The Pudu Holy Land.
Water transformation was pure white, and the spirit spring was crystal clear.
Within the spring stood a white jade head shaped like a woman's, as large as a mountain, radiating splendid light.
A Treasure Tree formed from white mist grew from the jade head's mouth. A lustrous white fruit hung at its crown, gathering all manner of great desire and boundless red dust, as though it would turn into a demon and walk out the very next moment.
Xu Xuan was no stranger to the sight before him. During his campaign against Le Yu, these very things had stood at the heart of that Demon Land.
The jade head, the Treasure Tree, the Desire Fruit.
In the extrapolation, Xu Xuan had failed to attain Seeking the Altar and turned instead to Dai. First, he had slain the heart demon he had fashioned, then swallowed this Desire Fruit, thereby attaining the Dai position.
"This fruit came from the Buddhist Way?"
After a moment of calculation, Xu Xuan arrived at an answer and questioned the Primordial Mother beside him.
"In a sense."
The Primordial Mother held a Jade Bottle in her arms. She drew some sweet dew from it and let it fall upon the fruit, making it shine even more brilliantly and enticingly.
"In the primordial era, immortals and Buddhists were not so sharply divided. Among Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators, those descended from the Three Principles could be called [Great Luo Immortals], while those without a lineage could be called [Great Unity Immortals]. The ancient Buddhist cultivators' branch exclusively used [Great Awakening Immortal]. Back then, immortals and Buddhists were far from being as incompatible as fire and water. Instead, they verified one another's teachings. Many Ancient Buddhas were versed in the Immortal Dao, and many