Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

While resisting the oppressive aura emanating from the Vermilion Bird, Huanglong said softly, "So this secret is just a bonus!"

He paused, then gave Zhuque a mocking look: "Otherwise, with just this secret, I could take half of the Phoenix Clan's remaining resources."

Although Huang Long was certain that this would happen, he still left himself a way out.

Don't speak too definitively, especially about things that haven't happened yet.

After a long while, Zhuque slowly withdrew his aura and sat back down on the futon.

She closed her eyes, her breathing gradually calmed down, and when she opened them again, her eyes had regained their usual depth.

"Come with me," Zhuque gently raised her hand, and crimson-gold spiritual light surged, revealing complex Dao patterns.

Dao patterns intertwined, and ripples spread out in the void, revealing a light gate flowing with crimson-gold flame patterns before Huanglong's eyes.

Vermilion Bird took the lead and stepped into the gate of light!

Huanglong followed closely behind, and his eyes lit up as he entered the treasure vault.

The Phoenix Clan's Treasure Vault is located deep within the trunk of this innate top-grade parasol tree, an independent space carved out from the main trunk!

This space is extremely vast, and the land is covered with mountains formed by fire-attribute divine materials.

Dozens of orbs of light hung in the sky like stars.

The orbs of light varied in size and color, radiating varying degrees of precious light and Daoist charm.

Further away, Huanglong also sensed spiritual roots emanating a rich life force.

Zhuque stopped, looked at Huanglong, and said softly, "Most of my clan's treasures have been consumed over the long years, and what remains are mostly fire-attribute spiritual materials."

Huanglong knew that Zhuque was not lying; many of his clansmen were being suppressed in the Undying Volcano, which required a massive amount of innate spiritual materials!

Besides fire-attribute spiritual materials, there are no other products in this immortal volcano. Therefore, most of the spiritual materials accumulated by the Phoenix Clan are fire-attribute.

With a wave of his hand, Zhuque took a tower-shaped, low-grade innate spiritual treasure from the sky into his hand.

With another wave of his hand, mountains composed of innate spiritual materials transformed into several red-glowing spiritual rivers that rose from the earth and converged on the pagoda in the Vermilion Bird's hand.

After a long while, half of the countless treasure mountains on the earth disappeared.

Zhuque tossed the low-grade innate pagoda to Huanglong!

Then, with a wave of its hand, the ball of light hanging high in the sky transformed into nine streams of light, landing beside the Yellow Dragon.

Three of them exuded an aura that clearly reached the mid-grade of the Innate Realm.

The dragon glanced at the three innate spiritual treasures, then looked up at the other floating orbs of light.

Following Huanglong's gaze, Zhuque looked at the ball of light floating in the sky, thinking that Huanglong had seen the Phoenix Clan's treasure trove, and was once again filled with greed.

"Young friend, the deal is done. Put away your magical treasure and leave."

After searching through all the orbs of light in the sky, they were unable to find any trace of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl.

Seeing the Vermilion Bird's displeased expression, Huang Long could only ask softly, "Senior, could you please exchange it for a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure?"

Zhuque frowned: "What does this young friend desire?"

"The Sea-Stabilizing Pearl!"

Suzaku was taken aback!

The Sea-Stabilizing Pearl? A water-attribute innate spiritual treasure?

Zhuque was taken aback, then remembered that the Dragon Clan also seemed to have 12 Sea-Stabilizing Pearls.

Huanglong's purpose for this trip is obvious; the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl is one of them, and he may even have come for the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl.

"What use does the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl have for, young friend?" Zhuque asked, still puzzled. "Although the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl is a treasure of the water element and is compatible with the dragon race, it seems to have no relation to the Great Dao you cultivate."

Huanglong surveyed the several orbs of light around him. These innate spiritual treasures possessed various attributes, but there were no innate spiritual treasures with the fire attribute.

He met the Suzaku's questioning gaze: "Although the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl has nothing to do with what I cultivate, it is important to the Dragon Clan."

"If possible, I would like to exchange one of the spiritual treasures for the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl."

After a moment's thought, Zhuque said softly, "Young friend, your request is nothing special. My Phoenix Clan does indeed possess twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, but...!"

She paused, then sighed, "But the essence of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl has mostly dissipated, leaving it as a half-crippled spiritual treasure."

Huang Long's heart tightened, and he immediately asked, "May I have a look?"

Seeing the nervous look on Huanglong's face, Zhuque became even more certain that Huanglong's purpose for this trip was the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl.

However, that magical treasure, which is now half-damaged, is of no use to the Phoenix Clan. If it can be used to exchange for a favor from Huang Long, it would be worthwhile.

Zhuque nodded and led Huanglong across half of the treasure vault space to the other side.

Stone pillars rising from the earth form a special array.

It contains a small amount of innate spiritual energy of other attributes.

On the stone pillars, there are various innate spiritual treasures.

However, these innate spiritual treasures all had dim spiritual light, lacked Daoist charm, and had lost their original essence.

On one of the stone pillars, 12 fist-sized beads lay quietly.

The bead, which was originally a deep blue color, now appears grayish-white, and the Dao patterns on its surface have lost all their spiritual light.

Huanglong held a Sea-Stabilizing Pearl in his hand and examined it closely.

Just as Zhuque had said, most of the original essence inside the bead had been lost, and the innate restrictions were either broken or blurred.

The most serious problem was at the core of the bead, where the undying spiritual light had dimmed considerably!

"This is..." Huanglong looked at Zhuque.

Zhuque gave a bitter smile: "Our clan has been suppressing the Undying Volcano for hundreds of millions of years. Whenever the Undying Volcano erupts beyond a certain critical point, we use a secret method to activate the water and fire essence in the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl to neutralize the violent energy of the Undying Volcano!"

Over millions of years, the essence of these spiritual treasures has been completely depleted, rendering them useless, so they have been stored here.

He paused, then added, "After all, innate spiritual treasures possess an innate, indestructible spiritual light. As long as the spiritual light remains, it can recover on its own, but it requires a long period of nurturing and a massive amount of innate essence to replenish it."

"The Phoenix Clan is currently trapped inside the Undying Volcano, and all their other elemental treasures have been exhausted, so they have been leaving these spiritual treasures here."

Huanglong breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and then looked at Zhuque.

"Senior, I am willing to exchange a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure for this Sea-Stabilizing Pearl."

Huanglong handed a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure to Zhuque.

Since the replacement has been mentioned, Huanglong will not change the conditions because the original source of the Dinghai Pearl is incomplete.

Zhuque shook his head and did not accept the mid-grade innate spiritual treasure.

"This Sea-Stabilizing Pearl is no longer of use to the Phoenix Clan, so I'm giving it to you in the hope of forging a good relationship."

Huang Long was slightly taken aback. He thought that Zhuque was deliberately holding onto the half-broken Dinghai Pearl and was unwilling to exchange it with him.

Unexpectedly, Zhuque directly gifted him the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl.

Judging from Zhuque's appearance, if Huanglong doesn't forge this good relationship, he probably won't be able to take the Dinghai Pearl with him.

Huanglong bowed slightly to Zhuque: "Since you have bestowed such a generous gift upon me, senior, I am truly unworthy of it."

After accepting the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, Huang Long felt somewhat relieved. With the benefits secured, all that remained was to get to work.

Huanglong followed Zhuque out of the Phoenix Clan's treasury and back into the Zhuque Palace.

Huanglong asked Zhuque for a secluded spot as a temporary place for seclusion. He made a promise with Zhuque that a hundred years later, he would go with him to the foot of the Undying Volcano to collect the accumulated chaotic energy.

It wasn't that he didn't want to go immediately, but the Chaos Yin-Yang Pearl was now filled with chaotic energy, and he needed to go into seclusion for a period of time to fully activate the Xuanhuang Realm and devour and transform the chaotic energy within it.

Zhuque led Huanglong to a tree hole at the top of the parasol tree.

"Only I can enter this place; no other clansmen are allowed to enter. Young friend, you shall remain here in seclusion." After saying this, Zhuque turned and left.

Huanglong entered the tree hole and sealed the entrance with an array.

At the same time, he offered up the Pure White Lotus to conceal the secrets of heaven, and devoted all his mind to activating the world power of the Xuanhuang Realm to devour and transform the chaotic energy.

Inside the Vermilion Bird Palace, Feng Wu, who had been expelled from the palace by the Vermilion Bird, was currently pouring spiritual tea for the Vermilion Bird.

"Ancestor, will the Phoenix Clan truly one day emerge from the Undying Volcano...?"