tree, meanwhile, could absorb and transform the fire essence scattered by the Fusang Tree's True Solar Fire into Ding Fire, which was far gentler by comparison.

On one hand, this promoted the Fire Jujube Tree's growth. On the other, it condensed into vein after vein of fire, hidden deep underground.

At this point, the Innate Ding-Fire Spiritual Root had also taken its place.

Lastly, Dao Xuan pointed northwest and shouted, "In the name of the master of this world, Innate Xin-Metal origin, condense! Innate Xin-Metal Spiritual Root, emerge!"

With a rumble, the surging Yin-Yang Five Elements power gathered and gradually condensed into another illusory Innate Spiritual Root.

This Innate Spiritual Root was a tall Apple Tree. This Apple Tree was the template Dao Xuan had chosen for the Innate Xin-Metal Spiritual Root.

The Apple Tree also bore fruits—Golden Apples.

Naturally, these too were all illusory.

Looking again at the Apple Tree, it seemed as though it had been carved from gold and jade. Fine golden gleams flowed faintly across it, yet they lacked the sharp, dazzling edge of Geng Metal and instead felt warm and peaceful.

Its leaves were as thin as gold foil, pale gold tinged with silver. Their surfaces were covered in dense Innate Metal patterns. When a breeze blew and the leaves trembled, fine Xin-Metal spiritual light slowly drifted down in silence.

At this point, the three missing Yin Five-Element Spiritual Roots were complete.

Together with the two already present, the Innate Yin Five-Element Spiritual Roots were as follows: Innate Xin-Metal Spiritual Root—the Apple Tree;

Innate Yi Wood Spiritual Root—the Gourd Vine;

Innate Ding-Fire Spiritual Root—the Fire Jujube Tree;

Innate Gui-Water Spiritual Root—the Moon Laurel Tree;

And Innate Ji-Earth Spiritual Root—the Earth Ginseng!

Once the Innate Yin Five-Element Spiritual Roots and Innate Yang Five-Element Spiritual Roots, ten Spiritual Roots in total, had all gathered, Dao Xuan could clearly sense that the entire world had subtly changed once again.

As Yin-Yang and the Five Elements continued to circulate, the ten Spiritual Roots would be completed where incomplete and grow where growing, in turn continuously perfecting heaven and earth's Yin-Yang Five Elements Law.

According to Dao Xuan's calculations, it would not take long. After merely several hundred yuanhui, the three great Spiritual Roots—the Innate Apple Tree, Innate Fire Jujube Tree, and Earth Ginseng—would transform from illusion into reality.

At that time, they would certainly push the entire world into another evolution! By then, this world would be able to take another step toward advancing into a Greater Thousand World.

At this moment, as Dao Xuan looked over his increasingly vast and lively world, he took out another item.

This item was nothing else but a clump of essence blood, a clump of essence blood emitting an incomparably intense aura.

This clump of essence blood was the essence blood Dao Xuan had extracted from Kunpeng in the starry sky earlier.

"The final creation."

Dao Xuan looked at the clump of essence blood and smiled faintly. With a wave of his hand, he cast it into the Eastern Sea of his Inner World.

This clump of Kunpeng's essence blood contained the three great laws of wind, water, and space. The moment it fell into the deep sea, it was immediately enveloped by the boundless ocean.

At that moment, Dao Xuan pointed at the Eastern Sea again and shouted, "Time acceleration!!"

Instantly, the flow of time in a vast region surrounding Kunpeng's essence blood began to change.

Time flowed faster and faster—twice, three times, four times, five times...

Ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times...

In but an instant, tens of millions of years had already passed within that region.