Primordial Era: Innate gourd vine, self-dismemberment

In an instant, space shifted, and Yuan Yan arrived in a small world.

After expanding his divine sense and exploring the small world for a while, Yuan Yan gained a preliminary understanding of it.

At this moment, Yuan Yan did not rush to find the innate spiritual treasures and innate spiritual roots nurtured by this small world. Instead, he first came to the center of the small world, to the boundary-suppressing stone tablet, and prepared to refine the boundary-suppressing stone tablet first.

At that time, this small world will be his for the taking! Even if someone breaks in, he can mobilize the power of the cave and its protective array to fight against them.

Perhaps because this grotto-heaven was destined for him, in less than a hundred years, Yuan Yan easily refined the boundary-suppressing stone tablet and closed the domain gate.

Having refined the boundary-suppressing stone tablet, Yuan Yan now knows this cave world inside and out, and naturally, he also knows the treasures it nurtures.

Yuan Yan was immediately overjoyed!

The magnitude of this harvest far exceeded his expectations, surpassing what he had gained from the previous two or three eons of arduous climbing of Mount Buzhou in search of treasure.

This grotto-heaven nurtured one top-grade innate spiritual root, two high-grade innate spiritual roots, six mid-grade innate spiritual roots, ten low-grade innate spiritual roots, one high-grade innate spiritual treasure, and three low-grade innate spiritual treasures.

In addition, there are rare and precious treasures such as Yin-Yang Source Water, Chaos Divine Soil, Nine-Turn Life and Death Grass, and Yin-Yang Nirvana Flower.

Yuan Yan had no recollection of that top-grade innate spiritual root. It seemed that in its original destiny, it was not obtained by any great supernatural being, nor did it become famous.

Its name is Yin-Yang Twin Lotus. The two lotuses, Yin and Yang, grow in pairs and each has ten petals. They contain forty-six innate divine restrictions. Even if the two lotuses are separated, they are still top-grade innate spiritual roots with thirty-eight innate divine restrictions.

As for the two superior-grade innate spiritual roots, the six mid-grade innate spiritual roots, and the ten inferior-grade innate spiritual roots...

Among them are two superior-grade plants, four medium-grade plants, and eight inferior-grade plants, which are also Yin-Yang twin lotuses, and the seeds of the Yin-Yang twin lotuses are produced.

Among them, the lowest grade Yin-Yang Twin Lotus Opens to the first grade, containing ten innate divine restrictions; the middle grade Yin-Yang Twin Lotus Opens to the fourth grade, containing twenty-two innate divine restrictions; and the highest grade Yin-Yang Twin Lotus Opens to the seventh grade, containing thirty-four innate divine restrictions.

This Yin-Yang Twin Lotus is extremely mysterious. It produces only two lotus seeds at a time, one Yin and one Yang, and it takes one hundred Yuanhui (a unit of time in Chinese calendar) for them to mature.

If the mature lotus seeds are consumed by the same person, they can easily comprehend the Great Dao of Yin and Yang, condense the Great Luo Dao Fruit, and break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Of course, if one breaks through using the Yin-Yang Dao contained in a mature lotus seed, it does not mean one has attained enlightenment. Such a person's future prospects are limited, and they may remain stuck in the early stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

If two mature lotus seeds, one yin and one yang, are consumed by a woman and a man respectively, either the person with higher cultivation level can forcibly refine them, or they will explode and die, or their yin and yang will unite and harmonize.

If yin and yang unite and complement each other, both can comprehend the Great Dao and break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

However, if one does not understand one's own path, one's future prospects will be limited, and one may be stuck in the early stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm for one's entire life.

As for the mature lotus seeds of the inferior, middle, and superior grade Yin-Yang twin lotus, their effects are similar to those of the superior grade Yin-Yang twin lotus, except that the maturation time is much shorter and the effects are much weaker.

Among them, the seeds of the inferior Yin-Yang Twin Lotus need three Yuanhui to mature, the seeds of the medium-grade Yin-Yang Twin Lotus need ten Yuanhui to mature, and the seeds of the superior Yin-Yang Twin Lotus need thirty Yuanhui to mature.

Mature lotus seeds from top-grade Yin-Yang twin lotuses can help people comprehend the Great Dao of Yin and Yang and break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, but success cannot be guaranteed. Mature lotus seeds from mid-grade Yin-Yang twin lotuses can help people comprehend the perfect Yin-Yang laws and break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, but success cannot be guaranteed for mature lotus seeds from low-grade Yin-Yang twin lotuses.

In addition, mature lotus seeds formed from the Yin-Yang twin lotus can be directly consumed to aid in comprehending the laws and great Dao, and can also be cultivated into spiritual roots.

However, whether due to the limitations of the Heavenly Dao or other reasons, the number of innate spiritual roots that can be cultivated is limited. There is only one top-grade root, a maximum of two high-grade roots, a maximum of four medium-grade roots, and a maximum of eight low-grade roots.

Next, even if you use the seeds of the Yin-Yang Twin Lotus to cultivate it, you can only obtain the acquired spiritual root, not the innate number.

It is precisely because of this that countless ages have passed since the Yin-Yang Twin Lotus was formed, but the Yin-Yang Source Pool is not overflowing with lotuses; there are only fifteen innate Yin-Yang Twin Lotuses.

And it is precisely because of this that, after the innate number is fulfilled, the lotus seeds produced by the Yin-Yang Twin Lotus do not fall off on their own after maturing.

On the fifteen twin lotus plants, the mature lotus seeds, after a long period of nurturing, have reached an even higher level of quality and efficacy.

Besides the Yin-Yang Twin Lotus, there are four other innate spiritual roots and four innate spiritual treasures.

They are respectively the middle-grade innate spiritual roots, the Spirit Tree and the Five-Colored Bamboo; the lower-grade innate spiritual roots, the Fire Jujube Tree and the Water Pear Tree; the upper-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Four Symbols Flag; and the lower-grade innate spiritual treasures, the Yin-Yang Hairpin, the Primordial Pendant, and the Water-Fire Sword.

Among them, the innate spiritual root tree, the fire date tree, and the water pear tree have also seen a significant improvement in quality and efficacy because their fruits have not been harvested and have been nurtured for a long time.

The five-colored bamboo then multiplies into a bamboo forest. Although it is not among the innate elements, it is still a good material for refining acquired spiritual treasures.

Of the four innate spiritual treasures, three were of low grade and were nothing special; in his hands, they could only become decorations or collectibles. Only the high-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Four Symbols Flag, was worth mentioning.

That wasn't just one piece, but a set, representing the Sun, Lesser Yin, Lesser Yang, and Greater Yin respectively, containing the Four Symbols Grand Array. Even Yuan Yan would have a significant effect. If he and his three Dao bodies each held a flag and joined forces to set up the array, even a Great Luo Perfection cultivator without a suitable treasure would probably have a headache.

In addition, the rare treasures within the cave, such as Yin-Yang Source Water, Chaos Divine Soil, Nine-Turn Life and Death Grass, Yin-Yang Nirvana Flower, etc., should not be overlooked.

For example, Yin-Yang Source Water, although not among the top ten innate divine waters of the primordial world, is no weaker than the Three Lights Divine Water in nurturing spiritual roots, and is only slightly inferior to the Three Lights Divine Water in healing.

For example, Chaos Divine Soil is a type of chaotic soil that has a remarkable effect on planting spiritual roots, and is no less effective than other divine soils such as Nine Heavens Breath Soil and Soil of All Things.

For example, the Nine-Turn Life and Death Grass has an incredibly powerful effect. Even a Primordial Golden Immortal who has suffered severe Dao injuries and has only a trace of true spirit left can recover quickly after consuming the Nine-Turn Life and Death Grass.

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After taking stock of all the treasures in the Yin-Yang Cave, Yuan Yan was filled with emotion.

This is truly a windfall! What he painstakingly searched for treasure on Mount Buzhou before is probably less than a quarter of what he got this time.

After all, although he acquired many rare and precious materials, they were basically useless to someone at his level. However, he did not acquire many innate spiritual treasures, innate spiritual roots, or other special rare treasures that were useful to him.

In total, they only obtained two high-grade innate spiritual treasures, one mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, one low-grade innate spiritual treasure, and one mid-grade innate spiritual root.

Among them, the superior-grade innate spiritual treasures are the Yin-Yang Mirror and the Taiji Daoist Robe; the mid-grade innate spiritual treasures are the Two Elements Escape Boots; the inferior-grade innate spiritual treasures are the Water-Stabilizing Pearl; and the mid-grade innate spiritual root is the Wisdom Fruit Tree.