The First Volume: Desolate Expanse

  "Woof! Innate Spiritual Treasure? Still top-grade? Me~~~"

  The big black dog saw the pearl and was instantly stunned, almost biting off its own tongue.

  "How come you still have a congenital spiritual treasure? Are you secretly hoarding it?" The big black dog looked gloomy, his eyes shining brightly as he stared at the treasure, almost drooling.

  "This is what I was born with!" Warily, with an excited face, looked at the big black dog, his hand holding the treasured sword trembling, and shouted in his heart: "Move a little, move again!"

  "Damn it!" The big black dog finally let out a loud, undignified curse. He thought to himself that his father, the great Demon King, didn't even have one innate spiritual treasure, but he had managed to obtain one through hard work and struggle. And yet this guy was born with one?!

  The big black dog really wanted to throw its head back and howl: "Heaven is unjust!"

  Look over there, Ding Yue's head is topped with a jade bowl, holding a whip in his hand. On this side, Yan Zhan's head is topped with a precious pearl, holding a treasured sword in his hand. The big black dog couldn't help but let out a sigh of sorrow: "Lingbao!"

  Xiao Qing (the name of the little donkey)! I'm really sorry, brother. It's not that brothers won't help each other, but it's just that the timing isn't ripe yet. Although our cultivation levels are high, we can't compete with their numerous spiritual treasures. The opponent has two innate pieces per person, and they're all one attack and one defense. Moreover, two of them are top-grade. It's not that I don't want to take them down, but rather, I'm unable to take them down for now. Let's endure it first!

  The big black dog silently said sorry to the little donkey in his heart, fell silent, and quietly stared at the treasure on the warhorse's head, as if looking at it could bring the spiritual treasure over.

  Disappointed and frustrated, he thought to himself: Why won't this dog budge?

  "Ah!!!! Brother's fur! I'm out of here!" On the other side, Little Donkey was done for. His shiny coat that had been so full of himself just a moment before was now dull and matted, with patches of black and yellow all over.

  With a loud bray, a green shadow flashed by, and the little donkey appeared beside the big black dog. It said to the big black dog in a sorrowful tone: "I say, Heizi, why aren't you moving? You're really unrighteous."

  The big black dog was silent, just quietly.

  The little donkey reacted and followed the big black dog's gaze towards Yan Zhan.

  "My goodness! A high-quality spiritual treasure?" With a loud bark, the small donkey lowered its head and said to the big black dog in a weak tone: "I understand..."

  "Dead donkey ~ Today brother will strip you of a layer of skin and make a big coat to wear ~"

  Ding Yue ran over here, waving his whip and shouting loudly.

  The little donkey suddenly jumped up, retreated a few steps, and loudly shouted: "Stop, I admit defeat! Brother, I've lost!"

  At last, Little Donkey almost cried out, how come the Heaven's Treasure is worthless at this time? Is there anyone selling it? I want to buy it!

  Upon hearing the little donkey admit defeat, Ding Yue let it go and instead looked at Yan Zhan with surprise, touched the pearl, and asked: "Yan Zhan, how did you get this pearl? It looks really good!"

  Although he felt a chill in his heart, he still replied: "This was left to me by Father, a top-grade spiritual treasure, the Clear Mind and Shocking Spirit Pearl."

  Mother? Ding Yue sighed inwardly, considering the two top-grade Primordial Spirit Treasures in his hand to be like a whip that could move mountains. Who was it that was so wealthy? Top-grade Primordial Spirit Treasures were extremely rare and precious throughout the entire Desolate Expanse.

  Could it be the Demon Master? Ding Yue thought to himself, but he felt that it was impossible. The Demon Master of later generations seemed to be a famous poor man, and there was only one Demon Master Palace. Later, there were two more, which were picked up from the battlefield of the Witch-Demon War.

  Another way of saying it is "rob"!

  Looking at his disgusted expression, Ding Yue suddenly froze.

  Looks like an ape, white head and red feet? So familiar?

  "Big brother, what's wrong? Big brother?"

  Yan Zhan saw Ding Yue staring blankly at him and couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine, hastily calling out.

  "Ah! Oh~" Ding Yue came back to his senses and looked at Yan Zhan with a profound gaze, saying: "Nothing~"

  After picking up the big black dog and the little donkey, Ding Yuexiu had a good time showing off his old skills.

  At this time, seeing many heavenly spirits and rare flowers in the valley, Ding Yue's eyes lit up, shining brightly.

  "Dead dog and that donkey egg, quickly go transplant those heavenly spiritual grains."

  "Dead dog, be gentle, these are treasures, be careful!"

  "What's wrong? Donkey egg, don't use your mouth, or I'll beat you up!"

  Ding Yue loudly ordered two men to take out the Tian Di Ling Yuan Tower.

  Due to time constraints, Ding Yue hadn't had a chance to explore the treasure tower yet. At this moment, seeing the scattered Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence everywhere, Ding Yue finally remembered the primary purpose of snatching the treasure.

  Because the treasure pagoda was cultivated by Nanji Xianweng, so if Dingyue wants to use it, he must first erase the divine mark of Nanji Xianweng.

  But Nánjí Xiānwēng apparently didn't care about this congenital spiritual treasure, which had been in his hands for the longest time, but still hadn't reached the depth of the jade bowl's refinement. So, with Dīng Yuè's current cultivation, it would only take a moment to erase Nánjí Xiānwēng's divine consciousness imprint.

  "What is this?"

  Shen's consciousness entered the tower and Ding Yue was stunned at once.

  The Tian Di Ling Yuan Tower has three layers. Due to the rarity of the ritual, even Nan Ji Xian Weng only opened the first layer.

  The first layer is like a small world, with a vast expanse that stretches as far as the eye can see. The area is very large, and the warm sunlight in this small world is similar to the radiant light of the great sun in the desolate wilderness, full of vitality.

  The air is filled with a rich prenatal spiritual energy, and the concentration of the external world is almost the same. On the ground, there is prenatal spiritual earth, and there is also a small lake, which contains prenatal spiritual water.

  Nanji Xianweng didn't seem to care about the pagoda at all, and in the entire small world, there were only a few rare flowers and weeds.

  But that's not the point, Innate Spiritual Energy, Innate Spiritual Land, Spiritual Land and Spiritual Water are like cabbage in the current Primordial Chaos, oh, they're not even as good as cabbage, at least cabbage has some value, but these Innate Spiritual Energies have no value at all in the Primordial Chaos.

  Who made this thing all over the vast land of Honghuang?

  What's important is that in the center of this small world, there is a small hill package, only dozens of feet high, and the spiritual energy is only slightly thicker than other places.

  But on this small hill there is a strange tree.

  Entire body jade white, crystal clear, no more than a few inches high, branches and trunks are covered with strange patterns, jade light is scattered, there are seven or eight branches, growing dozens of pieces of jade-like leaves that are only the size of a palm.

  And eight fist-sized irregularly-shaped jade-colored fruits.

  Jade trees surrounded by a halo of spiritual energy, shrouded in a thin mist, one after another strange phenomena constantly flashing, fairy scattering flowers, purple gas coming from the east, all things living, gods and demons roaring.

  Ding Yue's figure flashed and disappeared, leaving behind a pagoda floating unsteadily in mid-air.

  "Heavenly Spirit Root!"

  Ding Yue appeared beside Jade Tree, looking at Jade Tree, with only four words " Innate Spiritual Root" lingering in his mind.

  It's obvious that this extraordinary tree is not ordinary, let alone the spectacular phenomenon it presents. At the time when Nanji Xianweng was seriously injured and his magical powers were exhausted, he swallowed a fruit like this and suddenly soared to the Tianxian stage, and in an instant, he couldn't control himself, which can be explained by the fact that Dingyue didn't dare to face it directly with the Hushan whip.

  And it seems like this fruit doesn't seem to be ripe yet?

  Ding Yue's mouth was a little dry and his tongue was parched, his eyes were red, he really wanted to pick a fruit now and swallow it down.

  But in the end he endured, the fruit was not yet ripe, eating it now would definitely be a big discount, very uneconomical, what a heavenly spirit root knot fruit!

  Think of Queen Mother's peaches, think of Town Yuan Daxian's ginseng fruit, Ding Yue is full of hope for this spiritual fruit.

  Ding Yue finally knew why the Antarctic Immortal Old Man was unwilling to hand over the Heavenly Spirit Source Tower that day. With this treasure inside, it's really something that can't be given up even if one were beaten to death!

  Ding Yue is now a bit pitiful, having lost several congenital spiritual treasures and this one congenital spiritual root, the loss is too great, making people feel sorry for him. This is an opportunity to prove his way in the future!

  Nor does he know if he can still become the South Pole Immortal in later generations after losing several congenital spiritual treasures and this congenital spiritual root. Can he still be accepted as a proud disciple by Yuanshi Tianzun? Can he still advance to become the Heaven and Earth Supreme, Longevity Great Emperor?

  Ding Yue's divine sense entwined upwards and discovered a divine seal imprint of Nanji Xianweng hidden in the jade tree, just as he had expected.

  "Thieves! You've stolen my spiritual treasure, seized my spiritual foundation. I swear that from now on, I'll never rest until I settle this score with you all. This vendetta will not be shared under the same sky. I'm consumed by hatred... my good fortune!!!"

  Perhaps it was because the Antarctic Immortal valued this spiritual root, or perhaps it was because the divine consciousness had been nourished on this spiritual root. In short, this divine consciousness's imprint was much stronger than the one in the Heavenly Earth Spirit Source Tower. As soon as Ding Yue's divine consciousness discovered itself, it suddenly began to curse loudly and rushed over with a ferocious expression, without any of the elegance of a Daoist immortal.

  Unfortunately, he was only a separated part of the divine consciousness, while facing Ding Yue's full-force true self.

  So, however, in the blink of an eye, this divine consciousness was destroyed by Ding Yue.

  Then afterwards, Ding Yue's divine consciousness naturally separated and attached itself to the Jade Tree.

  And so, Ding Yue also obtained the basic information of this Jade Tree.

  "Jade Treasure Fruit", born from the combination of Causal Jade Slab fragments and Spiritual Roots, blooms once every 3,000 years, bears fruit once every 3,000 years, ripens once every 3,000 years, takes 10,000 years to be edible, and only produces nine fruits!

  This fruit contains the subtlety of the Great Way, eating it will increase one's understanding and practice, breaking through boundaries or perhaps even obtaining the origin of the Great Way.

  Ding Yue was stunned again, and he thought to himself, "What's with Zhenyuan Daxian?"

  Cao Chui Dan, Ren Shen Guo, also seems to bloom once every three thousand years, bear fruit once every three thousand years, and only ripen after another three thousand years, taking a short ten thousand years before it can be eaten.

  But it seems that ginseng fruit can produce thirty fruits at a time, and peaches are even more numerous, with many being able to hold peach banquets.

  And this plant, in a thousand years, will only grow nine, and its yield is also particularly low.

  Is there still a remaining piece of the Jade Sceptre? Ding Yue took note of this information.

  The Causal Jade Sceptre of the Eastern Emperor, that is the supreme divine artifact. The Ancestor of the Dao obtained a fragment of it and with a wave of his hand, he exterminated Luo Hou, establishing three thousand great daos, eight hundred side doors, spreading the dao, gathering disciples, distributing treasures, the entire Primordial Chaos was under his awe-inspiring power, not daring to make any unusual movements.

  It's just that later on they merged into a single path, but those few disciples of his were all extraordinary and saintly, controlling the universe.

  Think back to when the Yu Pian was shattered, most of it transformed into the origin of heaven and earth. Except for the part taken away by the Daozu, the remaining fragments mostly transformed into Xiantian Lingbao, such as the Tianyu Bowl, which is not inferior to the Xiantian Buxie Lingguang Lingbao in terms of function, and is even more powerful in some aspects!

  Otherwise, it's probably just another opportunity.

  Just like this Jade Truth Tree, it was only a slightly better congenital spiritual root, but after merging with a relatively large piece of creation jade slip fragment, its function is not inferior to the top ten congenital spiritual roots, and even stronger. The precious thing is that even the best congenital spiritual treasure can't compare to it!

  Later generations have never heard of this jade tree's name, I reckon it was either hidden away by the Snowy Immortal of the South Pole or taken in by the Primordial Heavenly Lord.

  The Queen Mother's peaches yield a fruit every 3,000 years at worst, every 6,000 years at best, and even the best ones only produce one every 9,000 years.

  It's on par with the top ten innate spiritual roots!

  Ding Yue's mouth was watering profusely, it was really unbearable!