Primordial Era: I, Ksitigarbha, shall be the Supreme Being of the Primordial Era.

"Alright, my disciple, stop thinking about it. No matter how difficult the cause is, there must be a solution. You are blessed with good fortune, and you will find a solution in the future."

The Guide patted Ksitigarbha on the shoulder and said in a deep voice.

Ksitigarbha nodded upon hearing this, indicating that he understood.

Then, the Guide took out two lumps of spiritual liquid and handed them to Ksitigarbha, saying, "This is the spiritual liquid left after the peaches of immortality and the innate pure yang lingzhi mushroom have had their original energy removed. Although it is not as effective as the peaches of immortality and the innate pure yang lingzhi mushroom, it is still a treasure. You can take it and use it in your daily cultivation to improve your cultivation and stabilize your primordial spirit!"

Ksitigarbha accepted the two balls of spiritual liquid and was about to put them away when the Guide's voice came again.

"You could put it inside your gourd; perhaps it would produce other changes!"

Upon hearing this, Ksitigarbha took out the gourd, but since the gourd was a single piece, he didn't know where to put it.

The guiding Taoist chuckled, "Disciple, you're too attached to appearances. This gourd is a magical treasure. When activated with your magic power, it will naturally change according to your will. However, it is not yet mature, so remember, you must not refine it yet!"

"Yes, Master!"

Following the instructions of the Guide, Ksitigarbha channeled his magical power into the green gourd. A flash of light appeared, and the gourd transformed automatically, with the dragon head turning into a stopper.

Ksitigarbha removed the stopper and put both globs of spiritual liquid into the gourd. The gourd seemed to be a bottomless pit, sucking in everything without the slightest resistance.

After the stopper was put back on, the gourd flashed with light and returned to its original state, which amazed Ksitigarbha.

He pondered his past life memories, but could not recall the origin of the gourd.

Indeed, all he remembered was that the gourds that grew from the innate gourd vine each had their own owner, and the gourds that did not mature eventually withered and died.

All I can say is that I didn't read enough novels in my past life!

After putting away the gourd, Jieyin took the opportunity to preach to Ksitigarbha.

"My disciple, you have now reached the Perfection of True Immortal. The next step is to break through to Profound Immortal. The Profound Immortal is mysterious beyond mystery, transforming the body into law. The path of True Immortal lies in understanding the Dao, while the path of Profound Immortal lies in entering the Dao..."

When the Daoist Master Jieyin preached, he did not only talk about the general direction and leave the rest to Ksitigarbha to understand. Instead, he explained the differences between the Mysterious Immortal and the True Immortal in a simple and easy-to-understand way, so that Ksitigarbha could understand where the path was and pointed out the direction.

Upon hearing the Dao, Ksitigarbha couldn't help but sway his body in sync with the sermon of the Guide.

This is precisely the manifestation of "the superior man, upon hearing of the Way, rejoices and delights in practicing it".

The sermons continued for hundreds of years, and the Daoist Zhunti had long since returned to Mount Sumeru. However, seeing his senior brother sermoning to his disciple, he did not disturb him and waited patiently by the side.

After the guide finished his sermon, Ksitigarbha awoke from the sermon, and Zhunti Daoist cheerfully said, "Senior Brother's cultivation is becoming increasingly profound, and his sermons are both insightful and easy to understand. Junior Brother has learned a great deal!"

The guide nodded with a smile.

Ksitigarbha, beaming with joy, bowed to the Daoist Zhunti and said, "This disciple was unaware of the return of our Second Master and was unable to greet you from afar. I hope our Second Masters will not be offended!"

"No wonder, no wonder! Haha, my disciple Ksitigarbha has made rapid progress in his cultivation while I was away. I am overjoyed to see this!"

"It's all thanks to your help, Master; otherwise, I'm afraid I'd still be stuck in the same place!"

Ksitigarbha scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, exuding a youthful spirit.

"Haha, very good. I always felt that my disciple Ksitigarbha was mature beyond his years, but now he looks even more pleasing to his master!"

Since you're just starting out on the path, with your senior brothers and me to support you, you don't need to be on edge all the time!

You've only been in human form for a few thousand years. Enjoy yourself when it's time to do so. Cultivation isn't something that can be achieved overnight!

Ksitigarbha pursed his lips, bowed deeply to the Daoist Cundi, and said, "Your disciple will humbly follow your master's teachings!"

"You're just too rigid. My senior brother and I aren't people who pay much attention to etiquette. There's no need for that in front of us!"

Upon hearing this, Ksitigarbha turned to look at the Guide, who smiled and nodded, clearly agreeing with what the Cundi Daoist said.

"Disciple understands, Master!"

Seeing this, Ksitigarbha smiled with relief, "Second Master, did you gain anything from your trip to the East?"

Seeing that the Guide Daoist had also turned to look at him, Zhunti laughed and took off the bulging Qiankun bag from his waist and gave it to the Guide Daoist.

"This time, we've truly reaped a bountiful harvest! The East is indeed blessed with extraordinary talents and treasures!"

Upon hearing this, the Guide opened his Qiankun Bag, and all sorts of spiritual trees, flowers, birds, beasts, soil, and minerals poured out of it like rivers.

The entire summit of Mount Sumeru was instantly filled with various kinds of spiritual light.

The Guide and Ksitigarbha stared in disbelief at the countless spiritual beings filling the sky, their hearts filled with astonishment.

"Junior brother, have you searched the entire eastern land?"

"Yes, Second Master, with so many spiritual creatures, how many blessed lands did you rob?"

Seeing the shocked expressions on his senior brother's and the local deity's faces, Zhunti felt that his trip had been absolutely worthwhile.

"This is nothing. I've only taken over a dozen spiritual mountains. Compared to the vast East, it's just a drop in the ocean!"

"Moreover, these things are not good at all; the good things are all in my Pot Heaven."

As he spoke, Zhunti summoned the Seven Treasures Tree to seal off Mount Sumeru, and then used the Pot Heaven Technique.

With a flick of his sleeve, dozens of scattered spiritual lights shot out.

Fortunately, Master Zhunti had taken precautions in advance; otherwise, these spiritual creatures would have surely escaped.

Ksitigarbha stared in disbelief at the spiritual light colliding with the protective spiritual barrier. Although most of them were low-grade innate spiritual objects, Mount Sumeru was poor, and the West was poor.

Even low-grade innate spiritual objects are treasures to them!

Moreover, judging from the spiritual light emitted by some of these spiritual objects, four or five of them have reached the mid-grade innate level, and there are also two high-grade ones.

Both Ksitigarbha and the Guide suddenly felt a strong urge: "Go to the East! We must go to the East again if we have the chance!"

If Zhunti knew what the two were thinking at that moment, he would definitely agree wholeheartedly!

The land of the East is the hope for the great prosperity of the West!

Leaving those aside for now, we see Daoist Zhunti waving his hand to take over the two high-grade items.

It consisted of two top-grade innate spiritual treasures, a string of beads, and a spiritual tree.

"These two items are my greatest gains from this trip to the West: a top-grade innate spiritual treasure rosary and a top-grade innate spiritual root, the Twin Sal Trees!"

"I will give these prayer beads to my senior brother as a protective charm."

Jieyin accepted the bag without offering thanks, just as he had done when he handed the Qiankun Bag to Zhunti.

The bond between the two is far beyond what these external things can affect.

"As for these twin Sal trees, they are quite extraordinary. Cultivating under them can calm the mind, enhance understanding, and dispel inner demons."

Moreover, although this tree bears no fruit, it blooms once every 30,000 years, with nine flowers blooming each time. Consuming these flowers is said to have the effect of reviving the soul and achieving nirvana!

I intend to plant it on my Mount Sumeru and take good care of it; it will be of great use in the future!

After listening to the introduction by Daoist Zhunti, Daoist Jieyin expressed his agreement and then put it away, planning to choose a suitable place with Daoist Zhunti to plant it later.

After mentioning the two superior spiritual items, Zhunti took down a bracelet-shaped spiritual treasure from the sky and handed it to Dizang.

"This item is called the Golden Hoop, and it is a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure."

When I found it, it had already developed sentience, but I extinguished it. I suspect this treasure has the effect of trapping enemies, so I'm giving it to you for protection!

Ksitigarbha took the golden headband, played with it in his palm for a couple of moments, and then put it away.

The remaining spiritual items were mostly spiritual roots, spiritual stones, and spiritual ores. After the two masters of the Ksitigarbha Sect carefully sorted them out, they were given the task of deciding where to place these spiritual items.