Primordial Era: I am a treasure trove, full of magical treasures.

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At the same time, Xuanbao sat cross-legged in the Dao Palace, with more than five hundred innate spiritual treasures floating around him—the result of his three hundred years of seclusion, which he had frantically refined with the Qiankun Cauldron.

Low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade... spiritual light intertwined, and Daoist charm permeated the air, illuminating the entire Dao Palace as if it were the chaotic starry sky before the creation of the world.

As for why only a few years have passed in the outside world, but Xuanbao has already refined a spiritual treasure for more than 300 years, it is precisely because Xuanbao's own time law has accelerated the flow of time in this palace.

Over the past three hundred years, Xuanbao has refined more than 300 innate spiritual treasures, all of which were successfully refined. He also increased his cultivation speed by 500 innate saints. However, as the saying goes, for his current level, these are just a drop in the ocean and cannot be of much use.

Therefore, Xuanbao was at a loss. Just as Xuanbao was worrying, he looked at his "hands" - or rather, at his own body.

His true form is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure—the Treasure Basin.

In his past life, the Treasure Basin was his foundation, endowing him with the unique talent of "treasure gathering," enabling him to sense treasures and condense their essence. Along his journey, from humble beginnings to ascension to the heavens, the Treasure Basin itself, though not directly used for combat, has been the basis of all his opportunities and cultivation, and his golden finger.

However, what brought him success also brought him failure.

"The Treasure Basin... in the end, is just a top-grade innate spiritual treasure." A complex emotion flashed in Xuanbao's eyes. A top-grade innate spiritual treasure was already at the pinnacle in the prehistoric world, second only to the supreme innate treasure. But its "upper limit" seemed to subtly restrict Xuanbao's own "upper limit." Its ability to gather treasures and condense qi was nothing short of heaven-defying when Xuanbao's cultivation was low. But now that Xuanbao himself had reached the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm and touched the edge of the Primordial Chaos realm, the Treasure Basin's "output" efficiency was already insufficient compared to the enormous "resources" he needed now. Nearly a hundred strands of treasure qi a year sounded like a lot, but for Xuanbao now, it was gradually becoming a stretch.

More importantly, the "grade" of the Treasure Basin seems to implicitly lock in the "upper limit" of the Mystic Treasure's origin: "Innate Sacred." Innate Sacred beings possess extraordinary roots and cultivate rapidly, but to break through to the final step, achieve Hunyuan, or even... transcend, their innate roots themselves might become an invisible constraint. It's like a ship built of ordinary wood; no matter how much you reinforce or accelerate it, when it's about to sail into the heart of a chaotic storm, the limits of the material itself become its fatal weakness.

Previously, Xuanbao had considered upgrading his physical form. However, firstly, the Treasure Basin was naturally formed and completely bound to his life, true spirit, and the origin of the Great Dao. Moreover, given the circumstances at the time, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure was already sufficient for the prehistoric world.

Secondly, they dared not reveal their ability to improve the quality of spiritual treasures; otherwise, who knows which powerful figure would capture them and make them their free slaves.

But things are different now. His own strength has reached the first tier of the prehistoric world, and there are several saints behind him. It is time to improve his own origin.

"It's time," Xuanbao murmured to himself, the last trace of hesitation in his eyes vanishing, replaced by a steadfast resolve. "Before, I dared not because I lacked strength, because I feared being exposed, because I was afraid of attracting unpredictable covetousness and calamity. But now..."

With a slight thought, ten golden wheels of merit silently appeared behind his head, slowly rotating, their warm and immortal radiance illuminating the Dao Palace and reflecting the deep-seated ambition in his eyes. "I have ten wheels of merit protecting me, impervious to all laws and untouched by karma. I have the Chaos Bell to suppress me, stabilizing earth, water, fire, and wind, indestructible through countless eons. I have the Qiankun Cauldron to reverse creation, returning from the acquired to the innate, and even replenishing my origin. Furthermore, my mastery of the laws of space and time allows me to distort time within this Dao Palace, gaining that most crucial moment."

"Most importantly, I have treasure energy!" Xuanbao opened his palm, and wisps of pale golden treasure energy, imbued with boundless Daoist charm, danced merrily at his fingertips like living spirits. "Fortunately, I have most of the treasure energy. If I used it all to refine spiritual treasures, I'd probably have to wait tens of thousands of years to improve my physical body this time," Xuanbao took a deep breath, no longer hesitating.

His first task was to set up a formation.

I don't mean anything by it, I just want to prioritize safety.

With a wave of his hands, the chaotic energy within the Dao Palace was stirred, the light of the stars in the heavens descended from the void, and the dragon energy of the earth veins rose from below. He used his fingers as a brush and Daoist principles as ink to outline countless intricate and profound array patterns in the void. These array patterns, the creation of the Qiankun Cauldron, the suppression of the Chaos Bell, and his own profound understanding of the laws of time, space, cause and effect, and destiny were all at play.

As the saying goes, one formation follows another, and there are countless formations.

"The Reversal Array of Heaven and Earth, Condensate!"

"Chaos Bell Shadow Stabilizing Formation, activate!"

"Space-Time Distortion Acceleration Array, activate!"

"Cause and Fate Concealment Array, Conceal!"

A series of grand formations, centered on the Xuanbao, unfolded layer upon layer, their light swirling and their Daoist energy resounding. Ultimately, they transformed the entire Dao Palace, along with its central platform, into an "absolute domain"—a realm independent of the primordial world, where spacetime was disordered, cause and effect were blurred, and defense and secrecy were at their peak. Even a sage, without a meticulously detailed examination, would find it extremely difficult to discover its mysteries. Furthermore, the flow of time within had been accelerated to an astonishing ratio—one day outside was equivalent to a hundred years here!

After arranging everything, Xuan Bao's face was slightly pale, indicating a significant energy expenditure. However, his eyes remained sharp. As a transmigrator, Xuan Bao was very clear-headed; his own safety was the most important thing. He sat cross-legged at the core of the platform and closed his eyes.

"now."

The soft shout did not come from his mouth, but from the deepest part of his soul.

"Buzz—"

In the center of the Dao Palace, three feet above Xuanbao's head, the void rippled like water. A point of golden light was born from nothingness, rapidly expanding until it transformed into an ancient, heavy basin, dark gold in color, with three legs and two handles.

It was his true form, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure—the Treasure Basin!

This basin, though only a foot or so square, exudes a powerful Daoist aura that encompasses all heavens and gathers all treasures. Forty-seven mysterious and unfathomable innate restriction patterns naturally form on its surface, flowing slowly like living things, each containing a unique law of treasure gathering. The basin is filled with chaotic mist, seemingly forming a miniature world of its own.

The moment the treasure basin appeared, it resonated most strongly with the seated Xuanbao. Their energy was connected, their bloodlines were of the same origin, as if they were two sides of the same coin.

"call--"

Xuanbao slowly opened his eyes, gazing at the Treasure Basin floating above his head, his gaze calm and profound. At this moment, he was no longer merely the owner of the Treasure Basin, but more like an observer examining the very essence of his own life. Every single line of the forty-seven innate restrictions on the Treasure Basin resonated with his soul, as if connected by blood.

"Let's begin."

With a thought, the precious energy accumulated within him surged forth like a floodgate opened, rushing towards the treasure basin! It wasn't just a wisp or two, but tens of thousands upon tens of thousands! It was all the remaining reserves from the past tens of thousands of years!

"Buzz!"

The Treasure Basin emitted a joyful tremor, and its dark golden light suddenly intensified. The forty-seven innate restrictions seemed to come alive, accelerating their circulation like parched earth greedily absorbing sweet rain. The precious energy, the supreme energy that originated from the same source as the Treasure Basin, flowed in without any hindrance, smoother than imagined.

The first change is not the addition of restrictions, but the basin itself.

"Click...click..."

A subtle sound, like glass shattering and reforming, echoed in the silent Dao Palace. The original, simple, dark gold body of the Treasure Basin, under the influence and nourishment of the vast treasure energy, began to deepen in color, gradually transforming into a "chaotic hue," a state of undifferentiated chaos encompassing all things. The basin became denser and heavier, with faint, primordial Dao patterns naturally forming and disappearing on its surface. The "Treasure Gathering" Dao aura it emitted also intensified and expanded at a perceptible speed, as if about to break through some invisible boundary.

"Not enough! It's far from sufficient!"

Xuanbao clearly sensed that the infusion of treasure energy was more like "awakening" some dormant potential deep within the treasure basin's origin, providing it with the purest energy and "catalyst" for "evolution." However, to break through the limits of a top-grade innate spiritual treasure and cross that insurmountable chasm, simply accumulating energy was far from enough. What was needed was a qualitative transformation, a completion and sublimation of the laws of the Great Dao!

Xuanbao also went all out, forming hand seals, and the Great Dao roared around him! He was not only pouring in treasure energy, but also sharing his understanding of the laws of "Gathering Treasures", "Creation", "Time and Space", "Cause and Effect", "Destiny" and many other laws, with the help of more than 2000 clones, and the accumulation and sublimation of the myriad true meanings of the Great Dao, without reservation.

"Boom!"

The treasure basin suddenly trembled, and the chaotic, misty scene within it abruptly boiled over! As if the heavens and earth had been created, the earth, fire, water, and wind surged wildly, then quickly subsided, evolving into the phantoms of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, and all living things! These phantoms were not static, but were constantly being created and destroyed, in a cycle, as if enacting a miniature, ever-evolving "world"!

At the same time, on the basin, at the end of the forty-seventh innate restriction, a new, more complex and profound pattern, like a tender sprout breaking through the soil, began to grow and spread with difficulty and tenacity!

The forty-eighth innate restriction has begun to condense!

"There's a way!" Xuanbao's spirits lifted, but he immediately felt an unprecedented resistance! The condensation of this new restriction, extending even a fraction, required a massive amount of precious energy and Daoist essence, and it also subtly triggered some kind of unseen chain of rules that bound all innate spiritual treasures! This power of rules was formless and intangible, yet as heavy as a mountain and as cold as iron, relentlessly suppressing the Treasure Basin's "overstepping," as if warning: This path is blocked! Innate spiritual treasures, forty-nine is the limit; forty-seven is your destiny. How dare you attempt to defy fate?!

"Defying the heavens? My very existence is defying the heavens!"

"Besides, now that we've come to the prehistoric world, do you think I'm still under your control? I'll make my own decisions about my destiny."

"Give me—Condensate!"

Xuanbao roared, veins bulging on his forehead, his Daoist robes fluttering even without wind. The time acceleration array within the Daoist Palace was operating at its maximum; in the outside world, a century's worth of arduous work had passed in an instant here!

"Buzz—buzz—buzz—!"

The tremors of the Treasure Basin grew more and more intense. Under the infusion of massive amounts of precious energy, the patterns of the forty-eighth restriction on the basin's surface extended, intertwined, and perfected inch by inch and thread by thread with difficulty and determination! With each small section completed, the aura of the Treasure Basin surged, the illusory "world" inside the basin became clearer, and the efficiency of its absorption and release of precious energy increased by one level!

century!

As time accelerated, Xuanbao and the Treasure Basin endured unimaginable pressure and depletion. His accumulated treasure energy diminished at an alarming rate, but his eyes remained sharp as knives, fixed on the forty-eighth restriction that was about to take shape.

finally--

"Clang!"

A crisp sound, like the clash of metal or the primordial sound of the Great Dao, resounded throughout the Dao Palace! On the Treasure Basin, the forty-eighth innate restriction was fully formed! It perfectly connected with the previous forty-seven restrictions, becoming an integral whole!

Xuanbao hadn't expected that improving himself would be so difficult. It took him a lot of effort just to upgrade himself to the 48th level of the innate restriction of a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

I can't believe it. How difficult will it be to become a Primordial Treasure?

Of course, Xuanbao also understood that the greater the difficulty, the greater the benefits he would receive later.

"call--"

Xuanbao took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart caused by the successful condensation of the forty-eighth restriction. He looked at the treasure basin, its dark gold color flowing and its Daoist aura growing ever deeper, his eyes showing no relaxation, only an even more solemn determination.

"The forty-eighth is just the beginning. The true insurmountable barrier is the final number of 'The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine'—the forty-ninth innate restriction!"

With another thought, the remaining treasure energy surged into the treasure basin without reservation, like a dam bursting and a celestial river bursting its banks! At the same time, all his understanding of the Great Dao, especially the core law of "treasure gathering" and the tracing and deduction of the true meaning of his own "treasure basin," transformed into a torrent of information, forcibly imprinting and merging into the deepest part of the treasure basin!

What he wants to do is not simply "add" restrictions, but to use his own way to complete the missing piece of the treasure basin, the final piece on the road to "perfection"! It is to "create" a restriction that belongs exclusively to his mystical treasure, exclusively to this treasure basin that is about to undergo transformation!

"Buzz—!!!"

This time, the tremors of the Treasure Basin surpassed all previous ones! The entire basin groaned under the immense pressure, its dark golden light flickering erratically. The forty-eighth newly formed restriction resonated and clashed violently with the previous forty-seven, as if a cataclysmic reconstruction was underway within it. The invisible chains of rules reappeared, a hundred times stronger than before! They were no longer suppressive, but transformed into countless cold, divine chains of order, extending from the void and tightly binding the Treasure Basin, determined to completely lock down and crush this "defying the heavens" anomaly!

"puff!"

Xuanbao's body trembled violently, his face paled, and he spat out a small mouthful of pale golden blood. He felt his primordial spirit and the origin of his Great Dao being torn apart and crushed by the Treasure Basin. But a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and instead of retreating, he added all the radiance of his Dao Fruit, the Ten Wheels of Merit, and even a wisp of the suppressing Dao rhythm of the Chaos Bell to the basin!

"I will walk my own path; make way for me!"

"BOOM!!!"

Inside the Dao Palace, the Time Acceleration Array was operating at its limit. In an instant outside, the inside had endured a thousand years of torment! A massive amount of precious energy was being consumed frantically, and the aura of the Xuanbao was declining at a visible speed. However, the treasure basin above his head was struggling and transforming frantically on the edge of destruction and rebirth!

The illusory image of the forty-ninth restriction, finally formed bit by bit, amidst the infusion of boundless treasure energy and Daoist rhyme, and the strangulation of the chains of rules, like the first ray of light cleaving through chaos in the darkness. Xuanbao, holding nothing back, frantically merged all of its own laws into this restriction. At this critical moment, over 3000 laws within Xuanbao merged with the treasure basin, erupting with dazzling light. The chains of rules trembled precariously from the light, yet still refused to easily relinquish this "heaven-defying" transformation.

Xuanbao gritted his teeth, mustered his last bit of strength, and merged his own soul essence into it. In an instant, the Treasure Basin emitted a deafening roar, and the forty-ninth innate restriction was finally formed!

"Almost there! Just one last step!"

Pale golden blood began to seep from Xuanbao's seven orifices, but his eyes burned with divine light as he stared intently at the forty-ninth innate restriction that was about to be completely perfected!

Just as the last line was about to connect, and the forty-nine innate Dao restrictions were about to become one and transform into a perfect cycle—

"Snap!"

A crisp, cracking sound, seemingly emanating from the very origin of the primordial world and the very source of the Great Dao, resounded throughout Xuanbao's Dao heart!

Those endless, cold, and heavy chains of rules shattered!

"Buzz—"

A profound Daoist rhythm, indescribable in words, perfect, free, transcendent, and seemingly resonating with some supreme origin, suddenly erupted from the treasure basin!

Forty-nine innate restrictions, linked end to end, endlessly cycling and evolving! The dark golden basin completely transformed into a chaotic hue, yet contained boundless profound yellow within, as if bearing the merit and weight of the creation of heaven and earth. The scene within the basin completely stabilized, transforming into a slowly rotating chaotic nebula. Within the nebula, innate, undying spiritual light faintly gestated and flickered, as if it could "birth" innate beings at any moment! The "treasure-gathering" Dao aura it emitted had undergone a qualitative change, carrying a magnificent momentum that could govern, evolve, and define the concept of all "treasures" in the world!

The supreme innate treasure—the Treasure Basin! Achieved!

"It's a success..."