Primordial Era: I, Yuan Hong, am solely focused on stability; humanity remains clear-headed

Chapter 278 The Sacred Laurel Tree! Immobilization Spell!

Yuan Hong speculated that there must be something precious on this Taiyin Star that Haotian couldn't easily take away, which is why he kept sending people to watch over it.

Otherwise, sending heavenly generals here would be completely meaningless.

"Perhaps, that fierce autumn wind... is that laurel tree?"

Yuan Hong's gaze involuntarily fell upon the tall and conspicuous spiritual root, and his eyes lit up.

Without even needing to activate his Void-Piercing Divine Eyes, the moment Yuan Hong saw the Taiyin Star upon arriving here, he simultaneously saw the ancient and majestic innate spiritual root.

That is one of the ten top innate spiritual roots in the primordial world, the Laurel Divine Tree.

The entire tree resembles an ancient, weathered tree sculpted from ice and snow, as if it has endured the passage of time. The ancient and timeless patterns on its trunk seem to be engraved with profound memories.

The laurel tree, with its lush foliage, is sculpted from top to bottom like an ice sculpture, resembling the most beautiful work of art in the world. Its beauty brings a sense of tranquility and coolness to the soul.

The laurel blossoms that grow on the tree trunk, even though they are still just buds, are exquisitely beautiful and emit a unique fragrance. Upon smelling them, one's spirit is instantly jolted awake, and many distracting thoughts are frozen away.

As long as one smells the fragrance of laurel blossoms, any inner demons will likely be unable to cause trouble, and will be completely suppressed, even vanished without a trace.

This sacred laurel tree is a truly top-grade innate spiritual root, and also the companion spiritual root of the Taiyin Star. The connection between the two is so close that they seem to share both prosperity and adversity.

Perhaps due to its connection with the colossal Taiyin Star, the laurel tree's origin is no weaker than the Star Fruit Tree in Yuan Hong's hands.

His Star Fruit Tree was of unparalleled quality among its peers. After being strengthened through investment, it was upgraded to a top-grade innate spiritual treasure with a very rich source, but it still might not be able to compare with this Laurel Divine Tree!

On this divine tree, one can vaguely see beams of Taiyin divine light rising and falling, as if tangible Taiyin laws were descending.

The entire spiritual root seemed to be a manifestation of the Great Yin Dao. Around it, one could occasionally see scenes of goddesses dancing and moon rabbits hopping, as if it were recording some of the past glories.

"What Haotian fears being taken away is this laurel tree, or perhaps the laurel blossoms?"

Yuan Hong couldn't help but laugh. He was joking. The value of a top-grade innate spiritual root was beyond question. Who in the world wouldn't want one?

Of course, he also knew that taking this spiritual root away would probably not be so easy, and it was almost impossible.

Since the decline and fall of the ancient demon race's Heavenly Court, and the deaths of the Heavenly Empress Xihe, Changxi, and others, the laurel tree has become ownerless.

Over such a long period of time, countless powerful beings have probably come to the Moon Star, wanting to take away the laurel tree. Even saints might not be an exception!

If it were possible to take it away, it would probably have been taken away long ago, and it might even have sparked a battle between sages, which is quite possible.

A top-grade innate spiritual root has this value.

If they could be taken away, it wouldn't be Haotian's turn at all, let alone anyone who came after him.

The fact that the laurel tree still exists here stably can only mean that there is some unknown difficulty preventing outsiders from taking it away.

However, even knowing this, Yuan Hong still had to try, otherwise he would never be satisfied.

Besides, since Haotian has sent people to be stationed here, it means that there must be some kind of benefit to be gained here!

Thinking of this, Yuan Hong could no longer hold back. He transformed into a whirlwind and swaggered down onto the Taiyin Star, flying straight towards the laurel tree.

"Huh? Who is it?"

"stop!"

The dozen or so idle celestial generals were suddenly startled. Seeing a gust of wind approaching, they instinctively roared out, their auras chilling.

Yuan Hong glanced at the generals clad in imposing silver-white armor, but he had no interest in talking to them, and didn't even bother to look at them.

There was only one Taiyi Golden Immortal and a dozen or so Golden Immortals. In his eyes, they were no different from small fry, and he had no interest in killing them.

As for the so-called Heavenly Court title, it's utterly useless, so why would he care?

"Certainly!"

Yuan Hong pointed at the heavenly generals who were about to rise up, casually said something, and then ignored them, flying past them.

Swish!

In an instant, more than a dozen powerful heavenly generals who were able to swagger across the primordial land were frozen in place, unable to move a single part of their bodies!

Even a finger, a muscle, and even the eyeballs were completely frozen in place and could no longer move.

His entire being was like a mosquito frozen in amber, completely transformed into a specimen.

If you didn't know better, you'd think time had stopped and space had frozen!

Of course, Yuan Hong would not use methods of this level.

Apart from these celestial generals, the surrounding wind and energy flowed without any effect or change; only they themselves were frozen in place.

Clearly, Yuan Hong did not use any time-stopping or space-freezing techniques, but rather a body-fixing spell!

The art of immobilization is one of the seventy-two earthly divine abilities, which is a minor divine ability.

Yuan Hong had obtained a fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation that contained a record of this supernatural power, and he learned it on the spot.

Furthermore, with his extraordinary comprehension, abundant resources, and various buffs, Yuan Hong quickly mastered the perfect level of supernatural powers, becoming incredibly adept at using the immobilization technique.

However, he has never had the opportunity to use it, since he has basically no interest in easily defeating weaker opponents.

The immobilization technique is merely a means of crushing the weak; immobilizing someone is of little use to those with considerable strength.

Especially for a Great Luo Golden Immortal who has mastered the power of laws, their own existence is equivalent to a small world, making it almost impossible to be immobilized unless the difference in strength is too great.

Generally speaking, the immobilization spell is used on ordinary immortals and gods, and the effect is quite good.

For example, Sun Wukong in later generations often used this supernatural power to immobilize all kinds of spirits and monsters, and every time he used it, he was always successful.

Of course, that was because their strengths were vastly different, and Sun Wukong was mainly just teasing them.

However, when the strength of the opponents is roughly equal, a real fight is necessary, and immobilization techniques are of little use.

After all, this immobilization spell is almost a rule-based technique where words become law, so it's naturally of little use against cultivators of the same level.

Especially above the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, it is almost ineffective.

Of course, the effectiveness of using supernatural powers depends on the difference in cultivation level, magical power, and Taoist cultivation.

However, even with Yuan Hong's immense magical power, which far surpasses that of ordinary Grand Luo Golden Immortals, he might not be able to immobilize even the most ordinary Grand Luo Golden Immortal. At most, he could only control them briefly and cause some interference.

(End of this chapter)