Deathly silence hung over Golden Ao Island.
Daoist Duobao's cry of "All nine great spirit springs have arrived!" sank like a stone into the sea, drawing no response.
It was not that the others did not want to respond. They simply could not.
The sight before them had utterly seized their minds. They had even forgotten to breathe.
Nine spirit springs hovered high in the sky.
The sun spirit spring blazed like fire. What churned within it seemed not to be water, but molten gold extracted from the core of the Sun Star, supremely yang and unyielding. Even from dozens of miles away, its scorching aura flushed the faces of disciples with weaker cultivation, forcing them to circulate their magic power to withstand it.
The taiyin spirit spring was supremely yin and yielding. Its cool, clear water resembled condensed moonlight, radiating a faint silver glow. Wherever it passed, even the air seemed to freeze, a stark contrast to the blazing sun spirit spring.
The Yellow Springs, the spring of death beneath the Nine Netherworlds, was black as ink and heavy with deathly qi. Countless resentful souls could faintly be seen wailing within its waters. It held the purest death power in all creation; anyone below the rank of Sage would die upon touching it.
The seven-star spirit spring resembled a gathering of shattered stars. Every drop glittered with brilliant starlight, holding the power of the all-heaven stars, mysterious beyond measure.
The flat peach spirit spring was said to well up from the roots beneath the Heavenly Court's Peach Garden. It held the life-giving power of ageless immortality, and its fragrance soothed the mind with a single breath.
The ginseng spirit spring originated beneath the Ginseng Fruit Tree at Wuzhuang Temple. Together with the flat peach spirit spring, it was known