Primordial Era: I, Hongyun, take charge of the literary path

Hongyun calculated in his mind and knew the origin of this spiritual root; it was a mid-grade acquired spiritual root.

Spiritual roots are divided into innate and acquired. Regardless of whether they are innate or acquired, their grade is the same, ranging from low to high: low grade, middle grade, high grade, and top grade.

There is a fixed number of innate spiritual roots. Under the Heavenly Dao, there are at most ten top-grade innate spiritual roots, thirty-six high-grade innate spiritual roots, fifty-four mid-grade innate spiritual roots, and seventy-two low-grade innate spiritual roots.

Innate spiritual roots are even rarer than innate spiritual treasures. In the vast and ancient world, there are only 172 innate spiritual roots and 225 innate spiritual treasures.

If an innate spiritual treasure can only benefit one person, then an innate spiritual root can benefit an entire force.

Innate spiritual roots are different from acquired spiritual roots. Every innate spiritual root is a purifier of the world, capable of absorbing chaotic energy and transforming it into innate spiritual energy to be released.

Even the most barren place can be transformed into a blessed land if a primordial spiritual root is planted there.

Even in the Dharma-ending Age, when the path to immortality is severed, one can still cultivate immortality normally if one possesses an innate spiritual root.

In addition, like innate spiritual treasures, innate spiritual roots also contain an innate, indestructible spiritual light, which can slowly recover even if they are smashed to pieces.

However, the more severe the damage, the longer the recovery time, just like with innate spiritual treasures.

However, acquired spiritual roots are different. Once an acquired spiritual root is destroyed, it is destroyed and cannot be restored.

Hongyun looked at this mid-grade acquired spiritual root, named the Cold Jade Tree, which bore eight or nine Cold Jade Fruits.

【Frosty Jade Tree】: A mid-grade acquired spiritual root. It takes a hundred years to bloom, another hundred years to bear fruit, and another hundred years to mature. It takes a total of three hundred years to produce three hundred and thirty-nine Frosty Jade Fruits.

Compared to the innate spiritual root, which takes thousands or tens of thousands of years to mature, the acquired spiritual root matures much faster.

Most acquired spiritual roots take no more than a thousand years to mature, and most take three to five hundred years.

Spiritual roots are something that you reap what you sow; the longer it takes, the better the results.

The Cold Jade Fruit matures in just three hundred years, so its effects are naturally not that great. It can increase one's magical power by a thousand years, and the more compatible the cultivation method is with it, the higher the conversion rate.

The effects of acquired spiritual roots vary from person to person, but the effects of innate spiritual roots are the same for everyone.

The spiritual fruit of the innate spiritual root has its own innate original energy. Even if a mortal accidentally steals and eats the spiritual fruit, he will not die from being unable to withstand it and his body will explode.

Conversely, the spiritual fruits of acquired spiritual roots are different; if they cannot withstand the pressure, they will instantly turn to ashes.

Looking at the Frost Jade Tree in front of him, a hint of disappointment flashed in Hongyun's eyes. He had thought it was a spiritual treasure!

Come to think of it, this cold pool is not protected by any innate formations, which eliminates the possibility of any innate objects.

With a casual wave of his hand, Hongyun sent the Cold Jade Tree flying into his hand, which he then stored in his Pot Heaven World.

The Pot Heaven: One of the Earthly Fiend Supernatural Powers, it can open up space or caves, contain Mount Sumeru in a mustard seed, and even have a universe within its sleeve, with heaven and earth contained in its palm.

Over the years, the treasures that Hongyun has found have all been stored in the Pot Heaven World, which is full of immortal herbs and spiritual minerals and has formed a small world.

Afterwards, Hongyun searched around the bottom of the cold pool and found a material: the Frost Soul.

The Frost Soul is a piece of ice-attribute black iron, forged into a magical artifact that is absolutely effective against extremely yang substances.

"Great, great!!"

Hongyun nodded in satisfaction. Such top-grade materials were extremely rare even in the primordial world, and had already given rise to all sorts of miraculous abilities.

There's nothing left at the bottom of the icy pool. Without the Jade Tree of Cold to suppress it, the temperature of the icy pool is rising.

Hongyun flew out of the icy pool with the Frost God Soul and used the Spraying Technique from the Earthly Fiend Divine Power on the Frost God Soul.

Spraying: refers to blowing a breath of magical energy to change an object, but without altering its essence.

A burst of celestial energy landed on the Frost Divine Soul, which instantly transformed into a divine bow.

The bow is ice blue with dragon patterns, and both ends are dragon heads, each spitting out a blue ice line.

Looking at the ice-blue divine bow in his hand, Hongyun casually pulled it, conjuring an ice-blue arrow.

Then, Hongyun loosened her fingers, and the ice arrow shot out, transforming into an ice dragon that roared forth.

With a deafening roar, the ice arrow struck the icy pool on the ground, and the resulting water droplets instantly froze into glaciers.

"Oops, it seems like we've gone too far."

Seeing the ice pillars that seemed to rise from the ground, Hongyun was stunned for a moment, then quickly fled into the sky.

The icicle followed closely behind, like an ice dragon roaring at the red cloud that was flying rapidly into the sky.

At one point, the red cloud flew out of the cold pool and, in the blink of an eye, reached an altitude of ten thousand meters.

Suddenly, the icy pool, hundreds of meters in diameter, erupted with a roar, and an ice pillar shot into the sky thousands of meters high.

Then, the ice pillar exploded with a roar, and the broken ice stones of various sizes flew and crashed down in all directions.

Ice and stone rain fell over an area of ​​several miles, leaving the vegetation in its wake battered and broken.

"Fortunately, there aren't many living creatures around."

Hongyun secretly rejoiced, thinking that if he had died because of his actions, he would have had to bear countless karmic burdens.

Just as Hongyun was thinking this, a deep, angry roar suddenly resounded through the sky.

Hongyun looked in the direction of the sound and was shocked to see the earth begin to churn, and a yellowish-brown Qilin emerged from underground.

Upon seeing the earth qilin, Hongyun's expression turned grim, for he had actually alarmed the earth's overlord, the qilin clan.

Now is the time for the three races to divide up the primordial world. The Dragon race occupies the four seas and the rivers and lakes of the primordial world, and is the overlord of the waters. The Phoenix race occupies the immortal volcano in the south and the primordial sky, and is the overlord of the sky. The Qilin race occupies the mountains and lands of the primordial world, and is the overlord of the land.

The Earth Qilin is a branch of the Qilin clan. It is favored by the Heavenly Dao and possesses the rare innate ability to traverse earth veins.

"The aura of the Golden Immortal Realm!"

Hongyun sensed the aura of the Earth Qilin, whose magical cultivation had already reached the mid-stage of the Golden Immortal realm.

The Qilin race truly lives up to its reputation as a race favored by the Heavenly Dao. Their starting point at birth, the speed of their cultivation, and the innate supernatural abilities they have mastered are unmatched by any other race.

"Who are you, Taoist priest? Why are you causing such a disturbance in my territory?"

"I don't care who you are, since you've caused trouble in my territory, then come with me to my tribe to be punished!"

The Earth Qilin transformed into a primordial Dao body, a domineering-looking middle-aged man. His gaze locked onto Hongyun's figure, and with a wave of his hand, he unleashed the power of the earth upon Hongyun.

"Perfect, I'll use you to test my strength!"

Hongyun looked at the Ice Soul Divine Bow, formed from the Frost Divine Soul in his hand. The ice dragons at both ends of the bow seemed to come alive, emitting a soul-stirring dragon roar.

Upon hearing the dragon's roar, the Earth Qilin's expression shifted repeatedly, and it roared angrily, "So you're a dragon!"

The power in the Earth Qilin's hands increased further, and the power of the earth transformed into the shape of a Qilin to suppress it.

Seeing this, Hongyun drew back the bowstring, and the Ice Soul Divine Bow immediately condensed into an ice arrow.

The ice arrow shot out like lightning, transforming into an ice dragon that roared out. The ice dragon grew larger and larger, eventually swallowing the earth qilin formed from the power of the earth in one gulp.

The next instant, the ice dragon emitted endless cold air, and the earth qilin formed from the power of the earth was swallowed up and instantly frozen by the ice, becoming as clear as amber.