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

But Zhao Gongming still held back.

His gaze fell once again on the options for spiritual root deduction.

[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.]

Such miraculous effects from a mere low-grade innate spiritual root. What about mid-grade? High-grade? Or even... the higher levels that the system prompts as having insufficient permissions to view?

Zhao Gongming's heart burned with unprecedented fervor. He seemed to see a completely new world, full of infinite possibilities, slowly unfolding before him.

"Five thousand points... At the current rate, even without sleep or rest, it would take five thousand breaths, roughly half a day..."

He silently calculated, his desire for greater power growing ever more urgent.

"No, that's not fast enough!"

Zhao Gongming opened and closed his eyes, a flash of divine light appearing. His spiritual root was now at the innate level, like fertile soil, but the concentration of spiritual energy around him had become a bottleneck limiting his efficiency. Although his cave dwelling was on Jin'ao Island, it was only an area inhabited by outer disciples, with limited spiritual energy concentration.

To accumulate Primordial Points faster, you must go to places with richer spiritual energy!

A place that his fellow disciples had mentioned in casual conversation when he joined the Jie Sect quickly came to mind.

Jin'ao Island is an overseas immortal island, which itself is formed from a huge ancestral vein. Deep within the island, near Biyou Palace, there is a place called "Wanfa Guiyuan Pool".

That was not a pond, but a naturally formed place where spiritual veins converged, one of the core nodes with the most abundant spiritual energy on the entire Jin'ao Island.

Normally, only those who have made contributions to the sect or those who are personally taught by the master with special permission are qualified to enter and cultivate for a day.

The spiritual energy there is said to be so concentrated that it has become liquid, and even condenses into spiritual energy crystals at the core!

"The Pool of Returning to the Origin of All Laws..." Zhao Gongming murmured, his eyes gleaming with an unprecedented light.

If he could cultivate there, the speed at which he accumulates points would probably increase even further!

At that time, let alone a mid-grade innate spiritual root, even breaking through to a higher level of spiritual root will not be out of reach!

With this in mind, he no longer hesitated.

With a swift movement, he transformed into a gentle breeze and silently left the cave.

He dared not transform into a rainbow to alert others, but instead used the Wind Escape Technique to stay close to the ground and stealthily travel towards the depths of Jin'ao Island, following the path mentioned by his senior brothers in his memory.

The deeper you go, the more lush the surrounding vegetation becomes, and a faint spiritual light even lingers around it.

The spiritual energy permeating the air gradually thickened from a thin, gaseous state, as if a single breath could immerse one's lungs in sweet rain.

Along the way, when disciples patrolling the mountain occasionally passed by, Zhao Gongming would always avoid them in advance, concealing his aura to the extreme.

Now, he possesses innate spiritual roots, and his affinity with the world and its plants is far greater than before. Hiding among the mountains and forests, he is like a drop of water merging into the ocean. Even if a Golden Immortal were right in front of him, it would be difficult to find his trace without deliberate investigation.

Before long, he arrived at a valley shrouded in mist.

An invisible array shrouded the valley entrance, exuding a vast and majestic aura. It was the work of a sage, and only direct disciples with tokens were allowed to enter.

Zhao Gongming did not intend to force his way in; his target was only the area surrounding the Myriad Laws Returning to Origin Pool. This place was the core of the convergence of spiritual veins, and even the outer area had a spiritual energy concentration far exceeding that of the outer disciples' cave dwellings.

His divine sense spread out like mercury, and soon he found an extremely hidden cave on the cliff face on one side of the valley. The entrance was covered by vines, and if he hadn't had such keen senses, he would have hardly noticed it.

He flashed into the cave, and a surge of spiritual energy, so rich it was almost tangible, rushed towards him, causing all 36,000 pores on his body to open up and groan with greed.

"What a great place!" Zhao Gongming's eyes gleamed.

The concentration of spiritual energy here is at least dozens of times that of his cave! What shocked him even more was that within this rich acquired spiritual energy, there were also strands of incomparably pure innate spiritual energy! Although rare, they stood out like cranes among chickens, carrying a noble Daoist charm originating from the beginning of creation.

Without further hesitation, he immediately set up a simple spirit-gathering array and concealment array, then sat down cross-legged and completely immersed himself in cultivation.

"system!"

With a low shout in his heart, he activated his innate spiritual root to its fullest extent!

boom!

It was as if a slumbering, ancient beast had awakened! Centered on Zhao Gongming's body, a terrifying vortex of spiritual energy formed. Within the cave, the viscous, liquid-like spiritual energy was instantly churned, transforming into visible white streaks that, like rivers flowing into the sea, surged wildly into his body!

The innate spiritual energy mixed in seemed to be summoned by a king, rushing into his spiritual root without any hindrance, cheering and jubilant.

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

HarmonyOS Points +35

[Absorbing innate spiritual energy, transforming...]

HarmonyOS Points +38

HarmonyOS Points +41

……

On the system's light screen, the number of Hongmeng Points began to surge like never before!

It was pulsating almost every moment! With every breath, dozens of Primordial Chaos Points were added to the account!

This speed is more than a hundred times faster than when he was in the cave!

Half of Zhao Gongming's mind was immersed in the surge of his cultivation, while the other half calmly observed the changes in the system panel. His heroic spirit burned like oil in a raging fire.

This is the kind of cultivation he desires! This is the capital he has to defy fate!

Time seemed to lose its meaning at this moment.

Zhao Gongming completely forgot everything outside. In his world, there was only the long river of spiritual energy constantly flowing into his body and the rapidly rising numbers on the system panel.

One thousand points... two thousand points...

His dantian was already filled with pure immortal essence, which was being continuously compressed and condensed.

The once indestructible Golden Immortal barrier began to crack under the relentless impact of this power, with fine cracks spreading across it.

Just one step away from the goal!

The moment Zhao Gongming's Hongmeng Points accumulated to three thousand, the magical power he had built up to its limit finally erupted like a world-destroying flood breaking through a dam!

"Break it!"

With a roar in his heart, he focused his mind and guided this immense power to crash fiercely into the cracked Golden Immortal Barrier!

Boom—!

A deafening roar, seemingly originating from the depths of the Great Dao, exploded within his soul!