Chapter 256: Chaos Supreme Treasure Suppresses Fortune

In a mountain hollow.

Luo Fu stared at the ordinary-looking plant before him, and an answer surfaced in his heart.

Although anyone else looking at this pine-like plant would only think it was nothing more than a common plant.

In the Primordial World, such plants were simply too plentiful.

But now Luo Fu's eyes carried a faint glimmer of the Dao's laws, and as he gazed at this ordinary ancient tree, he could see traces of the great Dao's laws hidden within it.

Those were great-Dao runes veiled by the power of the Primordial World's rules.

One could say that, in Mount Kunlun, Luo Fu had almost never come across a spiritual root like this.

One had to remember that, as the dojo of the Three Pure Ones, the heavenly treasures in Mount Kunlun were beyond count, and as a personal disciple of the Jie Sect, Luo Fu had access to even more.

Yet not one spiritual root's marvels could compare with the one before him.

This was also because Luo Fu's Heaven-Dao-level comprehension allowed him to sense, to a certain extent, those existences that hid astonishing great-Dao marvels.

It could only be said that, under Luo Fu's Heaven-Dao-level comprehension, the rules of the Primordial World had loopholes too.

This let Luo Fu see that an utterly ordinary plant could be an astonishing Innate Spiritual Root.

One had to know that at this time, even if a Saint were to walk past, they might not necessarily notice this spiritual root's special qualities.

The Primordial World was far, far too vast; not to mention plants like this, even ordinary spiritual roots and spirit herbs were beyond counting.

Because the Primordial World was steeped in spiritual energy, spiritual roots and spirit herbs of all sorts of ages were plentiful.

Ordinary, inferior spirit herbs were not even worth picking by some of the weaker beings.

Not to mention that treasures concealing themselves did not always stay in one place, unchanged.

If an Innate Spiritual Root found its location unsuitable, it might leave — that was entirely possible.

Therefore, in the Primordial World generally, if a treasure did not intend to reveal itself, discovering it was extremely difficult.

And the world-spiritual root Luo Fu now beheld contained a terrifying great-Dao power within it.

Luo Fu guessed it was the legendary top-tier spiritual root, the Five-Needle Pine.

One had to know that legendary top-tier Innate Spiritual Roots were not many either.

For example, the famous Fusang Tree — that was a heavenly treasure nurtured within the Sun Star where Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi were born.

The Ginseng Fruit in Zhen Yuanzi's hands was also renowned throughout the Journey to the West Calamity.

The Queen Mother's Peach Tree was likewise a top-tier Innate Spiritual Root.

And among these top-tier Innate Spiritual Roots, the one ranked first was, beyond doubt, the legend among legends.

That was the Creation Green Lotus.

It was said to be the top-tier spiritual root that had nurtured the great god Pangu.

Of course, this was only legend; the beings of the Primordial World had barely managed to classify it within the top-tier spiritual root sequence.

In truth, the Creation Green Lotus stood a world apart from those other top-tier spiritual roots.

But no matter what.

Other top-tier spiritual roots, placed in the Primordial World, would also make the strong green with envy.

In fact, without a powerful background, even a Quasi-Saint strong being might make a move — that was not certain either.

After all, such top-tier Innate Spiritual Roots were not treasures every Quasi-Saint strong being possessed.

That said, most of these top-tier Innate Spiritual Roots had ended up in the hands of top-tier powerhouses.

For instance, the Fusang Tree was in the hands of Donghuang Taiyi and Di Jun.

The Ginseng Fruit Tree was in Zhen Yuanzi's hands.

The Gourd Vine had been directly divided up by the Three Pure Ones, Donghuang Taiyi, Nuwa, and others.

Yet from the fact that Nuwa used the Gourd Vine to create humans, and later was even able to refine it into the Banner of Summoning Demons, one could see just how extraordinary the Gourd Vine was.

However, the divided Gourd Vine met a tragic fate.

After all, in that situation, the Gourd Vine could be considered dead, just like the Creation Green Lotus — split into many parts.

From this one could also see.

How precious, how exceedingly rare, a complete Innate Spiritual Root was.

To a certain extent, such top-tier Innate Spiritual Roots also had the function of suppressing fortune.

Perhaps for an entire sect's fortune, they could not match the might of Innate Supreme Treasures like the Pangu Banner or the Taiji Diagram.

But if it came to suppressing a single being's fortune, that would probably be quite easy.

Hence someone like Zhen Yuanzi, who possessed the Ginseng Fruit Tree, had remained as steady as Mount Tai from the moment of his birth, weathering the Dragon, Beginning Qilin, Wu-Yao, Investiture of the Gods, Journey to the West, and a whole series of Calamities.

This was simply inconceivable.

One had to know that Zhen Yuanzi's close friend Hong Yun had been schemed against and killed by Kun Peng and Donghuang Taiyi.

From this one could see how stable Zhen Yuanzi's fortune was.

As for Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, who possessed the Fusang Tree, why they ultimately fell —

It could only be said that, as the main characters of the Heaven and Earth Calamities, these two Demon Race Ye Tiandi, facing the boundless might of the Calamities, no Fusang Tree suppressing fortune was of any use.

After all, Donghuang Taiyi possessed the Innate Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bell.

The Chaos Bell was different from the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords held by Saint Tongtian; it was an Innate Supreme Treasure truly capable of suppressing fortune.

It could fully stand alongside the Pangu Banner and the Taiji Diagram.

Yet even so.

This Innate Supreme Treasure could not hold down Donghuang Taiyi's fortune.

It could only be said that the backlash force of the Calamities was far too terrifying.

It was not something that could be held down by an Innate Supreme Treasure alone; of course, if Donghuang Taiyi and the others had possessed a Chaos Supreme Treasure, then perhaps they could have suppressed the Demon Race's fortune, and even the Heaven and Earth Calamities would have been unable to touch them.

Of course, that could only remain a matter of imagination.

A primordial treasure.

Not even the like of Donghuang Taiyi and the other demon clans, nor even the several Holy Ones, or even Ancestor Hongjun himself, may possess one.

So whether it can truly suppress the demon clans' destiny is still uncertain.

But regardless.

A top-tier spiritual root, even in the eyes of the strongest cultivators, is exceedingly rare.

Yet treasures held by figures like Zhenyuanzi and Donghuang Taiyi naturally would never be stolen.

And as for those of weak strength possessing such a top-tier primordial spiritual root, no such case has yet been reported.

"The Five-Needle Pine changes once every five thousand years, requiring fifteen thousand years total to mature, yielding fifty fruits altogether. Any living being that consumes five fruits can gather the power of the Five Elements, master the Five Elements, and break through in one stroke, saving eons of arduous cultivation," Luo Fu said slowly.

This was the general knowledge Luo Fu possessed regarding the Five-Needle Pine.

This is a top-tier spiritual root, no less than the Ginseng Fruit Tree.

Yet because it has not yet reached its time of emergence, the Five-Needle Pine before them appears utterly ordinary, even a weakling might overlook it entirely.

More importantly,

The fruits on the Five-Needle Pine, if consumed before maturity, yield no significant effect.

Thus, even if some unknown creature consumed its fruits, it would likely not realize it had ingested a fruit born of a top-tier primordial spiritual root.

"Yet the fruits currently on the Five-Needle Pine appear to be nearing maturity," Luo Fu's pupils shimmered with divergent Daoist divine light.

He could perceive the overall state of the fruits.

For Luo Fu, having discovered this top-tier spiritual root, he would naturally not abandon it—he would claim the top-tier spiritual root for himself.

Not only is the Five-Needle Pine a top-tier spiritual root capable of suppressing destiny, but its fruits alone could grant Luo Fu a certain breakthrough in strength.

Among all the Holy Ones' lineages, under his Heavenly Dao-level comprehension, rapid breakthroughs via spiritual roots held no great influence over Luo Fu.

What Luo Fu currently lacks are heavenly treasures and earthly essences.

As for stabilizing his foundation, for him, that was an effortless matter.