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

Inside the Sanqing Hall on Kunlun Mountain, the chaotic Daoist aura slowly subsided. The purple-gold Daoist seal between the brows of the Underworld Heavenly Dao avatar gradually faded, but the majestic aura flowing around him, subtly resonating with the Primordial Heavenly Dao, remained.

The first step of the plan has been successfully taken. Although we only seized one-tenth of the power of the Primordial Heavenly Dao, this move has been made, and now we can be considered to have gone from pawns to players.

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"Xuanbao," Laozi said slowly, a rare solemnity appearing on his usually calm face. "Although the Underworld clone holds a tenth of the Heavenly Dao's authority, it has also become the target of everyone's attacks."

The resentment of demons has long eroded the Heavenly Dao, and its backlash will be like a festering sore, penetrating everywhere. Both your true self and your avatars must be extremely vigilant, especially in protecting the foundation of the Underworld's cycle of reincarnation. This is the source of your avatars' power and a crucial barrier for the primordial world.

"Disciple understands." Xuanbao's true form and the Heavenly Dao avatar of the Underworld responded in unison. The true form's gaze was calm, while the primordial laws reflected in the avatar's eyes became even clearer.

"Now that the plan is made, let each of us take action." Yuanshi waved his sleeve, and the Jade Purity Immortal Light flowed around him. "We also need to make preparations as soon as possible. Kunlun, Nuwa Palace, and the Netherworld must all be on high alert to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of any opportunity. Xuanbao, the Heavenly Court is the foundation of the current prehistoric world and the hub of all the heavens and myriad realms, so it must be as solid as a rock."

It's no exaggeration to say that the Heavenly Court is now the most powerful force in the prehistoric world. The Heavenly Court has gathered nearly 80% of the high-end combat power in the prehistoric world. To put it bluntly, if the Heavenly Court were to disappear, the prehistoric world would return to an era where even Golden Immortals could become ancestors.

"I will follow Master's teachings and be extremely careful." Xuanbao bowed.

Tongtian laughed heartily and patted Xuanbao on the shoulder: "Kid, well done! Now it's up to you! If needed, we'll all be your support!"

Nuwa and Houtu also offered a few gentle words of advice, their eyes filled with trust and support.

The sages discussed the details for a few more moments, finalizing the methods of communication and coordination, before dispersing. The Netherworld Heavenly Dao avatar nodded slightly to Xuanbao's true form, then transformed into a wisp of purple energy, disappearing into the void and returning to the Netherworld to take up its post. Xuanbao's true form also lingered, taking a step forward that caused ripples in space as his figure vanished from the summit of Kunlun Mountain.

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In the depths of the Heavenly Court, in the exclusive Dao Palace of Xuanbao, the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Within the Dao Palace, the flow of time is entirely different from that outside. This place has been constructed by Xuanbao using his own Primordial Dao Fruit combined with the laws of spacetime, creating an independent temporal domain. One day outside is equivalent to ten thousand years here.

When Xuanbao's true form appeared in the center of the Dao Palace, even with his stable Hunyuan Dao Heart, he was slightly taken aback by the sight before him, and then his eyes burst forth with an uncontrollable look of joy.

The Taoist Palace is no longer the empty place it once was.

As far as the eye can see, there is an ocean of spiritual light and a galaxy of Taoist charm!

Thousands of innate spiritual treasures, like living stars, floated in every inch of the Dao Palace! They spontaneously arranged and circulated according to their grade, attributes, and Dao charm, forming dazzling "spiritual treasure nebulae"!

The low-grade innate spiritual treasures were densely packed together, their spiritual light forming a continuous expanse, like a dazzling starry sea at the bottom of the sea. They emitted countless gentle and pure innate Dao rhythms, resonating with each other and playing a silent celestial melody of the Great Dao.

The number of mid-grade innate spiritual treasures has decreased slightly, but there are still several hundred. Like brighter stars in the sea of ​​stars, their spiritual light is more concentrated and their Daoist charm is more profound. They evolve into various strange phenomena such as mountains and rivers, wind, fire, thunder and lightning, flowers, birds, insects and fish, which rise and fall in the void.

The top-grade innate spiritual treasures are like large stars, numbering in the hundreds, hanging high above the "sea of ​​stars." Each one radiates spiritual light, and the Daoist charm is condensed into tangible rune chains that surround it, faintly showing the rudimentary aura of creating the world and establishing the universe. Their energy is drawn together, and they even faintly form several mysterious natural Daoist arrays!

At the very center and highest of all the spiritual treasures, five treasures floated. Their radiance was not the most dazzling, but their Daoist aura was the most ancient, vast, and restrained, as if they had existed since the depths of chaos, enduring the creation of heaven and earth without being worn away. They were top-grade innate spiritual treasures! Moreover, they were spiritual treasures of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

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Upon sensing Xuanbao's arrival, the five elemental avatars swiftly approached him. Though their faces were identical to Xuanbao's, their auras were distinctly different: the metal avatar was sharp as a sword, the wood avatar vibrant with life, the water avatar calm and profound, the fire avatar fiery and unrestrained, and the earth avatar as heavy as a mountain. Their auras fluctuated slightly, clearly indicating that the relentless refining over millennia had taken a tremendous toll on them.

"Our true self!" the five avatars spoke in unison, their voices echoing throughout the Dao Palace.

Xuanbao glanced at them and nodded slightly: "Thank you for your hard work."

However, no one paid any attention to Xuanbao, and the scene became quite awkward.

"Damn it, it's so embarrassing to tell myself I've worked so hard."

Ignoring the main body's playful antics, Jin Xing's avatar stepped forward, holding a jade scroll shimmering with golden light: "My venerable self, this is a detailed record of the crafting over tens of thousands of years. There are 2,472 low-grade innate spiritual treasures, 589 mid-grade, 87 high-grade, and 5 top-grade five-elemental spiritual treasures, totaling 3,153. Nearly 70% of the spiritual materials used have been consumed, and the treasure's energy has long been exhausted."

Xuanbao took the jade book, scanned it with his divine sense, and understood all the information. He looked up at the five top-grade Five Elements spiritual treasures floating above the Dao Palace—the innate spiritual treasure Five Elements Sword.

Well, their own Five Elements Incarnations actually had selfish motives? They even specially crafted Five Elements Spiritual Treasures for their own use. But thinking about it, it makes sense. Originally, the Five Elements Incarnations relied on the Five Elements Pearl. Although the Five Elements Pearl had been upgraded to a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, and they later gained control of the Five Elements Flag, the five of them combined could at most trap a saint. It was a typical case of high control but low output. Now that they had the Five Elements Sword, Xuanbao was certain that the current Five Elements Incarnations could take on either of those two from the West single-handedly. That's how confident he was.

But now we also face a problem.

There's not enough treasure!

Xuanbao was somewhat discouraged. He regretted that he didn't have enough treasure energy when he needed it. Although his body had been upgraded to a supreme innate treasure, which increased the speed of condensation and maintenance by dozens of times, he was at a disadvantage because he was too young. The treasures he condensed were simply not enough. These more than 3000 innate spiritual treasures had consumed more than 90% of his treasure energy.

Not only that, but the innate treasures that I had painstakingly collected could not withstand such consumption.

Hey!

Never mind that for now, let's refine these innate spiritual treasures first and then talk about it later.

Refining an innate spiritual treasure requires years of painstaking effort from ordinary cultivators, even those at the Great Luo Golden Immortal level. They must slowly nurture it with their magical power to gain initial control, and completely refining its core restrictions can easily take tens of thousands of years. Even for quasi-saint level experts, refining a high-grade innate spiritual treasure requires a considerable amount of time.

However, for Xuanbao now, all of these "common sense" have been broken.

A Primordial Golden Immortal, his own Great Dao is perfected, reflecting the heavens, and all laws follow his every thought. More importantly, the talent of his "Treasure Basin" body has undergone an incredible qualitative change after advancing to a Primordial Treasure and attaining Primordial Dao. For him, refining spiritual treasures is less about "controlling" them and more about the spiritual treasures eagerly recognizing him as their master.

"Buzz..."

Xuanbao didn't even need to consciously circulate his cultivation technique; with just a slight thought, the Daoist aura flowed naturally. The more than three thousand innate spiritual treasures floating around him seemed to have received a summons from a supreme monarch, emitting clear and joyful hums in unison! The spiritual light converged on Xuanbao like a tide, yet it was controlled within a small area, showing no sign of violence.

In Xuanbao's eyes, countless Dao runes were reflected, each rune seemingly corresponding to the core restriction of a spiritual treasure. He stretched out his finger and lightly tapped in the air.

The first item, a low-grade innate spiritual treasure, transformed into a pale blue stream of light and entered Xuanbao's palm. The instant it touched Xuanbao's Primordial Dao Body, the twelve innate restrictions at its core resonated and merged with Xuanbao's Dao origin without hindrance, like snow melting in spring sunshine. The Dao essence of "lightness," "swiftness," and "penetration" contained within was instantly absorbed and understood by Xuanbao, transforming into a wisp of light on its own Dao foundation. The entire process took less than three breaths.

The second item, a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, transformed into yellow light and entered Xuanbao's hand. Eighteen restrictions flowed around it, completely catching him off guard. Thousands of clones simultaneously comprehended the various laws contained within the spiritual treasure, absorbing and integrating their understanding of the Dao of Earth, Space, and Power into Xuanbao's comprehension. This process took a slightly longer time, approximately five breaths.

The third item, the fourth item... the tenth item, the hundredth item...

Xuanbao is like a craftsman whose skill has reached perfection, or a chaotic behemoth that swallows the starry sea. One after another, radiant and mysterious innate spiritual treasures, like weary birds returning to their nests, flock to Xuanbao's hands. Low-grade spiritual treasures are often completely refined and absorbed in two or three breaths; mid-grade spiritual treasures rarely take more than ten breaths; even high-grade spiritual treasures, with their complex and profound thirty-six or even forty-odd innate restrictions, are as docile as kittens before Xuanbao's primordial Dao charm and innate divine abilities, and it is extremely rare for them to be refined in more than a hundred breaths.

Within the Dao Palace, only the flowing light from the Lingbao remained, along with the ever-brighter and deeper Daoist radiance emanating from the Xuanbao. It seemed to have transformed into a chaotic vortex that devoured the Lingbao and evolved the Great Dao, calm yet containing a terrifying power capable of changing the world.

Time flies by in this accelerated realm.

What may have been a fleeting moment outside has been countless days and months within the Dao Palace.

When the last magical treasure was refined.

Inside the Taoist palace, a sudden silence fell.

All spiritual light dissipated, and all Daoist principles were contained within.

Xuanbao slowly opened his eyes.

In his eyes, three thousand Great Dao runes appeared and disappeared like a galaxy, and a scene of creation flashed by, eventually returning to a warm and profound chaotic color, as if it could encompass all things and evolve everything.

He quietly observed the changes within himself.

Over three thousand innate spiritual treasures, representing the cultivation speed boost from over three thousand "innate saints," are now completely superimposed upon him. Before he attained the Primordial Chaos Realm, this infusion of power would have been enough to rapidly increase his strength. But now…

Xuanbao frowned slightly, feeling the vast, boundless starry sea within his body, yet seemingly enveloped by an invisible "membrane," making it difficult to achieve a qualitative leap in the primordial power and Dao fruit.

"As expected..." he muttered to himself, a hint of expected understanding mixed with a touch of helplessness, "The Path of Primordial Chaos is so difficult that every step forward is like climbing to the heavens. It can't be solved by simply speeding up the cultivation process..."

He carefully examined his inner self, assessing what he had gained.

The total amount of magical power increased by about 30%. It seems like a lot, but for a Primordial Golden Immortal with an almost inexhaustible ocean of magical power, this 30% is more of an "icing on the cake," a deepening of the foundation rather than a breakthrough in realm.

His comprehension of the Great Dao, having absorbed the true essence of various laws contained within thousands of spiritual treasures, has indeed become more comprehensive and thorough in his understanding of many "branch" and "collateral" Great Daos, allowing him to draw inferences from one instance to another. This makes him more free and unrestrained when wielding supernatural powers, more delicate and realistic when evolving myriad laws, and more unpredictable when facing enemies. However, the core, his own "Primordial Dao Fruit"—the fundamental Great Dao that centers on "gathering treasures," governing all treasures, and evolving all laws—has seen only a slight increase in its "height" and "depth."

To give an analogy, if we compare the Primordial Dao Fruit to a tree, it might have previously been just a giant tree a hundred feet tall. The refinement of the three thousand spiritual treasures was like adding countless more luxuriant branches and leaves to this tree, making the crown larger and the root system more developed, but the trunk itself did not suddenly grow to a thousand or ten thousand feet tall.

"A bottleneck... or rather, it's the norm on the path to Primordial Chaos." Xuanbao quickly adjusted his mindset. He knew this was the normal phenomenon. If the Primordial Chaos realm could be rapidly advanced simply by piling up external objects, then the Primordial Chaos realm would be too worthless. Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the Three Pure Ones, and other saints, possessing countless resources of the primordial world, and having gone through countless ages, weren't they still slowly progressing in the Saint realm?

"However, it's not all without its benefits." Xuanbao thought to himself, feeling his understanding of the 3000 Great Daos greatly enhanced.

"Buzz..."

A wisp of pale golden, precious energy, imbued with boundless Daoist wisdom, naturally emanated from the treasure-gathering basin deep within his primordial spirit, hovering before him. Then came a second wisp, a third…

Xuanbao focused his mind on observation and calculation.

"As expected... refining spiritual treasures, especially a large number of innate spiritual treasures, seems to be nourishing and stimulating my innate talent." Xuanbao's eyes revealed joy. "Now, my speed of condensing treasure energy is much faster than before I went into seclusion to refine treasures! Roughly estimated, it has increased by nearly two times!"

What does this mean? It means that as long as there are enough innate spiritual materials and precious energy, one can refine a large number of innate spiritual treasures!

"What is lost on one front is gained on another." Xuanbao slowly stood up, and the flow of time and space within the Dao Palace returned to normal.

Hey!

The problem is that he is too young. Xuanbao lamented that if he had three yuanhui (a unit of time) to himself, he was sure that with his snowballing speed, he would be able to use the Chaos Treasure as fireworks to blast him even if the Chaos Demon God came in person. He would just ask him if he dared to move.