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Chapter 17: Misfortune turns to Fortune! The top grade Spiritual Root, Five-Needle Pine!

“Where is this?”

Yuan Lian looked blankly at the unfamiliar surroundings.

“Right, the space-time turbulence.” Yuan Lian suddenly realized.

Previously, he had hidden in the Pocket Dimension because he was caught in the turbulence of time and space.

Swept away by the turbulence of time and space, he was brought to this strange place.

“It’s a pity that I missed obtaining the Proto-Qi of Gold from Zhun Ti.”

Yuan Lian felt a little helpless; he originally planned to go to Fei Lian after coming out of the Pocket Dimension, and then find a way to deal with Zhun Ti.

Now he can only take one step at a time.

No longer thinking about it, Yuan Lian spread out his divine senses little by little, and checked the situation in a radius of hundreds of millions of miles to avoid any unexpected situations.

Although somewhat impolite, safety comes first.

“Fortunately, there are no beasts around,” Yuan Lian walked in a random direction.

This time, he appeared to be more cautious, and his divine sense was always checking his surroundings.

He stopped and went all the way until….

“Tens of millions of miles away to the northwest, my divine sense has been swallowed up.” Yuan Lian was thoughtful.

After hesitating for a few breaths, Yuan Lian decided to go over and have a look.

The main reason was that he did not suffer any backlash. If there was a powerful existence, it may not be as simple as his divine senses being swallowed.

The rainbow flashed, and he covered a distance of thousands of miles in a moment.

“Nothing?”

Yuan Lian looked at the flat plain in front of him; there was nothing special about it, and he had some doubts in his eyes.

“No, it’s a formation, and there must be a treasure!” Yuan Lian’s eyes suddenly brightened.

According to his past experiences, the places rich in spirit energy and Dao are often protected by a formation.

Where there is a formation protecting it, there is a Spirit Treasure.

It’s a pity that Yuan Lian didn’t know much about formations, his understanding of them was due to refining the formation on the Penglai Immortal Islands.

But it didn’t matter: one force can overcome ten techniques.

‘I must find it fast, otherwise it will easily attract other strong cultivators who would covet it,’ Yuan Lian thought to himself, the lessons learned by Duke Dong still vivid in his memory.

His divine sense spread out, and he soon found the hidden space fluctuation.

Yuan Lian stepped forward and approached to the space node.

In the next moment, with the Sea Calming Pearls in his hand, he even concealed the five-colored brilliance that comes with the spirit treasure.

“Break!”

The vast spirit energy surged, and Yuan Lian used all his strength.

The Sea Calming Pearls burst with endless power in an instant, as if carrying the weight of the world, they smashed down mightily.

BOOM!!

With just one blow, the space was trembled, everything was being annihilated, and the mighty power swept across the formation.

Although Yuan Lian tried his best to control the power of the Sea Calming Pearls to focus on one point, the monstrous power shook instantly, centered on the space node, and shattered thousands of miles of space.

In an instant, the landform changed, and the originally lush plain became desolate in an instant.

As far as the eye could see, there were endless gullies, rocks, and countless cracks spreading endlessly like huge spider webs.

In a radius of tens of thousands of miles, there was no trace of life, and all the life forms were wiped out under one blow.

Before Yuan Lian had time to think about it, he dodged and plunged directly into the broken space node.

A mountain- the tallest mountain Yuan Lian had ever seen.

“Innate Spiritual Root!!” Yuan Lian was ecstatic about his discovery.

On the top of the mountain soaring straight into the sky, a giant tree dozens of miles high, was shining brightly.

The endless Dao rhymes of Law permeated, covering half of the mountainside directly, turning into a Dao Domain.

In the Dao domain, dense spirit energy pervaded, the chill of gold, the sublimation of wood, the coldness of water, the thickness of soil, and the scorching heat of fire.

The Qi of the Five Elements, generate and transformed each other, and circulated endlessly.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yuan Lian held the Sea Calming Pearls, stepped on the World Purifying White Lotus Platform, and went straight to the sky.

BOOM!!!

As soon as it came to shine, the space vibrated, and the mighty power turned into endless coercion and suppressed him.

At that moment, the Innate Spirit root resisted Yuan Lian’s approach.

In an instant, the immeasurable Qi of the Five Elements erupted suddenly, or turned into a sword shadow, or turned into a true form, full of endless killing intent.

Yuan Lian had expected it a long time ago, the World Purifying White Lotus Platform was shining brightly, the spirit energy full of the Law of Purification brushed past, and all the Qi of the Five elements dissipated, and returning to its original source.

However, in the Innate Spiritual Root and Dao accumulation, the spiritual energy was endless, and it attacked and tried to kill again in the next moment.

Even though Yuan Lian had been psychologically prepared, he was still taken aback. Vast spirit energy poured into the lotus platform, and just like that, he went straight to the top of the mountain with unrivaled coercion and killing intent.

“It’s outrageous!”

“The spontaneous protective power of an Innate Spiritual Root is so powerful. If I hadn’t been protected by the World Purifying White Lotus Platform, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to enter the Dao Domain.”

“But even so, it is still difficult every step of the way.”

Yuan Lian’s Golden Immortal spirit energy was surging, and it would be empty in a blink of an eye.

Helpless, Yuan Lian had no choice but to drink a drop of the Divine Water of Three Glories, and his spirit energy recovered in an instant, and he approached the Innate Spirit Root again.

But the closer he got to the top of the mountain, the greater the coercion became, making Yuan Lian feel like the endless sky was pushing him down.

At this time, the distance from the top of the mountain was less than a million miles.

But he could only move upwards miles by miles.

Even though his heart was burning with anxiety, he could only get closer a little bit.

Breaking the formation had such a big movement before, and at this space node, without the protection of the formation, the aura was very easy to detect.

He was worried that he would be noticed by the strong cultivators nearby, and he would be in trouble at that time.

In fact, his worry was justified.

Countless trillions of miles away, Innate Spirit Sacred Beings have noticed the changes in the area.

“Innate Spiritual Treasures!!” Li Yuan, who was the closest, looked towards the distance with fiery eyes, and immediately approached at the fastest speed regardless.

In fact, Yuan Lian still didn’t know the temptation of Innate Spirit Treasures and Innate Spirit Roots.

In the Primordial World, nine out of ten cultivators were poor ghosts, and the vast majority who were accompanied by a low-grade innate spirit treasure were considered to be people with deep luck.

Just like the Duke Dong, the first ray of innate yang qi had transformed into a form, but he was accompanied by only a low-grade innate spirit treasure.

Not to mention the Innate Spiritual Root, the whole Primordial World has only a few.

It can be said that the few are accompanied by the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures like Yuan Lian, and the blessing to get the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root Huang Zhongli is deep.

It cannot be said that it was unique, but the entire Primordial World can be counted on one hand.

As far as Yuan Lian knew, they were only Di Jun, Ming He, and Zhen Yuanzi.

Even the Three Pure Ones (Sanqing), Nuwa, Fuxi and other top-tier beings have never had this kind of welfare treatment.

“It’s less than ten thousand miles away, and I’m almost there!”

Yuan Lian looked haggardly at the spiritual root in front of his eyes, and a trace of joy welled up in his numb eyes.

After 300 years, he finally reached the top of the mountain.

In just 300 years, he consumed nearly a hundred drops of the Divine Water of Three Glories, and even he was in pain.

You must know that the Divine Water of Three Glories was a non-renewable resource, so if you use it, you have less of it.

Moreover, although the holy medicine of good fortune is mysterious and unparalleled, the soul still becomes adapted to it and its effect weakens if consumed again and again.

It’s like a person who keeps rushing, although there are drugs that can instantly restore his vitality.

But after 300 years of running, the cycle resumed. Although the body is still full of vitality, the spirit can’t hold it anymore!

Yuan Lian persisted, not for anything else, but simply to give the Innate Spiritual Root a home.

Time passed, and the distance is got closer.

Finally, one day after several years.

HUM!!!

The huge coercion that Yuan Lian had been used to for a long time suddenly dissipated. Unprepared, he rushed directly to the top of the mountain, and then rushed into the endless sky.

In the next moment, the smiling Yuan Lian fell from the sky and stood under the ancient tree.

“There are fruits!”

With just one glance, Yuan Lian was pleasantly surprised again.

In the void, among the leaves whose branches cover thousands of miles of sky, dozens of fruits of different colors shine brightly.

Yuan Lian raised his eyes, there were fifty in total, hung in different areas, and the colors were the colors of the Five Elements.

“I didn’t expect this, the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root, Five-Needle Pine!”

“No wonder there were such a powerful Dao rhymes of Law!”

At this moment, Yuan Lian understood the origin of the spirit root in front of him.

But the scene in front of him made Yuan Lian dumbfounded.

“That was so difficult!”

(End of this chapter)

Tidbits:

Spiritual Roots: Cosmic Pillars of Cultivation

In these traditions, spiritual roots are trees or plants born from the fragmented Laws of the Primordial Chaos, crucial for a cultivator’s longevity and power.

• Huang Zhongli (黄中李): Widely regarded as one of the most precious existence, the Huang Zhongli typically represents the Proto-Qi of Wood (Mù Qì). Its fruit or essence is often sought to cultivate the Five Qi in the Chest (Wu Qi Chao Yuan), forming the basis of a saintly Dao foundation. Its name implies a connection to the center (黄 – Yellow/Earth) and the root (Li – 李), suggesting it balances the foundational forces of the cosmos.
• Five-Needle Pine (五针松): This tree is celebrated for embodying the perfect synthesis of the Five Elements (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth).

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Unlike roots that focus on a single element, the Five-Needle Pine generates and circulates the five elemental Qis simultaneously. Its consumption instantly accelerates the refinement of all Five Qis, making it essential for a Golden Immortal to advance toward the Perfected Realm, as seen in the novel. The pine tree itself is a widespread Chinese symbol of longevity and resilience.

These spiritual treasures are cornerstones of the Honghuang worldview, symbolizing the natural order and the raw power available to those capable of mastering the Dao.

To delve into the broader philosophical concepts underpinning these spiritual roots, such as the Five Elements and the search for immortality in Daoism, you can visit the Wuxing (Chinese Philosophy) Wikipedia Page.

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