Chapter 531: Acquired Spirit Treasure (4K)

Zhang Jian gazed at the acquired spirit treasure before him, and deep joy welled up in his eyes.

He had never encountered such an acquired spirit treasure before.

The power of an acquired spirit treasure is formidable, referring to a type of immortal treasure whose power has reached the pinnacle.

It is said that its power is not inferior to that of the innate spirit treasures in mythology, though innate spirit treasures possess many abilities that acquired spirit treasures cannot replace.

But at least in terms of power, it is comparable.

Likewise, being innate divine material, its interior has also been refined with innate divine prohibitions.

However, relying solely on Zhang Jian's cultivation, he could not yet discern how many innate divine prohibitions were contained within the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus Diagram.

The voice of the State and King's Cauldron, filled with envy, continued to sound.

He had followed Zhang Jian into the celestial realm, and his greatest wish was nothing more than to achieve a first-rank eternal immortal treasure.

Such acquired spirit treasures can be considered the limit of the path of artifact cultivation.

Shortly after, Zhang Jian raised his hand and tore through the void, leading the Lotus Fairy as they soared into the depths of the void.

The immortal light emitted by the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus Diagram directly shattered vast expanses of void, the azure immortal light transforming into an immortal bridge, and wherever it passed, countless qi mechanisms were reversed and transformed into chaos, which it absorbed.

Shortly after, the two figures came to a halt.

Before them, boundless five-element qi mechanisms flowed and turned, forming five colossal divine peaks standing in the void, the five-colored divine mountains suppressing heaven and earth.

At the core of the five-colored divine peaks lay a vast island of chaotic hue, within which chaotic immortal light flowed and turned.

Zhang Jian gazed outward, able to sense a tremendous power from the chaotic immortal light and the five-colored divine light.

The might of this prohibition was already sufficient to far surpass the limits observable by a Taiyi Golden Immortal powerhouse.

One could only faintly see countless terrifying runes intertwining to form Dao patterns, which in turn formed vast special chains that crisscrossed the void.

Dense and numerous, yet carrying a layer of inexpressible Daoist beauty.

But upon closer inspection, Zhang Jian immediately sensed an immense danger within; gazing longer, his primordial spirit seemed to constantly twist, faintly stained with the power of the prohibition, undergoing Dao transformation.

Zhang Jian hastily ceased his observation of the formation.

With a thought, he directly activated the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus Diagram.

Only to see the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus Diagram in his hand instantly transform into a blue lotus, which plunged into the five-colored entity, and instantly boundless five-colored divine light surged, countless five-colored divine lights infected by the divine diagram, transforming into a chaotic immortal bridge leading straight into the prohibition.

Gazing upon this, Zhang Jian instantly knew the prohibition had been opened.

The two figures transformed into streams of light and instantly entered within.

Passing through the region of five-colored divine light condensed by the five-colored divine mountains, shortly afterward Zhang Jian gazed ahead and saw in the depths of the void blooming azure precious lotuses.

These azure precious lotuses floated in the depths of the void, each containing awe-inspiring power.

Within them flowed eternal immortal light.

Without the chaotic immortal bridge as a passage, encountering them would surely mean certain death.

After passing through the region formed by these azure precious lotuses, shortly afterward vast chaotic mist appeared before his eyes.

Zhang Jian's innate divine eyes merely glanced at it, and his pupils instantly sank.

He saw within the countless chaotic light mist, large and small chaotic secret apertures scattered throughout, resembling earth spirit apertures on the ground, numerous in number, forming vast circular barriers, like eggshells, within which lay a strong sense of danger.

At this moment, however, Zhang Jian saw beneath his feet, within the chaotic immortal bridge, azure precious lotuses drifting out, falling into the chaotic light mist, yet they took root and sprouted within the chaotic light mist, condensing into azure precious lotuses, ultimately forming once again an immortal bridge.

At this moment, gazing upon this scene, the Lotus Fairy spoke.

"After passing through this innate chaotic spirit aperture prohibition, we should be able to reach the ancestral founder's secluded Dao field!"

"The ancestral founder?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian's expression shifted slightly.

The Lotus Fairy gently smoothed the hair beside her temples; her peerless jade countenance bore a touch of solemnity, and she then said to Zhang Jian:

"Your Majesty, the Lotus King Ancestor is the founding ancestor of our clan; most of our Seven-Leaf Qinglian are immortal seeds scattered by the ancestor. In the early days of the Jade Liuli World, they once flourished, and the Qinglian clan has considerable renown throughout the myriad heavens and voids, but only after the great calamity did they gradually decline!"

Zhang Jian's eyes sank in thought, and he said:

"I have heard that the Fairy's bloodline is related to the innate supreme treasure, the Creation Qinglian. If so, is the Lotus King Ancestor not a direct descendant of the twelfth-grade Creation Qinglian?"

The Lotus Fairy glanced at Zhang Jian, she hesitated slightly, then after a moment said:

"This point, even I, a minor immortal, am not entirely clear about. However, the lineage I have inherited is called the Longevity Qinglian, which is actually a kind of immortal elixir. As for the ancestor's bloodline and origin, we are also not entirely clear, only knowing that the ancestor possessed vast divine powers and formidable cultivation!"

Zhang Jian glanced at the Lotus Fairy.

The Lotus Fairy still harbored reservations in her heart.

He did not force her.

The two stepped onto the azure precious lotuses before them, and after several hundred steps, they suddenly saw the vista open up before them.

A primordial landscape appeared before their eyes.

Before them stood a vast cave heaven, within which chaotic yin and yang, the four symbols and five elements evolved in orderly fashion.

The interior was filled with mist-like innate essence and qi.

The first thing to enter Zhang Jian's gaze was a vast immortal palace.

The immortal palace stood upon dozens of tiers, white jade as steps, jade halls and exquisite towers, the immortal palace ethereal and magnificent.

Around the jade steps at this moment, however, there appeared pools of jade like green jade, the pool water clear and translucent, the entire body presenting a green jade hue, with rich creation essence flowing forth from within.

"Nine-Eyed Chaotic Creation Divine Spring!"

Merely glancing at it, Zhang Jian's eyes instantly brightened slightly.

This is a very unique innate divine spring, a heaven-and-earth rare treasure-level divine spring.

Zhang Jian recognized it because it was rumored that the Penglai Celestial Realm possessed such an innate divine spring, the source of myriad immortal roots, praised by countless immortals and gods.

Speaking of the grade of such divine springs, they are not inferior to the Five Elements Jade Liquid Spring Gate at the depths of the Huoyun Cave Heaven or the entrance of the Xuanyuan Sacred Emperor's Gate.

At this moment, Zhang Jian gazed outward; originally, many heavenly and earthly spiritual roots should have grown upon the jade pools, but now they had all withered, leaving only some roots and stems.

"How did the ancestral land come to this state?"

The Lotus Fairy looked upon this scene, her expression somewhat uncertain and doubtful.

"Lotus Daoist, were you born in this place?"

Zhang Jian was slightly surprised.

The Lotus Fairy spoke upon hearing this.

"No, but many elders of my clan were nurtured and born from this very place, and they have listened to the Dao here!"

"This is the sacred land of all immortals of the Qinglian Clan!"

She stepped forward and surveyed the surroundings; after a thorough inspection, her expression grew increasingly astonished.

"How did these immortal seeds come to be gnawed to death like this?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian glanced over, a faint hint of strange color flashing in the depths of his eyes.

At this moment, he turned his gaze to one side; chaotic light mist surged around the immortal pavilions, and within them were many more immortal pavilions.

Yet Zhang Jian's gaze mainly fell upon the Dao Palace before him.

It was clear that this Dao Palace was where the Lotus King Ancestor usually cultivated in seclusion.

Zhang Jian followed the jade steps upward; at this moment, beside the jade platform in the center, he saw another jade pool seemingly embedded beside the jade steps. The water within shimmered with light, yet it was exceptionally turbid.

Moreover, the water's light in the jade pool had already reached the bottom.

Just a glance, and Zhang Jian felt a slight surprise in the depths of his eyes.

Zhang Jian's innate primordial spirit clearly sensed that this jade pool was connected to the heavenly and earthly origin of the Jade Liuli World.

What manifested within seemed to be the plight of the Jade Liuli World's current state.

The Jade Liuli Realm is no different from what is manifested in the pool—it has already reached the point of exhausting heaven and earth, of water running dry.

"It should be a Heavenly Earth Origin Pool!"

Zhang Jian thought to himself.

When the Lotus King Ancestor was alive, he also governed the Jade Liuli Realm through this place, controlling the heavenly and earthly authority.

Zhang Jian felt that refining this pool would allow him to further grasp the heavenly and earthly Dao law authority of the Jade Liuli Realm, and even obtain the authority of the realm's heavenly and earthly sovereign.

But now it is clearly just a great pit.

The decline and calamity of heaven and earth erupted, countless resentful spirits entangled—whoever refines it bears the blame.

However, after thinking, Zhang Jian's eyes moved, and in his hand he suddenly condensed a single extremely vivid qinglian.

Qinglian Purifying Soul Incantation.

He sent this Qinglian Purifying Soul Incantation into it, opening the cycle of yin and yang, for rebirth and redemption.

The Lotus Fairy stood to one side, unaware of what Zhang Jian was doing, but she sensed that he would not be refining the Jade Liuli Realm's origin at this moment.

Zhang Jian continued walking toward the immortal pavilions, simultaneously searching for the whereabouts of the stone lotus.

At this moment, there were no spiritual restrictions within the immortal pavilions—just empty and bare, as if thoroughly looted by bandits.

"How could it be like this!"

Gazing at this scene, the Lotus Fairy's eyes suddenly tightened, her gaze filled with disbelief.

This realm should only be known to her for the secret of refining treasures with the Nine Heavens Qinglian Diagram; the Carefree Heavenly Venerable should never have entered here.

If he could break into this place, the Carefree Heavenly Venerable could directly refine that Heavenly Earth Origin Pool, seize heavenly and earthly authority, and need not exhaust himself in scheming or weaken the Jade Liuli Realm's origin.

Zhang Jian's vast innate primordial spirit had already swept over this immortal pavilion and the surrounding ones.

These immortal pavilions were already empty and bare—others had arrived first.

Yet there were still some that slipped through the net.

That person simply does not recognize value!

Zhang Xian gazed at the immortal pavilion's dome; with a wave of his hand, a beam of immortal light shot straight to the dome, and instantly a green pearl flew out from within.

On the pearl, the essence of creation was rich and dense; within it surged a strong current of vibrant life force.

This is an immortal lotus seed.

Heavenly Earth Immortal Root!

"Ancestral Lotus Seed!"

The Lotus Fairy gazed at this green pearl, her eyes also holding a hint of excitement.

She could clearly sense that the innate origin nurtured deep within this immortal lotus was exceptionally pure—even far surpassing his own essence—and rich with vigorous vitality.

Clearly, it is still capable of taking root and sprouting.

And if this treasure were to fall into her hands, combined with the immortal arts of her Qinglian Clan, the benefits would be even greater.

Zhang Jian also perceived part of this treasure's mystery, and smiled slightly.

"Not bad, a good thing!"

Immediately, he directly stored it within his Mountains and Rivers Space.

If a Heavenly Earth Treasure-grade immortal root is cultivated, it could become the supreme treasure guarding his immortal abode.

It would greatly enhance the brilliance of his Spirit Source Emperor Lord's mansion.

Besides this, Zhang Jian also took a long-burning lamp from beside it.

It is a jade-green Jade Lotus Palace Lamp, containing within it a special innate divine flame, possessing the purifying power to burn away all external leaks.

It should be the Two Instruments Emerald Light Divine Flame among the innate divine flames.

Zhang Jian scanned over; as for the whereabouts of the stone lotus, he already had a faint sense of it.

At this moment, he glanced around calmly and said:

"You've been peeking secretly for quite a while, haven't you? What else do you want to see?"

Upon hearing Zhang Jian's words, the approaching Lotus Fairy suddenly stirred, her gaze sweeping around.

At this moment, she suddenly recalled the withered immortal lotuses in the pond, her eyebrows rose sharply, and her eyes pierced through the void as she scanned.

At this moment, beneath the earth of the Immortal Island.

At this moment, a disheveled middle-aged man in green robes sat with his legs crossed on a chair.

Before him stood a bronze mirror, his eyes leisurely gazing at the two figures within the Immortal Pavilion.

At this moment, seeing him casually pluck a green pearl from the apex of the Immortal Pavilion's dome, he was instantly startled.

"Well, well, there's still a missed treasure! Truly careless, letting these two profit!"

His eyes rolled about, a hint of regret in their depths.

In his eyes, too, a flash of ferocity flickered.

But at this moment, Zhang Jian's voice suddenly echoed through the Immortal Mirror into his ears, startling him, and his eyes widened in uncertainty as he stared into the depths of the mirror.

At this moment, the purple-clad figure in the Immortal Realm had already turned, her gaze seeming to pierce through the Immortal Mirror and land upon the green-robed middle-aged man.

This gaze came straight on, instantly causing the green-robed middle-aged man's spine to chill.

He hastily sealed the light of the Immortal Mirror, his eyes showing some panic.

Possessing such power, an Immortal God—he had only encountered it in inherited memories; surely it was not something he could withstand!

A flash of ferocity crossed his eyes; in an instant, a surge of green Immortal light engulfed him like a whale swallowing, completely consuming the various masters of the surrounding cave dwelling, his form preparing to dive into the Immortal Treasure space before him, in an attempt to flee this Immortal Island.

This fellow was extremely timid; at the first sign of trouble, he prepared to flee.

The Immortal Mirror transformed into a stream of light, about to fly beyond the Immortal Island, but in midair, it was instantly entangled by a five-colored divine light that shrouded heaven and earth's five extremes, then shot toward a palm.

Within the Immortal Mirror's space, the green-robed great demon watched this scene, his expression shifting, and he immediately flew into a rage, cursing.

"You Immortal, so unreasonable! This Immortal has already yielded the Lotus King Immortal Palace to you, yet you still seek trouble with this Immortal—do you take this Immortal for a vegetarian?"

His demonic aura surged, and with a wave of his hand, several streams of potent Immortal light flew forth.

With his move, he unleashed several powerful Immortal treasures.

Even so, the Lotus Fairy, upon seeing this, shook her head.

This green-robed demon, of unknown origin, had seized the Lotus King Palace, ransacked the treasures of the Dao Palace, but his cultivation was merely that of a true Immortal, and he had not refined the many Immortal treasures within, so he could only smash them outright.

Truly a waste of heavenly bounty!

Indeed, only to see the five-colored divine light flash, and all the Immortal treasures were taken, along with the Immortal Mirror where the green-robed great demon resided, sucked into Zhang Jian's five-colored divine light in his palm and falling into his palm's depths.

With a casual shake, he saw a brittle-skinned giant toad shaken loose from the Immortal Mirror by Zhang Jian.

At this moment, exposed in its true form, the man-high brittle-skinned giant toad wore a face full of fear.

Its appearance, however, was quite remarkable—its entire body like emerald jade and glazed tile, lacking the usual repulsiveness of a toad, instead bearing a somewhat clumsy-cute demeanor.

Upon its skin were many lifelike innate Dao patterns, those patterns containing extraordinarily profound power.

Zhang Jian examined him up and down, then sneered.

"You old toad, greedy beyond measure, I don't know how you sneaked in here, having eaten so many Immortal seeds and cleaned out all the treasures of the Immortal Palace—this lord cannot spare you; quickly spit out all the treasures from the Immortal Palace, or else watch your life!"

Speaking, he did not wait for this mutated-bloodline green toad to answer, and with a casual grab, he pulled a large handful of objects from within the green toad's body.

Among them, a peculiar stone lotus of third grade immediately fell into Zhang Jian's sight.

Clearly, that must be his target!