The Primordial Era: Starting with Becoming a Disciple of the Queen Mother of the West

Chapter 121 High-Grade Spiritual Treasure

Xuan Yao transformed into the appearance of Yun Ying Dao Ren, an inspector celestial official of Zi Fu Continent, and plunged into the East Sea.

The East China Sea is vast, where water and sky meet, unlike any other prehistoric continent.

Especially the closer one gets to the core sea area of ​​Zifu Continent, the stronger the spiritual energy becomes, and the greater the danger.

Not only are there many opportunities there, but there are also many powerful figures under the command of the Eastern King.

Xuan Yao knew what was going on and would not rashly venture deeper.

Therefore, over the past thousands of years, he has only traveled along the southwest line of the East China Sea, choosing to settle in remote spiritual islands and desolate sea areas.

He wore a Xuanhua Envoy token hanging from his waist and a robe with cloud and dragon patterns, and deliberately tried to resemble the sinister aura of the Cloud Eagle Taoist by seven or eight parts.

The journey was relatively smooth with few setbacks.

Occasionally, he would encounter a few patrol teams of immortals from Zifu Continent. Upon seeing his attire and sensing his aura above the Golden Immortal level, they would all bow respectfully from a distance and dare not ask any further questions.

Using this identity as a cover, Xuan Yao got a pretty good grasp of the local customs and terrain around the East Sea.

It should be known that although the East China Sea is known as a blessed land of immortals, the dangers within it far surpass those of ordinary mountains and rivers.

Over these thousands of years of travel, Xuan Yao has encountered no fewer than a hundred calamities, both large and small.

Sometimes, while riding the clouds across the sea, a dark, malevolent tide suddenly erupts from the ancient abyss at the bottom of the sea, mixed with ancient water poison, which is most capable of corrupting one's primordial spirit.

Sometimes, when passing by deserted islands, one might encounter ancient sea beasts being driven away by the demon army. These sea beasts have bloodshot eyes, have long lost their intelligence, and will open their mouths to devour any living creatures they see.

There were also rogue cultivators who had been living overseas for years, specializing in murder and robbery. Seeing that he was alone, they decided to double-cross him.

As for naturally formed void rifts, underwater thunderstorms, and netherworld poisonous miasma, they are commonplace.

If these dangers had occurred when he was a Golden Immortal, he would have been overwhelmed and might have even lost his life if he hadn't been careful.

But now Xuan Yao has attained the Five Elements Convergence and achieved the Taiyi Golden Immortal Dao Fruit. The power of the Five Elements circulates endlessly within his body, making him much more at ease in dealing with situations.

When he encountered the monstrous tide at the bottom of the sea, he waved his fingers, and the superior-grade acquired spiritual treasure, the Flying Gold Sword, transformed into a long white-gold rainbow, cleaving the turbid waves in two.

If an ancient sea beast were to pounce, he would spread his sleeves, and thirty-six Heavenly Gang Fiend Banners would fall from the sky, their black and gold fiendish energy intertwining into an array. No matter how the sea beast struggled, it would be firmly suppressed within the array and eventually turn into ashes.

As for those rogue cultivators with ulterior motives and the poisonous miasma at the bottom of the sea, he only needs to activate the pure energy of virtue and merit. Once the pure light passes by, the poisonous miasma dissolves, and the evil thoughts also vanish.

These hundred-plus storms did not harm Xuan Yao's fundamental nature; instead, they became a testing ground for honing his Taiyi Daoist cultivation.

More importantly, through his travels over the years, he has gained a firsthand understanding of the geographical features of the outer East Sea, the distribution of spiritual veins, and the intertwined spheres of influence of Zifu Continent and the Demon Court overseas.

Such observations and experiences cannot be obtained through closed-door deduction.

On this day, Xuan Yao rode a cloud across a dark sea.

The seawater here is a deep, dark blue, its depths unfathomable. Looking around, there isn't even a single island or reef in sight; only the sea breeze brushes low across the surface, creating an eerily still atmosphere.

Xuan Yao's heart stirred slightly, and he was about to activate his escape light to leave when he suddenly heard a loud noise from below.

The sea surface suddenly exploded.

The seawater, stretching for tens of thousands of miles, surged back like boiling water, rushing high into the sky.

A ferocious deep-sea beast, shaped like a giant Kun, burst out of the water. Its body was as large as a continuous mountain range, and its entire body was covered with dark blue scales. Each scale was covered with barbs, and it faintly exuded the ancient and ferocious aquatic energy.

As soon as the ferocious beast appeared, it opened its blood-red maw and spat out a dark blue water thunderbolt ten thousand feet thick, which blasted straight at Xuan Yao in mid-air.

Xuan Yao's gaze sharpened, and his Purple Mansion Dharma Eye activated.

With just one glance, he could tell that this ferocious beast was no ordinary creature.

Its internal energy was vast and unfathomable; it was actually an ancient species that had cultivated to the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Its physical body is so strong that it could probably withstand ordinary innate spiritual treasures.

What truly stirred Xuan Yao's heart was that, seeing that the water mines had failed to achieve their purpose, the ferocious beast raised its head and let out a deafening roar, spewing out a fist-sized, dark blue pearl from its mouth.

The moment this pearl appeared in the world, the water-based spiritual energy in the universe flowed towards it like rivers flowing into the sea.

The pearl was surrounded by the pure innate Ren water law, mixed with a wisp of bone-chilling coldness.

Where the precious light shone, the churning dark blue sea below instantly froze into towering ice.

The water vapor within a radius of ten thousand miles was also forcibly absorbed and swallowed by this pearl.

"A superior-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Xuanming Water Soul Pearl."

The name of this treasure immediately flashed into Xuan Yao's mind, and he was both surprised and delighted.

What's astonishing is that this ferocious beast actually possesses such a powerful protective treasure.

The good news is that if we can obtain this pearl, we will have a very useful divine object to refine the water-element array eye in the future.

A ferocious beast in the late Taiyi stage, plus a high-grade innate spiritual treasure.

Such a formation would require even an ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortal to put up a fight.

Xuan Yao dared not be presumptuous. He immediately manifested the illusory images of the Yin-Yang Water and Fire Guardian Generals, and also activated the Pure Qi of Fortune and the Mysterious Fiend of His Life to the extreme, fighting against this giant sea beast.

This battle was so fierce that the sea and sky changed color, and the sun and moon lost their light.

Xuan Yao first summoned the flying golden sword, and the platinum sword light, wrapped with Taiyi sword energy, slashed down.

However, the sword energy struck the beast's dark blue scales, leaving only a shallow white mark, but it failed to damage its core.

He then set up thirty-six Heavenly Gang Fiend Banners, intending to trap the beast with the Heavenly Gang Fiend Formation.

However, relying on the power of the Xuanming Water Soul Pearl, the ferocious beast unleashed a continuous stream of water thunder from its mouth, causing the array's light barrier to tremble layer by layer.

The mine contained a bone-chilling, extremely powerful force, causing the great formation to tremble precariously, and the thirty-six evil flags to groan under the strain.

The two sides fought for seven days and seven nights, but the outcome remained uncertain.

Later, the ferocious beast seemed to be completely aroused, and its eyes shone with a bright blood-red light.

It suddenly swallowed the water vapor from all directions, and its body swelled by three-tenths. Then it opened its enormous maw and held the Xuanming Water Soul Pearl in its mouth.

The pearl spun around and transformed into a deep blue vortex.

The vortex was filled with a chilling aura, as sharp as a knife, and possessed a power as vast as the sea, threatening to devour Xuan Yao along with his treasures.

Xuan Yao's aura of blessings and virtue was flickering erratically due to the cold energy, and his protective magic power was also subtly affected.

At the critical moment of life and death, Xuan Yao's expression was cold and stern, but there was not a trace of panic in his eyes.

He reached into his sleeve with his right hand and decisively summoned that top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

An ancient-looking copper coin, round on the outside and square on the inside, with two wings, flew out from the palm of the hand.

It is the Treasure-Falling Coin, which is used to scatter all the world's magical treasures.

Xuan Yao infused it with Taiyi magic power. The copper coin's wings fluttered gently, and the Heavenly Dao runes engraved on them suddenly lit up.

With a clear, melodious hum, the Falling Treasure Coin transformed into a golden light, ignoring the chilling aura and the devouring vortex, and directly adhered to the Mysterious Netherworld Water Soul Pearl.

The Heavenly Dao inscription flashed and disappeared.

The next moment, the beast's natal divine sense left in the pearl was severed.

The Xuanming Water Soul Pearl, which was originally radiant and imposing, lost its brilliance in an instant, let out a low moan, and fell onto the frozen Xuanbing below.

When its natal pearl was forcibly taken away, the deep-sea beast was struck as if by lightning, letting out a mournful roar.

Its late-stage Taiyi magic power instantly dropped by more than half, and even its massive, mountain-like body swayed a few times.

Xuan Yao would never let such a battle opportunity slip by.

He shattered the void with a single step, instantly appearing atop the ferocious beast's head. With a flick of his left hand, the superior-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Xuan Sha Golden Whip, was already in his grasp.

"You beast, prepare to die!"

Xuan Yao let out a deep shout, circulating the five elements within his body and pouring all the black gold Xuan Sha into the golden whip.

He immediately grabbed the long whip, and with the power to split mountains and shatter peaks, lashed it three times in succession onto the beast's head.

With a muffled thud, the beast's head was smashed to pieces, and crimson and white matter mixed with dark blue demon blood rained down into the sky.

Although the beast's physical body was destroyed, its true spirit still tried to escape.

Xuan Yao pointed his fingers, and the Flying Golden Sword transformed into a stream of light, piercing into the mangled body. The sword energy crisscrossed, and in an instant, it completely annihilated that last bit of true spirit.

The fierce battle finally came to an end.

Xuan Yao exhaled a long breath of turbid air, and with a wave of his sleeve, he stored the mountain-like remains of the ferocious beast into his storage magic treasure. These late-stage Taiyi remnants, their flesh, bones, and tendons all contained the essence of water, making them rare and superior materials for both weapon crafting and alchemy.

He then descended and landed on the ice, picking up the dull Xuanming Water Soul Pearl and the Falling Treasure Coin together.

The pearl felt icy cold to the touch, yet the primordial Ren water within remained pure and abundant. Xuan Yao sensed it carefully for a moment, nodded in satisfaction, and then carefully sealed it away.

After doing all this, he did not rush to leave, but sat cross-legged on the ice, closed his eyes and concentrated, secretly observing his own fortune.

Although the Treasure-Dropping Coin has the power to scatter all the magical treasures in the world, it is not without its price.

Every time it is used, it diminishes the owner's luck.

He used it once when he was fighting against the Crimson Fiery Immortal in the Fire Marsh. Afterwards, he felt that his luck was depleted and it took him a long time to slowly replenish it with the pure energy of virtue and fortune.

This time, forcibly taking down a top-grade innate spiritual treasure from a late-stage Taiyi ferocious beast will only result in a more severe backlash.

Xuan Yao focused his mind on his spiritual platform, carefully perceiving the surroundings.

Sure enough, he noticed that a piece of his originally dense and abundant fortune had suddenly disappeared.

However, before he could activate his pure energy to replenish it, a sudden change occurred.

The Northern Heavenly Star Lord's Dharma Seal, hidden deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, suddenly trembled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a vast and profound aura of the celestial cosmos, carrying the essence of ancient stars, surged into Xuan Yao's body like a tide, following the threads of cause and effect in the darkness.

This stellar fortune was extremely powerful. As soon as it entered the body, it automatically filled the void of fortune that had been damaged by the Falling Treasure Coin.

Two invisible forces converged and dissipated deep within his mind, and in less than half an hour, the deficit was completely erased.

Xuan Yao's own foundation of virtue and fortune, after being washed by the luck of the stars, not only remained unshaken, but became even more stable.

Xuan Yao opened his eyes, a hint of joy appearing in his dark golden pupils.

He stood up and looked up at the heavens. In the daylight, the stars in the sky were hidden.

Back then, amidst the fierce winds of the Nine Heavens, he followed the guidance of his master, the Queen Mother of the West, and accepted the nominal title of Protector Star Lord of the Northern Heavenly Mysterious Fiend of the Demon Court.

In retrospect, it was indeed a brilliant move.

Di Jun wanted to use his identity to win over Xi Kunlun, so he took advantage of the immense fortune of the Demon Court, which was like oil being poured into a raging fire, to protect himself.

With this continuous flow of stellar fortune as its backing, the Falling Treasure Coin, this top-grade innate spiritual treasure, is no longer just a trump card that one would be terrified of after using it only once or twice.

As long as the Demon Court's fortune does not collapse, this ancient bronze coin with wings can be safely used at crucial moments to sever the causal relationship between magical treasures and determine the outcome of the battle.