Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

Recently, the Tianxing Sect swallowed up the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, and hundreds of sects and families merged into it, resulting in a surge in the number of cultivators. However, Han Li observed carefully and never heard of any newly merged sect being willing to recruit disciples with four spiritual roots.

The reason is simple—the resources required to cultivate a cultivator with four spiritual roots to reach the Foundation Establishment stage are enough to cultivate dozens of cultivators with heavenly spiritual roots to reach the Qi Refining Perfection stage! In the cultivation world where resources are fundamental and life itself, who would do such a "loss-making deal"?
"Senior Brother Han, are you taking care of your precious medicinal herbs again?"

A young disciple, also in the early stages of Foundation Establishment and in charge of the adjacent spiritual fields, came over with an envious and ingratiating smile on his face.

Han Li composed himself and smiled gently.

“Junior Brother Li, your ‘earth dragon fruit’ is growing well too.”

After chatting for a few minutes, Junior Brother Li suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously.

"Senior Brother Han, have you heard? A strange thing happened outside the mountain gate the other day."

"Oh? What is it?"

Han Li's heart stirred.

"A Golden Core elder from a small sect who had fled from the Nine Kingdoms Alliance came to seek refuge with an ancient jade slip that supposedly contained clues to the 'Void Passage.' As a result... before he could even finish his sentence after announcing his name, he was killed on the spot outside the mountain gate by Elder Ge, who was on duty! His body and soul were completely annihilated!"

Junior Brother Li lowered his voice even further, his face showing lingering fear and confusion.

Han Li's pupils contracted slightly, and his heart sank as if he had been pierced by a cold light.

He tried to remain calm, lowered his voice, and asked with a hint of doubt.

"Is this really true? Wasn't the sect leader searching for the void passage? He came here with clues, so why...did he suffer this calamity instead?"

Junior Brother Li looked around and, seeing that no one was paying attention, moved closer and whispered.

"Senior brother, you've been so focused on spiritual plants that you may not know this. There's a rumor circulating within the sect that those Nascent Soul elders... aren't actually that diligent in searching for the passage."

He paused, then explained.

"Think about it, when the sect leader is in charge, when they go out on business, which cultivator of the same level doesn't give way? They are so powerful! Moreover, with the Nascent Soul sect leader around, they can occasionally get guidance, loosen their cultivation bottlenecks, or even break through. These are all real benefits!"

Who doesn't have a few enemies? Before, we hid them, afraid someone would find out our secrets. Now, with the sect leader and the sect protecting us, who dares to cause trouble in the Tianxing Mountains?

Junior Brother Li wore an expression that was both relieved and somewhat complicated.

"Besides, I've heard that our sect's protective array is incredibly powerful! There was a rumor recently that dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators tried to join forces to probe the restrictions on the Deity Transformation cultivation techniques in the library, but they disappeared without a trace as soon as they entered the array's range! With such a powerful array protecting us, we can cultivate with complete peace of mind. All of this is thanks to the sect leader!"

He sighed, his voice tinged with worry.

"But everyone understands that the sect leader is searching for the passage in order to ascend to immortality. Once the sect leader finds the passage and ascends to immortality, the Heavenly Star Sect... will probably immediately fall apart and go their separate ways."

Which of those Nascent Soul elders would be willing to give up such a powerful sect and the potential guidance from a Deity Transformation cultivator? So… they'd rather the sect leader never find the passage, or find it later. That Golden Core cultivator who brought the clue didn't know the rules and got himself into trouble.”

Han Li listened, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

He needed the protection of the Nascent Soul Sect Leader, and also the sect's stable environment for cultivation and nurturing spiritual herbs—in this respect, he was no different from most cultivators in the sect. However, to hear that the sect's higher-ups were generally concealing and even obstructing the information the Sect Leader needed most, and that even a Foundation Establishment disciple like himself had heard rumors, showed just how widespread the knowledge of this matter was!

An indescribable anger quietly rose in Han Li's heart.

ungrateful!

Han Li owes his current position entirely to the Sect Leader's kindness! His strength has increased, his position is secure, and even the life-saving green bottle is safe—all thanks to the Sect Leader! These Nascent Soul elders, enjoying the boundless power and convenience brought by the Sect Leader, have improved their cultivation as a result, yet for their own selfish interests, they secretly obstruct the Sect Leader's pursuit of the ultimate goal of the Great Dao!
In Han Li's view, such behavior was utterly treacherous and shameless!
A firm idea took shape in his mind.

When the sect leader returns, he must find a way to report this matter truthfully! He has received a great favor from the sect leader and has no way to repay it; this is the only thing he can do.

He even thought further ahead.

If the sect leader is enraged by this matter and leaves after purging his own sect, causing the Tianxing Sect to disintegrate... then Han Li will never give up! He will do his best to gather those fellow disciples who are also grateful for the sect leader's kindness and are willing to stay, to preserve the name of the "Tianxing Sect"!
Even if he is the only one left in the end, he will establish another "Tianxing Sect" elsewhere! From the moment he embarked on the path of cultivation, the Tianxing Sect has been his root, and it was the sect leader who gave him a new life.

Han Li's eyes hardened. He silently noted down the details his junior brother Li had mentioned and began to ponder how to deliver the message to the sect leader without the eyes and ears of the Nascent Soul elders when the sect leader returned.

……

On the core island of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation, thousands of miles away in the outer sea.

Ying Xuan was completely unaware of the undercurrents within the Tianxing Sect and the changes in Han Li's state of mind.

At this moment, his entire mind was focused on one crucial matter—refining the Heaven-Mending Pill within the Void Heaven Cauldron!
The Void Cauldron hovered before him, its rim shrouded in a deep blue azure ice flame, which he had carefully concealed. The cauldron trembled slightly, and the several streams of blue light within, imbued with the strange Daoist principles of "repairing innate deficiencies and elevating one's foundation," were undergoing subtle changes. Ying Xuan was not simply refining; he was using an almost sacrificial method to accelerate the final formation and enhance the medicinal power of the Heaven-Mending Pill!

He communicated with the entire Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation through his thoughts.

Before entering this realm, he had already selected and transplanted tens of millions of various spiritual herbs from the medicine garden of the Great Qin Imperial Palace and the precious spiritual herbs collected over the years of conquest on the 108 star islands! Nourished by the power of the stars and the spiritual energy of the earth veins, these spiritual herbs grew extremely well and were full of spiritual energy.

At this moment, as Ying Xuan activated his magic technique, countless spiritual herbs on these 108 islands began to sway simultaneously!

Strands of green light, visible to the naked eye and containing the essence and spirituality of different herbs, were drawn from each herb as if summoned, transforming into green torrents that crossed the void and continuously flowed into the Void Cauldron!

The embryonic form of the Heaven-Mending Pill inside the cauldron, like a gluttonous beast that had been thirsty for ten thousand years, frantically devoured the massive amount of spiritual energy from the plants and trees! With each wisp of green light that merged in, the blue light solidified a little more, and the Daoist charm it emitted became increasingly profound and alluring.

Meanwhile, the medicinal herbs on the island began to wither and fade at a visible rate! Many of those that were younger or lacked spiritual energy to begin with lost all their spiritual energy in a short period of time, their leaves turned yellow and their stems shrank, degenerating from priceless medicinal herbs into the most ordinary common herbs!

Among these are various rare and precious medicinal herbs that the Tianxing Sect collected and carefully cultivated over generations when it annexed the seven sects of Yue Kingdom and hundreds of sects and families of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance!

There are also seedlings with rare spiritual roots or young plants transplanted from Xiangzhili's herb garden! Their combined value is enough to drive any Nascent Soul cultivator crazy, and even move a Deity Transformation cultivator!

But Ying Xuan's expression was calm to the point of being indifferent.

His gaze was fixed on the increasingly brilliant blue streams of light within the Void Cauldron, completely ignoring the large-scale "death" of the spiritual herbs on the island.

In his heart, as long as the Heaven-Mending Pill can be successfully refined, and as long as he can use this pill as a guide to try to "generate" the long-awaited "spiritual root" in his body with his primordial spirit cultivation... then, let alone the tens of millions of spiritual herbs currently in the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation, even if all the spiritual herbs in the Great Qin World are exhausted, he will not even frown!
Resources can be collected again, and spiritual herbs can be cultivated again. But the opportunity to become familiar with and plant the seeds of laws in advance, laying the foundation for integrating the laws of different worlds and stepping onto a higher level of life, is extremely rare, perhaps even unique in all the worlds!

He is willing to pay any price for this.

The Void Heaven Cauldron trembled more and more violently, and ancient runes began to appear on its body. Inside the cauldron, blue light shone as brightly as stars, and an indescribable, strange medicinal fragrance, as if it could repair the flaws of heaven and earth, began to spread, even penetrating the great array, causing some powerful sea beasts with keen senses in the distant sea area to become restless.

The Heaven-Mending Pill is about to be completed! And Ying Xuan is about to embark on an unprecedented attempt concerning the foundation of his own Great Dao.

The Void Cauldron emitted a clear and melodious hum, and the ancient and mysterious patterns of flowers, birds, fish, insects, mountains, rivers, sun, and moon on its body seemed to be infused with life, slowly moving and changing, exuding a vast and mysterious aura.

At the same time, the sky seemed to be opened by an invisible force, and a huge milky white pillar of light with a diameter of more than ten feet, which was purely formed by the condensation of the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth, fell down with a bang, like a sword of heavenly punishment or a spring of creation, and accurately pierced into the mouth of the cauldron!
The cauldron shone brightly, and the several blue streams of light that had been moving around rapidly spun, condensed, and sublimated under the infusion of vast spiritual energy! A strange fragrance of pills, which stirred the soul and seemed to be able to mend all the imperfections in the world, soared into the sky and spread for thousands of miles around!
"Buzz!"

Finally, a dazzling pill, no bigger than a longan and radiating a five-colored glow, leaped out of the cauldron. As if it possessed intelligence, it was about to transform into a stream of light and disappear into the vast sky, escaping from this place!

"Want to go?"

Ying Xuan was prepared. He snorted and his right hand shot out like lightning. Silver-white lightning chains intertwined between his five fingers, and with perfect precision, he caught the five-colored pill that was trying to escape in his palm!
The pill, once in hand, still pulsed restlessly in his palm, radiating astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations and profound Daoist charm, like a miniature, living, five-colored star.

"It is the condensation of the medicinal essence of nine Heaven-Mending Pills, the exhaustion of the remaining spiritual energy within the Void Heaven Cauldron, and the extraction of the plant spirituality of tens of millions of spiritual herbs and a massive amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy from my Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Grand Formation... only then was this pill refined."

Ying Xuan gazed at the multicolored pill shimmering in his palm, his eyes flashing with intense light. The cauldron was now empty; the original blue rays of light had vanished, all the essence now contained within the pill.

He no longer hesitated, ignoring the growing number of bewildered and uncertain cultivators from the Chaotic Star Sea outside the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation, which were drawn by the earth-shattering fluctuations of spiritual energy. He also disregarded the vast "void" formed by the disappearance of seawater below due to the formation's continuous extraction of energy.

Ying Xuan opened his mouth and directly put the Five-Colored Heaven-Mending Pill into his mouth!

The pill melted upon entering his mouth, unlike ordinary pills that would be refined in his stomach. Instead, it instantly transformed into a warm yet domineering five-colored gas, which, as if it possessed life, rapidly spread to every corner of his body, merging into every inch of his flesh and blood, and into every cell!
The next moment, something unexpected happened!

The billions of cells within Ying Xuan's body seemed to be completely activated and awakened from their slumber by this multicolored gas! Every cell let out a thirsty cry, generating an immense and unparalleled suction force, frantically craving energy! Not only spiritual power, but also the traces of "powder" contained within that energy, which constitute the fundamental laws of this world!
"boom--!!!"

The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array, which had already been pushed to its limit by Ying Xuan and covered an area of ​​tens of thousands of miles, was like a super spirit-gathering and transformation core that had been fully activated! Within the range of the array, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which was already surging due to the Void Heaven Palace and the refining of the Heaven-Mending Pill, was now completely outraged!
It transformed into visible torrents of spiritual energy, forcibly drawn from all directions and even from the depths of the void, flowing into Ying Xuan's body like rivers flowing into the sea!

This surge of spiritual energy was mixed with fragments of the laws of heaven and earth that were omnipresent yet imperceptible in this world.

These law powders, along with the raging spiritual energy, were greedily devoured and absorbed by Ying Xuan's cells!
"Ughhhhhh!!!"

An indescribable, excruciating pain instantly swept over Ying Xuan's entire body! This pain was not a simple tearing of the flesh, but a pain that penetrated deep into the core of every cell, touching upon the very essence of life!
It was as if countless tiny carving knives were engraving something deep within every single cell of his body! Even with his unwavering will as a Primordial Immortal and his nearly pure Yang physique, he couldn't help but let out a low, suppressed roar filled with endless pain!
His cultivation level had long surpassed the limits of this realm, and his life level was extremely high. The spiritual roots born in the bodies of ordinary people in this realm were nothing more than powder containing extremely small amounts of fragments of laws with a single attribute, which slowly accumulated with growth and cultivation.

At this moment, Ying Xuan, with his unparalleled cultivation and physique as the foundation and the heaven-defying medicinal power of the Heaven-Mending Pill that "replenishes the innate and sublimates the foundation" as the guide, frantically absorbed all the different attributes of the heaven and earth law powders that could be gathered by the formation within a radius of tens of thousands of miles!

These massive amounts of mixed-attribute law powders were forcibly "imprinted" and "integrated" deep within his cells by the medicinal power of the Heaven-Mending Pill! The originally ethereal and scattered law information began to condense and take shape within the cell nucleus according to some profound laws!
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Darkness, Thunder!

Eight different attributes, yet equally solid and clear "law imprints," or rather...

The "nascent spiritual root" began to manifest throughout his body! Eight different colored lights uncontrollably emanated from his skin, flashing and alternating, sometimes sharp and solid like a diamond, sometimes vibrant like an ancient tree, sometimes deep and surging like a vast ocean, sometimes fiery and explosive like a raging fire… The eight-colored light flowed, making him appear like a god or demon! (End of Chapter)