Primordial Era: I, Zhao Gongming, refuse to be an experience pack.

Zhao Gongming's gaze was fixed intently on the system screen, his mind immersed in it. A brand new deduction option had quietly unlocked as his realm had been consolidated.

[Spiritual Root Deduction Option Now Available]

[I. Low-grade Innate Spiritual Root: Utilizes the host's current spiritual foundation to optimize their affinity with spiritual energy. Requires 1000 Primordial Points.]

[II. Mid-Grade Innate Spiritual Root: Tracing the host's original source of pure wind, condensing the Dao traces of the laws of wind, transforming it into an innate wind spiritual root. Requires 5000 Primordial Points.]

[III. Superior Innate Spiritual Root... (Insufficient permissions to view)]

Looking at these two options, Zhao Gongming didn't hesitate at all.

"One thousand points... a low-grade innate spiritual root!"

While the effects of a mid-grade innate spiritual root are undoubtedly stronger, the 5,000-point cost is currently beyond his means. This 1,000-point low-grade innate spiritual root, however, is the most cost-effective option at the moment!

One's foundation determines the upper limit of one's cultivation and one's affinity with the Great Dao.

The method of cultivation determines the efficiency of practice and the quality of magical power.

The spiritual root is directly related to the speed at which one can absorb spiritual energy of a specific attribute and the ability to comprehend the laws!

The three complement each other and none can be omitted.

His current status is that of a "Primordial Being (Ultimate)," and his cultivation of the "Primordial-Level Shangqing Immortal Method" is progressing by leaps and bounds.

If he were to add another low-grade innate spiritual root, even if it were only low-grade, it would be enough to cause his cultivation speed to increase dramatically again on the existing basis!

At that time, the speed of accumulating points and the foundation for reaching higher levels will be incomparable.

"First, deduce the spiritual root to further solidify its potential, then break through the Golden Immortal barrier in one fell swoop with the most perfect form!"

Zhao Gongming was filled with boundless pride, and once this thought arose, he could no longer suppress it.

What he wants is never a simple breakthrough, but to take each step to the extreme!

Zhao Gongming was startled and, without the slightest hesitation, his thoughts, like an invisible command, landed on the system screen.

"System, consuming one thousand Primordial Points, deduce a low-grade innate spiritual root!"

[Command confirmed... Harmony Points -1000... Deduction begins...]

The moment the cold notification sound rang in his mind, Zhao Gongming felt as if an ancient shackle had been broken from the depths of his soul!

boom!

An indescribable and mysterious aura erupted from the deepest part of his body, from the ethereal source of his destiny!

This aura is neither magical power nor divine soul, but a more primordial and ancient force.

It carries a sense of the beginning of chaos and the birth of all things; it is ancient and vast, yet full of endless vitality.

This is innate energy!

At this moment, Zhao Gongming's physical body trembled slightly uncontrollably. He could "see" that within his body, the originally ordinary acquired root that had a normal affinity with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was undergoing a tremendous transformation!

It was as if an invisible hand, using the power of primordial chaos as a carving knife and his body as a rough jade, was carrying out a sculpting process that rivaled the creation of heaven and earth.

Countless intricate and mysterious runes, as fine as dust, appeared out of thin air and were imprinted on every inch of his spiritual root.

Those acquired, mixed marks, under the influence of the primordial power, melted and purified rapidly, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun.

Instead, there is a purity, an innate nobility!

His spiritual roots are reversing from acquired to innate!

Inside the cave, the spiritual energy storm, which had been gathered to its limit by the spirit-gathering array, seemed to find an outlet at this moment. No, it wasn't an outlet, but rather an even more frenzied worship and surge!

If the spiritual energy before was forcibly "pulled" in by the cultivation technique, then at this moment, this innate spiritual energy is like a subject who has seen a king, like a swallow returning to its nest, with an instinctive closeness and desire, actively and frantically drilling into Zhao Gongming's body!

He didn't even need to deliberately circulate the "Innate-level Shangqing Immortal Technique." The innate Daoist charm that naturally emanated during the transformation of his spiritual root was enough to turn his body into a spiritual black hole that was more than ten times more terrifying than before!

The surrounding void trembled, and the dense innate spiritual energy on Jin'ao Island was torn apart into visible white waves that penetrated the stone walls and formations of the cave and poured into his spiritual core.

"Is this... an innate spiritual root?"

Zhao Gongming was deeply shaken. He could clearly feel that his connection with this world had become closer than ever before.

In the past, when he looked at the world, it was as if he were looking through a thin veil; he could see clearly, but there was still a layer between them.

Now, that thin veil has been completely lifted, and the lines of law between heaven and earth, and the flow of spiritual energy, have become incredibly clear in his perception!

Each breath felt like inhaling and exhaling the essence of the Great Dao.

The deduction process did not last long. When the last wisp of primordial power merged into the depths of the spiritual root, the transformation originating from the source finally subsided.

Zhao Gongming looked inward and saw that his spiritual root had been completely transformed, crystal clear, like the root of a divine tree carved from flawless jade, with a faint light swirling around it and radiating an incomparably pure innate aura.

[Deduction complete!]

[Spiritual Root: Low-grade Innate Spiritual Root.]

[Effect: Increases sensitivity to, absorption efficiency of, and conversion efficiency of spiritual energy in heaven and earth tenfold. Slightly increases affinity with the laws of the Great Dao.]

Become!

Zhao Gongming suppressed his elation and immediately resumed the use of the "Innate-Level Shangqing Immortal Technique".

Boom!

The moment the cultivation technique was activated, the immortal essence within his body instantly boiled!

The surging river of spiritual energy from the outside world, almost without any complicated refining, is transformed into the purest energy by the innate spiritual root and flows into the dantian.

The feeling was like a water channel that was originally only a finger's width wide being instantly widened into a mighty river ten feet wide!

His mind sank back into the system's light screen, where he saw the Hongmeng Points, which had just been cleared, begin a new round of explosive growth that made his heart race!

[Absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, transforming...]

HarmonyOS Points +1

Just one breath!

Previously, it would take more than ten breaths to accumulate a little bit of Primordial Points, but now, one breath is enough!

This means that his point accumulation speed has increased more than tenfold!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Zhao Gongming was filled with boundless pride; this was the cultivation he had always wanted! One step ahead, and every step ahead! With this innate spiritual root, his speed of accumulating points would far surpass what he had done before. Whether it was deduce cultivation techniques or improve his foundation, he would have a much more solid foundation.

He could even sense that the incredibly solid Golden Immortal barrier seemed to have loosened slightly under the impact of this new force.

He could unleash this immense power at any time if he so desired, and achieve his goal in one fell swoop.