Chapter 28: Strange Land (Below) (Second Update Seeking Power)

  But before him, Lord Shen saw a small lake about three feet in diameter, with clear water that seemed to see the bottom, and a faint mist rose from it, floating eerily.

  Shen Gong Bao slowly walked closer, and after feeling the thick life energy emanating from the lake water, he couldn't help but burst out laughing: "I didn't expect it to be such a treasure!"

  Shen Gong Bao only felt dizzy, being stunned by the huge surprise, foolishly staring at the small lake in front of him, and foolishly smiling for a long time.

  After a long time, Shen Gong Bao finally wiped away the saliva dripping from his mouth and muttered: "Having this treasure is indeed a great fortune, but this matter must not be revealed, otherwise even saints will come to take it away. Having jade is a crime, having treasures but no power to protect them is useless!"

  Shen Gong Bao let out a sigh, and that urgent desire to increase his strength once again took hold of his heart, lingering for a long time without dissipating.

  "Hold on... step by step, a towering high-rise will rise from the ground, don't be impatient!" Sheng Gongbao comforted, and then said: "You must hide this place, when your strength has not reached the point, except for yourself, no one else is allowed to know!"

  Then Shen Gong Bao arranged the Chaos Great Array he had just comprehended in this small lake, densely guarding it.

  Shen Gong Bao smiled slyly as he gazed at the emerald green lotus flower growing in the lake, saying softly: "When you mature, I'll have another supreme spiritual treasure!"

  At this time, Shen Gong Bao already knew why the spiritual energy around was so scarce. It turned out that it had been absorbed by the lotus flower in the lake water, and this chaotic array was probably guarding a rare treasure of heaven and earth.

  In the beginning of chaos, all living things were non-existent, and the heaven and earth were connected as one. In between them, a primordial lotus was nurtured, with five leaves and twenty-four petals that bloomed into a single lotus seed.

  After countless years, the lotus seed cracked open and Pangu, the great god, emerged with an axe to separate the sky from the earth. Pangu was dissatisfied with the infinite oppression in the chaos, so he used the axe to split the heaven and earth apart.

  After the heaven and earth opened, the heaven and earth were unstable. Pangu, the great god, stood with his head on the blue sky and his feet on the ground, growing taller by one zhang every day, making the heaven higher by one zhang every day and the earth thicker by one zhang every day. After 18,000 years, the heaven and earth took shape.

  Later, Pangu, the great god, felt that there were no living things between the heaven and earth, so he transformed his body into the universe: his left eye became the sun, his right eye became the moon, and his hair became the stars; his blood turned into rivers, lakes, and seas, and his flesh turned into vast fields; his bones turned into grass and trees, and his veins turned into roads; his teeth turned into gold and stone, and his essence turned into pearls; his breath turned into wind and clouds, and his voice turned into thunder; his sweat turned into rain.

  When Pangu, the great god, fell down, his head and limbs transformed into the five sacred mountains, while his spine became the mountain range that supported the heaven and earth. However, his belly transformed into a sea of blood, which was several tens of thousands of li in diameter. Inside this sea of blood, the waves were surging, and no fish or shrimp lived there, nor did any birds or insects fly to it. All the evil spirits between the heaven and earth gathered at this place, which the people of the universe called the "Blood Sea of Youming".

  At the moment when Pangu fell, three clear airs and twelve turbid airs escaped from his body. The three clear airs rose to form Taichu Taishang Laojun, Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, and Shangqing Tongtian Daoren, while the twelve turbid airs transformed into the Twelve Ancestral Shamans.

  The Heaven-Cleaving Axe, unable to withstand the heavenly karma, transformed into the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Flag, its blade transformed into the Four Swords of Extermination, and its handle transformed into the Hunyuan Bell, collectively known as the Four Great Primordial Treasures!

  The chaotic Qinglian was also damaged due to the opening of heaven and earth, and the 24-petaled lotus flower turned into 24 pieces of creation jade slips, which recorded the 3,600 great ways. Later, Hongjun obtained most of them and enlightened three thousand great ways through this.

  The five leaves of the Primordial Blue Lotus transformed into the Five Elements Flags, namely: Central Wuji Huang Flag, Eastern Qinglian Treasure Color Flag, Southern Lidi Flame Light Flag, Western Su Color Cloud Boundary Flag, and Northern Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag. Only the lotus stem was unknown where it went.

  And where the Chaos Qinglian was born, there is also a spiritual spring called San Guang Shenshui, which contains infinite vitality. With just one drop, even a withered bone can be reborn and revived.

  It is precisely with this spiritual spring that the chaotic green lotus and other heaven-defying objects can be nurtured, giving birth to the great god Pangu, opening up the sky and earth, and leaving a fragrance that will last for thousands of autumns and tens of thousands of years.

  But after the sky opened, the lotus stem and the spiritual eye of San Guang Shenshui all disappeared, no one noticed, but unexpectedly at this time was found by Shen Gong Bao. When Shen Gong Bao felt that strong breath of life, he instantly thought of this point, and after confirming it, he was overjoyed.

  At this time, the Chaotic Blue Lotus had grown five more lotus leaves on its stem, with a flower bud in the middle that had not yet bloomed. However, Shen Gong Bao believed that as long as he gave it enough time, it would definitely be able to nurture at least a Primordial Spirit Treasure, but the required time was something that Shen Gong Bao could not estimate.

  Shen Gong Bao also discovered that these three Shenguang divine waters should not be the Bayquan Spring in the original chaos, because the Bayquan Spring produced very few Shenguang divine waters, perhaps only a part of it, which was broken after the opening of heaven and fell to this place with the stem of Hun Dun Qinglian, forming a Tian Di Fa array, guarding until now.

  All the spiritual treasures have some shielding effect on the heavenly machine, even if others know of their existence, they cannot divine the specific location of their existence. Just like the Hunyuan Bell, until now, even saints are unable to calculate its whereabouts. I'm afraid only the Hongjun Daozu who merged with the Tao knows where it is.

  After dealing with the chaotic green lotus stem and the three lights divine water, Shen Gong Bao looked at other places of auspicious grass and immortal fungus, no longer as excited as before. After a casual glance, Shen Gong Bao floated above the lake of three lights divine water, close to the stem of the chaotic green lotus, released his primordial spirit, immersed himself in it, and slowly nourished himself.

  As soon as the original spirit entered, Shen Gong Bao felt a thick and warm aura enveloping himself, and he unconsciously pulled his own original spirit to a wonderful place. In the blink of an eye, Shen Gong Bao found himself in a narrow space, looking around, feeling like he was in an eggshell.

  "Could it be...?" Sheng Gong's mind was filled with doubt, and he withdrew his spirit from the flower bud, carefully examining the still unopened bloom. He furrowed his brow in thought for a long time before finally saying in a steady voice, "Let's try it out!"

  He then once again entered the stem of the Chaos Blue Lotus with his Primordial Spirit, and an inexplicable attractive force pulled Shen Gongbao to the narrow space he had been in before. Shen Gongbao endured the intense pain that was tearing his heart apart, tore off a strand of his divine sense from his own soul, placed it in this space, and then withdrew his Primordial Spirit. His face pale, he closed his eyes and began to recover.

  Unlike the previous refining of the Two Purities Lantern, this time it was a true split of the soul, rather than just leaving behind a wisp of soul imprint that could be retrieved at any time.

  Shen Gong Bao's mind turned, secretly thinking that Pangu the Great God was born from this primordial green lotus, and if he left a strand of his divine spirit within it, could he become an anti-heavenly powerhouse like Pangu again?

  Even if it doesn't work, he can use the gentle breath of the Three Lights Divine Water and the mysterious Chaos Blue Lotus to nurture this strand of divine sense, creating his own avatar. With the presence of the Three Lights Divine Water and the mysterious Chaos Blue Lotus, Shen Gongbao is not worried that this strand of divine sense will go wrong in any way.

  Before recovering, Shen Gong Bao barely managed to send a message to Liu Er and Nian Ling Yan, telling them that he needed to retreat again for a period of time, so they didn't need to worry.

  In the following three months, Shen Gong Bao relied on the rich spiritual energy of this place and the vital energy of the Three Lights Divine Water to quickly recover his damaged yuan Shen.

  After waking up, Shen Gong Bao clearly felt through the connection of Benyuan that the strand of divine consciousness in Hunyuan Qinglian had completely merged with Hunyuan Qinglian, as if Hunyuan Qinglian was nurturing it like Pangu Great God back then.

  The Chaotic Blue Lotus has not yet fully matured, forming a congenital treasure. However, Shen Gong Bao's subtle divine spirit mistakenly merged with it, causing the two to become one entity. As such, no refinement is needed; they only need to wait for its maturation. Once mature, this treasure will belong to Shen Gong Bao alone, and others will be unable to seize it unless they shatter the Chaotic Blue Lotus entirely, at which point Shen Gong Bao would lose possession of the treasure.

  Shen Gong Bao speculated that perhaps when his own strand of divine energy broke out of the chaotic green lotus, it would become the main body of this strand of divine energy. Its innate talent was so high that it could be imagined to be absolutely many times higher than his current physical body.

  "Haha......" Shen Gongbao burst into maniacal laughter, his demeanor like that of a madman. After a long while, Shen Gongbao finally gazed out at the distant void and said: "Sealing God's Calamity, haha, as long as this place remains undiscovered, I will no longer fear you!"

  At this moment, Shen Gong Bao finally opened up his mind, and with the arrival of the upcoming Fengshen quantization, he had this main base and that strand of Hunyuan Qinglian's divided spirit. What else was there to worry about?

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