Chapter 288

An ancient primordial spiritual root grew in the void, its roots merging into the void as if drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

On this ancient tree, one could see countless strands of power entwined with the laws of the Dao.

Earth, wood, water, fire, metal—there were five such forces of the Dao, known as the Five Elements.

This spiritual root was none other than the top-tier spiritual root: Five-Needle Pine.

When Luo Fu cultivated within his own miniature world, he transplanted the Five-Needle Pine here to grow.

Having fully assimilated the Five-Needle Pine, Luo Fu could naturally estimate that its fruit would ripen soon.

Precisely for this reason.

Luo Fu naturally wished to use the growth of the Five-Needle Pine's fruit to break through his Taiyi Jin Xian cultivation base.

When Luo Fu truly broke through to Taiyi and became a Daluo powerhouse.

Even the demon realm's Heavenly Emperor and others, Luo Fu declared, he would no longer need to overly worry about.

Several months later.

"Hummm… hummm… hummm…"

The Five-Needle Pine standing in the void emitted brilliant light, as countless forces of the Dao's laws flooded into the fruits hanging upon it.

Those were the fruits of the Five-Needle Pine.

Dense and numerous, there were exactly fifty in total.

The forces of earth, wood, water, fire, and metal were embodied within these fruits.

For ordinary beings, obtaining five of these fruits would be enough to comprehend the Five Elements' laws and shorten eons of arduous cultivation.

Of course, this applied to ordinary Primordial World beings.

The lifespan of Primordial World beings was, under normal circumstances, extraordinarily long.

Reducing eons of cultivation was an immensely precious treasure.

But for Luo Fu, even though these were fruits of a top-tier spiritual root, they could not spare him eons of cultivation.

Possessing Dao-level comprehension, Luo Fu's strength steadily increased even without any legendary treasures.

In eons, he would have long since become a Dao-level powerhouse.

What need did he have for legendary treasures?

But regardless.

For Luo Fu, currently at only Taiyi Jin Xian strength, the Five-Needle Pine's fruits still held definite utility.

At the very least, they could shorten the time needed for him to break through to Daluo Jin Xian.

"Boom—boom—boom…"

Heaven and earth roared; the fruits on the Five-Needle Pine glowed red, gold, green, earthy tones—these were the residual waves of power released by the Five Elements' laws.

If this were in the outside world, such a transformation of the Five-Needle Pine would have long drawn the attention of surrounding beings.

Just like the demon god Jiuying before, who, upon seeing the light emitted by a top-tier spiritual root, directly demanded it from Luo Fu.

In the end, that demon god Jiuying paid the price for his arrogance.

It could only be said that in the Primordial World, the strong preyed upon the weak; Jiuying saw Luo Fu's strength was only Taiyi Jin Xian and sought to seize the spiritual root through absolute power.

Now, Luo Fu sought to avoid such a situation.

Only when his strength broke through this time would he appear before the world again.

"It's ripening."

Luo Fu, immersed in cultivation, opened his eyes and watched the changes in the Five-Needle Pine nearby.

As the master who had assimilated the Five-Needle Pine, Luo Fu naturally sensed the fruits slowly ripening upon it.

Energy from countless fruits gathered continuously.

The Five Elements' forces merged into this primordial spiritual root in unique ways.

This was the sign that the Five-Needle Pine's fruits were about to ripen.

After this ripening,

the Five-Needle Pine would require a long time before bearing fruit again.

Moreover, the fruits of the Five-Needle Pine were best used the first time; repeated use would yield diminishing returns.

It could only be said that the fruits of the Five-Needle Pine had certain limitations.

They could not enable limitless growth of one's strength.

"Ding…"

At one moment, the fruits on the Five-Needle Pine emitted crisp ringing sounds; the fifty fruits collided with each other, then fell one by one from the branches.

"This is it." Watching the fifty fruits fall, Luo Fu laughed aloud and reached his hand into the void.

The fifty fruits flew toward Luo Fu.

In truth, the fruits struggled—but under Luo Fu's current power, and since he was the master of the Five-Needle Pine spiritual root,

the fruits offered no further resistance.

"It's time to break through." Luo Fu's eyes burned as he stared at the fruits before him, seeing various colors interweaving into five distinct hues.

This was, indeed, the Five Elements Fruit of the Five-Needle Pine.

"Then let's try."

Thinking this, Luo Fu did not hesitate—he reached out and seized one crimson-red fruit.

It was the fruit formed from the fusion of the Fire Dao.

Picking up the red fruit, Luo Fu took a light bite; juice flowed from it, tasting strangely profound—no wonder it was a top-tier spiritual root's fruit.

At least in flavor, it was unquestionable.

It was like the Peaches of Immortality or the ginseng fruit Luo Fu knew of—future histories would surely say their taste was excellent too.

The five-needle pine fruit formed by the Great Dao of Fire before his eyes melted on his tongue into an exquisite flavor.

At the same time.

Luo Fu could also feel astonishing spiritual energy erupting within his body, while at the same time the power of the Great Dao of Fire began to surge through him.

One had to remember that previously, Luo Fu's comprehension of the Great Dao of Fire had not been deep.

Now, all manner of profound mysteries of this Dao surfaced one by one, being rapidly absorbed by Luo Fu with his Heaven-Dao-level aptitude.

Then, without hesitation, Luo Fu continued to swallow the other four colored fruits.

Each fruit contained astonishing spiritual energy as well as the laws of the Five Elements Great Dao.

When the five fruits imbued with the Great Dao were swallowed into Luo Fu's body.

The energy within Luo Fu's body erupted once again in a tsunami-like surge, endlessly bursting forth.

For an ordinary person, this force of spiritual energy would cause grave injuries.

But given Luo Fu's current attainment of the Dao through his physical body, even the eruption of energy from the five-needle pine fruit could not harm him in the slightest.

"Metal, wood, water, fire, earth — the Great Dao of the Five Elements…"

With his Heaven-Dao-level aptitude, Luo Fu's comprehension of the Great Dao of the Five Elements was advancing at a startling pace.

One could see the laws of the Five Elements radiating from Luo Fu's body also growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This patch of small world was instantly drowned in the energy of the Five Elements Great Dao's laws.

At a certain moment.

"Yin and yang give birth to the Five Elements; the Five Elements transform into yin and yang…"

"Boom—"

Heaven and earth thundered; the Great Dao of Yin and Yang manifested across the heavens and earth, followed immediately by the laws of the Five Elements Great Dao.

"Saint Tongtian Sword Dao, fifth stance — Chaos…"