Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 113: The Innate Twelve-Rank Destruction Black Lotus (Two-in-one chapter, please subscribe)
At this time, the Nine-Headed Feathered Insect just shook its head and saluted Yun Zhongzi and said, "Jiuyu greets Senior Brother Yun Zhongzi!"

"Greetings, Junior Brother Jiuyu." Yun Zhongzi did not dare to be negligent and respectfully returned the greeting to the Nine-headed Feathered Insect.

"Brother, you don't have to pay attention to it. Let's go and choose a palace to settle down first." The Golden Crane Boy glared at the Nine-headed Feathered Insect lightly, reminding it not to be impolite and neglect Yun Zhongzi.

"Thank you, junior brother." Yun Zhongzi nodded quickly and agreed, then followed the Golden Crane and Silver Crane boys into the mountains.

Along the way, I listened to the two of them introducing the many spiritual roots and herbs and various scenic spots in Xuanyang Mountain.

The Nine-Headed Feathered Insect seemed to mutter something, shaking its head as it followed, occasionally interrupting, "Brother, you don't know that in addition to the banana tree and the Fire Tree and Silver Moon spiritual roots in our mountain, there is also an innate spiritual root called the Innate Gourd Vine, which is one of the ten innate spiritual roots in the prehistoric world."

Yun Zhongzi was already amazed when he heard the Golden Crane and Silver Crane boys talking about the banana tree and the fire tree and silver moon spiritual roots.

There are actually several innate spiritual roots in Xuanyang Mountain. No wonder the teacher asked me to leave the fairy apricot in the Yuzhu Cave.

"One of the ten innate spiritual roots in the ancient times!" Yun Zhongzi showed a hint of doubt, obviously he had never heard of such a statement.

Seeing this, the Silver Crane Boy gave a brief introduction. When he mentioned the Xiantian Gourd Vine, he pointed to one side of the mountain and said, "Although that Xiantian Gourd Vine is one of the ten great Xiantian spiritual roots in the prehistoric world, the several Xiantian spiritual gourds it produced have long been picked by a group of great masters."

"This innate spiritual root has been depleted of its spiritual energy. Even though I've been watering it with innate spiritual water, it hasn't been able to fully recover and has never blossomed or borne fruit again."

"Now, there is only one Xiantian Spirit Gourd left on the Xiantian Gourd Vine, and the master has never taken it down."

Innate spiritual water!

Innate spiritual gourd!

Yun Zhongzi was more and more shocked. This innate gourd vine had actually produced several innate spirit gourds, which were picked by a group of powerful people. It must be very precious.

Thinking of this, Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but ask, "Who are these powerful people..."

Before Yun Zhongzi could finish, the Nine-Headed Feathered Insect spoke up, "Besides our master, there are several of his good friends, including the Three Pure Ones in East Kunlun Mountain; Zhen Yuanzi in the Five-Zhuang Temple on Wanshou Mountain; and Red Cloud Immortal in Huoyun Cave."

"In addition, I heard from the master that Dijun and Taiyi in the demon clan's heavenly court also plucked one; and Fuxi and Nuwa, the two demon clan great saints in Fengqi Mountain, also plucked one. Most of them were sacrificed and refined into high-grade innate spiritual treasures or instruments for achieving enlightenment."

Yun Zhongzi counted and found that there were six top-grade innate spiritual treasures and magical instruments for achieving enlightenment. If the innate gourd that the teacher had never taken down was counted, there were a total of seven.

He was shocked to find that there were seven top-grade innate spiritual treasures and magical instruments for achieving enlightenment. Their preciousness was no less than that of his own Four Symbols Pearls.

Yun Zhongzi had a preliminary understanding of how wealthy Li Xuanyang was.

As they were talking, they came to a slightly remote palace.

"Brother, although this palace is a bit remote, it is next to the enlightenment tea tree. The aura of creation nearby is very rich, which is quite beneficial for your daily meditation and qigong practice." The Golden Crane Boy introduced to Yun Zhongzi.

The Nine-Headed Feathered Insect had just mentioned the mysteriousness of the Enlightenment Tea Tree, which had allowed Yun Zhongzi to see the preciousness of the Qi of Creation. He was very grateful and said, "Thank you, three junior brothers!"

"Oh right!" The Golden Crane Boy suddenly slapped his forehead and said with some regret, "I almost forgot to tell you, Senior Brother, that the Primal Chaos Spirit Spring is where the Master usually practices in seclusion. Inside the spring, there's a magical tool that was left behind by a great master I killed in the past. You must not approach it casually."

"Also, if you don't have any protective items, you can ask the master to bestow upon you an innate white jade lotus, and refine it into an innate spiritual treasure to protect you."

"Inside the Primal Chaos Spirit Spring, there are still dozens of innate white jade lotus flowers that have not been picked yet."

Innate white jade lotus!

"Thank you, Junior Brother!" Although Yun Zhongzi was curious about the innate white jade lotus mentioned by the Golden Crane Boy, it could actually be refined into an innate spiritual treasure.

But thinking that his teacher had already bestowed upon him the Four Symbols Beads for protection, he suppressed his curiosity and did not ask any more questions.

On one side of the Chaos Spirit Spring, Li Xuanyang sat cross-legged, his whole body flashing with golden divine light, revealing the three flowers of his primordial spirit. Above the half-acre-sized auspicious cloud, five exquisite spiritual flags emerged, distributed above the three flowers, and hung high in five directions, dropping rays of light.

Among them, the blue lotus treasure flag is hung in the east, the flame flag is hung in the south, the plain cloud flag is hung in the west, the Xuanyuan water control flag is hung in the north, and the Wu Ji apricot yellow flag is hung in the center. The five kinds of divine lights of gold, wood, water, fire and earth converge with each other, showing all kinds of incredible mysteries.

On it, the innate Xuan Yang true fire, which had long since merged with the primordial spirit, was born, covering the five innate five-direction flags, and constantly refining them with the primordial spirit's magic power, alternating between bright and dark.

After just a moment, the Innate Five-Directional Flag suddenly emitted a bright light, as if it had transformed into five huge lotus leaves, gathering the innate spiritual energy, the energy of creation, and the energy of chaos in the air above Xuanyang Mountain. They all fell on the lotus leaves, layer upon layer, closely connected, as if connected to the sky, giving rise to countless five-colored lights.

"This lotus leaf is the body of the Innate Five Directions Flag. It was originally the lotus leaf of the thirty-sixth-grade Chaos Green Lotus." A gleam of light flashed in Li Xuanyang's eyes. He was about to use the method of five directions and five elements conversion to refine the Innate Five Directions Flag as soon as possible.

He saw that the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction in the Chaos Spirit Spring seemed to be attracted by the innate five-direction flag in the three flowers of his primordial spirit. Suddenly, a change occurred, and the entire lotus body floated up and landed above the center of the Chaos Spirit Spring.

Suddenly, divine light became stronger, and countless black lights fell.

It spread out in the Chaos Spirit Spring, covering the other ten or so innate white jade lotuses.

The originally lush innate white jade lotus, when illuminated by the black light, began to emit strands of original energy, converging towards the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction.

"Seize the origin!" Li Xuanyang's eyes focused, and without thinking too much, he waved his sleeves and shot out a golden divine light, which rolled out an innate eighth-grade white jade lotus and an innate fifth-grade white jade lotus from the Chaos Spirit Spring.

After pondering for a moment, Li Xuanyang took out the white jade bottle that the Golden Crane Boy used to store the innate spiritual water, and poured it onto the two innate white jade lotus flowers. He saw that the innate spiritual water was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Fortunately, over the years, the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea would send some innate spiritual water from time to time, and quite a bit of it had been accumulated.

Watered by the innate spiritual water, the brilliance emerging from the two innate white jade lotus flowers became increasingly brighter and gradually began to change. Each of them grew into a grade one, and their appearance became more and more similar to the innate twelfth-grade Pure World White Lotus. One became a ninth-grade flower, and the other became a sixth-grade flower.

Taking a look at the little remaining innate spiritual water, Li Xuanyang put the innate ninth-grade white jade lotus and the white jade bottle into his sleeves, then gently waved the innate sixth-grade white jade lotus, and it turned into a white light and went towards the mountain.

Under the Wudao tea tree, the nine-headed feathered insect squinted its eyes lazily, breathing in the energy of creation. Suddenly, it felt a dazzling white light in front of it. The next moment, it rushed into its brows and disappeared.

Before the Nine-Headed Feathered Insect could panic, it felt a sixth-grade white lotus appear in its soul. It was the innate sixth-grade white jade lotus it had been longing for. It couldn't help but cry out, "Innate sixth-grade white jade lotus!"

"Thank you very much for the reward, master!" The nine-headed feathered insect saluted happily in the direction of the Chaos Spirit Spring.

However, just as the Nine-Headed Feathered Insect stood up, it heard the panicked voice of the Golden Crane Boy not far away, "Why is my innate spiritual water gone?"

Hearing the Nine-Headed Feathered Insect shrink its neck, then its eyes rolled, as if it had thought of something. It smiled towards the direction of the Golden Crane Boy and muttered, "What a shame to yell!"

As if he heard the muttering of the Nine-headed Feathered Insect, the Golden Crane Boy hurried over. He remembered that last time his senior brother Kong Xuan had just come to the mountain, the Silver Crane Boy had used the innate spiritual water to water the innate eighth-grade white jade lotus. He couldn't help but ask about it hurriedly, fearing that the innate spiritual water had been stolen by the Silver Crane Boy.

"Jiuyu, have you seen Senior Brother Yinhe and Yunzhongzi?"

Unexpectedly, just as the voice fell, countless black lights burst out from the sky above the Chaos Spirit Spring, covering the entire Xuanyang Mountain, and there was a tendency for it to spread outside the mountain.

In the depths, an incomplete black lotus appeared, and the lotus body slowly rotated, echoing with the innate five-direction flag in the three flowers of Li Xuanyang's soul.

The next moment, the mountain protection formation started to operate autonomously, and the black and white yin and yang divine light enveloped Xuanyang Mountain, blocking the spreading black light.

"Two Junior Brothers!"

"What's going on?" Yun Zhongzi looked at the black lotus and spiritual flag in the sky, as well as the black light and the innate yin and yang divine light in the sky, with a look of doubt and uncertainty.

He could even faintly sense a breath of destruction emerging, which shook his mind. The trace of merit in his soul could not help but emit strands of golden light, as if it was attracted by the black light and black lotus in the air.

"The master should be refining the spiritual treasure!" There was a hint of doubt in the eyes of the Golden Crane Boy, and he seemed to have forgotten even the matter of the innate spiritual water and the Silver Crane Boy.

Looking at the black lotus in the sky, which seemed very familiar, the Golden Crane Boy said, "This black lotus seems to be from the Chaos Spirit Spring. That magical instrument for enlightenment is called the Innate Twelve-Rank Black Lotus of Destruction."

"The Innate Twelve-Rank Black Lotus of Destruction!" Just by hearing the name of the Black Lotus, Yun Zhongzi could feel that this Black Lotus was extraordinary and was definitely not just an ordinary magical tool for achieving enlightenment.

At this time, in the chaotic spiritual spring, the luster of dozens of innate white jade lotus flowers gradually dimmed, and the lotus stems, lotus leaves, and petals on the lotus bodies slowly dried up and fell off.

Even the water in the Chaos Spirit Spring was visibly decreasing, and the innate spiritual energy, the energy of creation, and the energy of chaos in Xuanyang Mountain were almost all devoured by the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction, even the scattered essence of the stars in the sky.

If it weren't for the innate Yin-Yang formation blocking it, I'm afraid this innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction would have to gather the innate spiritual energy in the surrounding sea, and even attract the essence of countless stars in the sky.

At this time, the cracks on the body of the Innate Twelve-Rank Destruction Black Lotus actually showed signs of healing.

"Such a transformation!" Li Xuanyang pointed at the Three Flowers of the Primordial Spirit and summoned the Chaos Pearl, the supreme treasure of Chaos. It transformed into a beam of light and descended into the sky above Xuanyang Mountain, emitting boundless chaotic energy that madly surged towards the Innate Twelve-Rank Black Lotus of Destruction. As for how much of it could be recovered in the end, Li Xuanyang had no idea.

After all, this innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction was too broken. Not only was the lotus body covered with dense cracks, but it was even missing the third-grade lotus body.

The five innate five-direction flags not far away seemed to sense a hint of threat, and the five innate divine lights of gold, wood, water, fire and earth became brighter, blocking the black light that was spreading.

At this time, above the three flowers of Li Xuanyang's soul, the innate twelve-grade pure world white lotus, the innate twelve-grade reincarnation purple lotus, the treasure lotus lamp, the marriage book and red thread, and the book of the underworld all appeared, each emitting a ray of light.

For a moment, all kinds of divine lights were clearly visible in the sky above Xuanyang Mountain.

If you look closely, it is not difficult to find that the brilliance of the five innate five-direction flags is the strongest, and the other innate spiritual treasures are almost the same, only the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction is slightly dimmer.

"The White Lotus of Purification, the Purple Lotus of Samsara, and the Black Lotus of Destruction are all innate twelve-grade lotuses."

"The other several innate spiritual treasures were also transformed from the thirty-sixth-grade Chaos Green Lotus." Li Xuanyang looked at the strange phenomenon caused by the innate five-direction flag and the innate twelve-grade destructive black lotus, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"There is indeed a connection between these innate spiritual treasures that share the same origin."

However, innate spiritual treasures with the same origin have always been rare.

Even with Li Xuanyang's wealth, he only has five innate five-direction flags, which can be considered to be of the same origin. The rest are either from the same root or from the same origin, and are different.

"Now it depends on whether the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction can recover its ninth-grade lotus body!" Li Xuanyang said lightly.

To complete the missing third-grade lotus body, the dozens of innate white jade lotus flowers in the Chaos Spirit Spring are not enough.

Unless you can find the lotus body of the innate twelve-grade golden lotus of merit and the innate twelve-grade red lotus of karma fire, or the innate ninth-grade lotus cultivated from the lotus seeds of the two, you can also try one or two.

As time slowly passed, the origin of the innate white jade lotus in the Chaos Spirit Spring was almost lost. Even the innate spiritual energy in Xuanyang Mountain became scarce, and the energy of creation and spring water were almost completely swallowed up.

Only the Chaos Pearl still exudes endless chaotic energy.

The cracks on the Innate Twelve-Rank Destruction Black Lotus had obviously healed a little, and the radiance emanating from it became even stronger, its spirituality far surpassing that of before.

"It seems that I need to cultivate a few more innate lotus flowers." Li Xuanyang waved his hand and took the Chaos Pearl back into the three flowers of the Yuanshen. He also put the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction into the Chaos Pearl and nurtured it with the energy of chaos to prevent it from consuming all the innate spiritual energy in Xuanyang Mountain.

Then, he threw the white jade lotus seeds picked over the years and several lotus seeds of the innate twelve-grade reincarnation purple lotus into the Chaos Spirit Spring, planted them with the spring water, and cultivated the innate lotus.

However, just as Li Xuanyang put the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction into the Chaos Pearl, he saw a black light, carrying bursts of demonic energy, rushing out from the depths of the Chaos Pearl and transforming into a pitch-black demonic tower. The tower had nine floors, and each floor was spewing out endless demonic energy.

Fortunately, this place is located inside the Chaos Pearl. As soon as these evil spirits gushed out, they were corroded and assimilated by the chaotic energy, without even causing a ripple.

"I almost forgot about you." Looking at the Nine Demon Tower in front of him, Li Xuanyang frowned slightly, "Where did Taoist Zhunti find the Nine Demon Tower?"

"In the past, during the battle between Dao and Demon, Demon Ancestor Luohou was defeated. Many of his spiritual treasures were either collected by Dao Ancestor Hongjun afterwards, or, like the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction, became dilapidated or even completely shattered long ago."

"But this Nine Demon Tower is clearly intact and has not suffered any damage at all."

The more Li Xuanyang thought about it, the more confused he became. Not to mention, this Nine Demon Tower originally belonged to the Demon Ancestor Rāhu.

There are almost no places with strong demonic energy on the ancient land, so it is difficult to produce such spiritual treasures containing endless demonic energy.

Unless it is the Nine Netherworld!
Li Xuanyang didn't know much about the Nine Netherworld, and had never been there. He only knew that the Nine Netherworld was located deep in the Netherworld and was the birthplace of the Witch Clan. It was even more dangerous than the Netherworld Blood Sea.

"If you have the chance, you can visit Zhulong and ask about the Nine Netherworld."

First, the Azure Dragon guarded the Easternmost Land, and now the Candle Dragon sits in charge of the East China Sea. It seems that the dragon clan is very familiar with the Netherworld and the Nine Netherworlds.

Li Xuanyang waved his hand to put away the Nine Demon Tower, suppressed it with the innate twelfth-grade Pure World White Lotus, returned to the side of the Chaos Spirit Spring, put the Chaos Pearl into the three flowers of the Yuanshen, and continued to refine the Northern Xuanyuan Water Control Flag and the other three innate five-direction flags.

Seeing that the strange vision in the sky disappeared and the innate Yin-Yang formation stopped working, the Golden Crane Boy hurried over with Yun Zhongzi.

"Master, it's bad. The innate spiritual water in our mountain has disappeared!" The Golden Crane Boy said to Li Xuanyang anxiously with a bitter face.

Li Xuanyang couldn't help but smile and said, "Well, the innate spiritual water was brought by the master to water the innate white jade lotus in the spiritual spring. There's no need to worry."

Upon hearing that it was taken away by his master, Golden Crane Boy immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it was not stolen by Silver Crane Boy, it would be fine.

But when the Golden Crane Boy saw that the Chaos Spirit Spring had become empty, there was no innate white jade lotus. Even the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction had disappeared. There was only a shallow layer of spring water left.

However, there seemed to be quite a few white jade lotus seeds scattered at the bottom of the spring.

Li Xuanyang glanced at the Golden Crane Boy and said, "If you two have nothing else to do, please go down."

"I have a question, could you please enlighten me, Master?" Yun Zhongzi asked hurriedly, "I just heard Junior Brother Jin He and Junior Brother Jiu Yu discussing the innate white jade lotus in the Chaos Spirit Spring and the innate spiritual gourd produced by the innate gourd vine. It seems that both can be refined into innate spiritual treasures!"

"But I've heard that innate spiritual treasures are not created through sacrifice and refinement, but are conceived from the beginning?"

"Could it be that the teacher knows how to sacrifice and refine innate spiritual treasures?"

Yun Zhongzi's question made Li Xuanyang chuckle and said, "Innate spiritual treasures are indeed born from the beginning, and cannot be refined later."

"But this innate white jade lotus is different from the innate spiritual gourd. It is naturally able to enter the innate number and contains innate spiritual light or innate laws. It is a self-contained innate spiritual object and cannot be compared with innate spiritual materials. This is why it can be sacrificed and refined into an innate spiritual treasure."

Having said this, Li Xuanyang seemed to glance at the Golden Crane Boy, and the Golden Crane Boy shrank his neck in fear.

Li Xuanyang continued, "That Xiantian Gourd Vine is one of the ten great Xiantian spiritual roots in the prehistoric world. There's no other such root in the entire prehistoric world. There's no need to say more."

"The Xiantian White Jade Lotus is cultivated from the seeds of the Xiantian Twelve-Rank Pure World White Lotus, the spring water from the Chaos Spirit Spring, and the essence of the Chaos Qi. After a long period of gestation, it is naturally the embryo of an Xiantian Spiritual Treasure. Therefore, a little bit of ritual refining and nurturing can transform it into an Xiantian Spiritual Treasure."

To put it simply, most innate spiritual objects are born as embryos of innate spiritual treasures, so they can be transformed into innate spiritual treasures with a little bit of sacrifice and refinement.

Innate spiritual materials are only spiritual materials that have entered the innate number. They need to be refined and purified with true fire. They are inevitably contaminated by acquired energy and cannot be refined into true innate spiritual treasures.

"The lotus seeds of this innate twelfth-grade Pure World White Lotus are much more precious than some innate spiritual treasures of slightly lower quality."

"In the entire prehistoric world, only the lotus seeds of my master's 12th-grade Pure World White Lotus and 12th-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus, as well as the lotus seeds of the 12th-grade Merit Golden Lotus and 12th-grade Karma Fire Red Lotus, possess such mysteries."

The innate twelve-grade green lotus of creation has long since become the magical tool for the Three Pure Ones to achieve enlightenment.

The innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction is incomplete, and over the years, it has never produced lotus seeds.

Hearing Li Xuanyang's words, Yun Zhongzi's heart moved, and he couldn't help but ask, "If we use innate spiritual materials and innate spiritual light, plus innate laws, can we not refine innate spiritual treasures?"

These words made the corner of Jinhe Tongzi's mouth twitch, and he secretly said, "Senior Brother Yun Zhongzi is really bold. If he can really sacrifice and refine an innate spiritual treasure."

Nowadays, in the ancient times, innate spiritual treasures would not be so precious.

Li Xuanyang nodded slightly and said with a smile: "If I were to perform the ritual as you said, I would at most be able to create a magical instrument for enlightenment. It cannot be considered an innate spiritual treasure and cannot be considered an innate number."

Li Xuanyang's magical tool for achieving enlightenment, the Innate Yin and Yang Divine Diagram, was made by refining the innate energy and innate laws. It can be considered to be between the innate and the acquired, but it is still not an innate spiritual treasure and cannot be counted as an innate treasure.

"The most important thing about an innate spiritual treasure is the word 'innate'. Even if you use innate spiritual materials and innate energy, innate laws and innate spiritual fire to make sacrifices, it still cannot reach the level of innate."

"Otherwise, the innate spiritual treasure would not be so precious."

Li Xuanyang suddenly paused and continued, "However, with fifty Daos and forty-nine Tianyan, it is not impossible to sacrifice and refine a true innate spiritual treasure. For example, the legendary Qiankun Ding can reverse the innate and transform an acquired spiritual treasure into an innate spiritual treasure."

"Qiankun Ding!" A hint of heat flashed in Yun Zhongzi's eyes, and he remembered the name of Qiankun Ding firmly in his heart.

Seeing this, Li Xuanyang warned, "Don't be obsessed with refining innate spiritual treasures. When you reach the same level of cultivation as me, those ordinary innate spiritual treasures will not be as useful as the acquired spiritual treasures you refine yourself."

"Besides, the Qiankun Cauldron has not yet been unveiled. Even I, the master, have never seen it."

(End of this chapter)