Thirty thousand years remained before Dao Ancestor Hongjun's sermon at Zixiao Palace was set to begin.
Over the past ten thousand years, Xuanjian had completely refined all the restrictions of the Money-Shaking Gold Tree.
Just like the Treasure-Gathering Gold Basin, all forty-eight Innate restrictions were fully refined, leaving the Money-Shaking Gold Tree without the slightest resistance toward Xuanjian!
With this, all Three Treasures of Commerce in Honghuang had been gathered by Xuanjian.
As long as he had enough starting capital, Xuanjian could immediately swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao and establish Honghuang's very first merchant guild!
“The Three Treasures of Commerce are assembled. However, because of my previous cultivation of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, my reserves of heavenly materials and earthly treasures were largely consumed. My current capital reserves are severely lacking. I must collect as many Innate treasures as possible before the various Innate Sacred Beings pluck every last blade of grass in Honghuang,” Xuanjian thought to himself.
At this thought, Xuanjian could not help but recall how wealthy the Dragon Clan's vault was!
Within it, precious aura swirled and spiritual light dazzled. Innate treasures of every kind were readily available, while Acquired treasures, spiritual flora, and rare curios were measured by “mountains”—enough to blind any Innate Sacred Being with their brilliance.
And that was merely the vault of the Dragon Clan of a single sea.
If he did not wish to tangle himself in excessive karma, Xuanjian would have loved to plunder the Dragon Clan himself.
Shaking his head to toss these random thoughts aside, Xuanjian began formulating his first plan!
“First! I must prove my Dao and become a Daluo Golden Immortal within twenty thousand years!
“Second! After attaining Daluo, Dao Ancestor's first sermon at Zixiao Palace will be starting soon. Honghuang will then undergo a three-thousand-year period completely empty of Innate Sacred Beings. I can take advantage of this time to sweep up most of the treasures across Honghuang!
“For efficiency's sake, I can ask the Wu tribe for help when necessary.”
As a transmigrator, Xuanjian knew the locations of countless treasures off the top of his head.
For example, one of the Ten Great Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Roots growing within Mount Zhou—the Innate Gourd Vine!
This spiritual root was extraordinary.
The seven gourds borne on the vine were each spiritual treasure embryos. With a bit of refinement, they could become Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures!
In particular, the seventh gourd was purplish-black as ink, dark without light, harboring a small chaotic world within itself. It formed an independent realm with all-encompassing laws, containing various Great Dao laws like Time-Space, Yin-Yang, Five Elements, Qiankun, and Destiny. It could evolve the scenery of primal chaos and possessed the power to refine all creation—it was truly terrifying!
This seventh purplish-black gourd could be described as a Supreme Treasure embryo!
With just a little polish and refinement, it could become an Innate Treasure!
Precisely because the purplish-black gourd was too terrifying, no one managed to obtain it in the end. Instead, Haotian, descending by decree, carried it back to Zixiao Palace.
Falling into the hands of Dao Ancestor Hongjun!
But!
This time!
Xuanjian declared!
This Supreme Treasure embryo was his!
Unsatisfied? Let the Dao Ancestor come down and clash with him!
With 【Fifty-Fifty with Anyone】 in hand, while Xuanjian was wary of the Dao Ancestor, he was truly not afraid!
For the sake of an Innate Treasure... it was worth it!
Of course, aside from the seven gourds—bearing six spiritual treasure embryos and one Supreme Treasure embryo—the Innate Gourd Vine itself was no ordinary item.
In the future, this Innate Gourd Vine would fall into Nuwa's hands and become the Human-Creating Whip, stained with the merit of creating humanity and becoming a Top-Grade Acquired Merit Spiritual Treasure!
It was truly extraordinary.
Besides the Innate Gourd Vine, there was another Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root—though not ranked among the Ten Greats—the Innate Four Elements Plantain Tree!
This tree possessed four plantain leaves, each representing one of the four Great Dao laws: Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire!
They were also four spiritual treasure embryos.
And there were the Innate Yin-Yang Flood Dragons roaming the Eastern Sea, the raw materials for the divine slaughter weapon of the Investiture of the Gods, the Golden Dragon Scissors.
All in all, once the Innate Sacred Beings left to attend the sermon, Xuanjian was going to do a grand sweep!
However, the top priority right now was to prove his Dao and become a Daluo Golden Immortal.
With that in mind, once Xuanjian finished making his plans, he began preparing to achieve the Daluo Golden Immortal realm!
In truth, while refining the Innate restrictions of the Money-Shaking Gold Tree, Xuanjian had not stopped observing and comprehending the tree's source power for even a single moment.
He had benefited immensely, his comprehension of the Law of Commerce surpassing fifty percent!
Next, all Xuanjian needed to do was gather his infinite timelines, bloom the Three Flowers atop his head, and condense his Daluo Dao Fruit to attest his Dao to heaven and earth.
It sounded complex, and in reality, it was not simple in the slightest.
In Honghuang, only a Daluo was qualified to take a seat at the table.
From this, one could see the true weight of a Daluo Golden Immortal.
Xuanjian took out a teapot made of Innate white jade, placed about a dozen Dahongpao tea leaves inside, and drew water from a spiritual spring to brew tea. A faint tea aroma drifted forth, refreshing the heart, clearing the mind, and clarifying one's true nature.
Xuanjian drank it.
The tea tasted slightly bitter and astringent upon entry, but a sweet aftertaste quickly bloomed, leaving lingering fragrance between his teeth and invigorating his mind.
Nourished by the Dahongpao tea, Xuanjian felt his chaotic thoughts settle into peace. His spiritual platform grew clear, his Dao Heart stabilized, and his comprehension gradually expanded.
This was the magical utility of the Dahongpao tea leaves.
It stabilized the mind and true self while temporarily boosting comprehension.
It was a fine aid for cultivation.
With the assistance of the Dahongpao tea, Xuanjian quickly entered a meditative state.
He began cultivating.
Gathering all of his own timelines.
This process was exceedingly long and drawn-out.
Five thousand years.
Ten thousand years.
Less than ten thousand years remained until Dao Ancestor Hongjun's sermon.
Numerous Taiyi and Daluo across Honghuang set out one after another, departing early for Zixiao Palace in Beyond-Heaven.
A Saint's sermon was a grand occasion and opportunity where earlier was always better.
If one arrived late and missed it, there would be nowhere left to weep.
Thus, during the following period, countless Taiyi and Daluo emerged. Moving in unison, they shot straight into the high heavens, traversed the Taigu Star Sea, and arrived at the boundary between the star sea and Beyond-Heaven.
On the eastern continent, along the main mountain range of Kunlun, three clear qis floated inside Yuxu Palace on the eastern side, manifesting into three Daoists of different ages.
The Daoist in the center had white hair and a white beard, an old man with transcendent immortal posture, holding a whisk with an indifferent expression on his face.
The Daoist on the right had stern features, a middle-aged man who rarely smiled, holding a cyan jade ruyi in his arms, exuding natural majesty without anger.
The Daoist on the left had sharp brows and bright eyes, a young man brimming with vigor, carrying a cyan longsword in his arms with an unknown spiritual herb hanging from his mouth, uninhibited and untamed.
Without exception, all three Daoists were Daluo Golden Immortals!
“This grand gathering, foretold so long ago, has finally begun.”
The young Daoist on the left said with great interest, “Two elder brothers, let us depart.”
“Good.”
“Mm.”
High above in the vault of heaven, on the Solar Star, two sky-shading, majestic divine birds enveloped in boundless true fire charged out of the Solar Star, heading straight into the Taigu Star Sea.
On the neighboring cold Lunar Star, two beams of moonlight shot forth, transforming into two moon discs—one crescent and one full—within which two graceful figures could be vaguely seen.
Near Mount Zhou, there was a blessed cave-heaven named Fengqi. Two figures, a man and a woman, stepped onto an ancient, desolate cauldron and headed toward Zixiao Palace.
In the Sea of Beiming, a great fish leaped from the water, transforming into a Peng bird that spiraled upward nine hundred billion li.
In the Netherworld Blood Sea, a young man in a red robe with an eerily handsome and feminine appearance departed atop a red lotus.
Wuzhuang Temple.
Western Kunlun.
Yingzhou Island.
Mount Xumi in the West.
Figures emerged from these places and more, all heading for the exact same destination.
Beyond-Heaven, Zixiao Palace!
Their purpose: to listen to the Saint preach the Great Dao!
However, none of this had anything to do with Xuanjian.
He... was about to prove his Dao!
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