94: Chapter 94 Obtaining a Treasure, Mysterious Cultivation Technique

Jiang Hao felt a wave of chill, along with an indescribable heaviness.

It was as if, through these ruins, he had glimpsed a terrifying history—older, darker, and more tumultuous—that had been completely buried.

The pinnacle of the ultimate Dao he now stood upon was still insignificant compared to that era.

He needed to become even stronger, to strive even harder.

Jiang Hao collected his thoughts and began to walk slowly through the ruins of the broken Heavenly Court. His gaze swept over every collapsed wall and broken pillar, trying to glean more information.

But aside from the half-buried stele, most other written records had been completely obliterated or were too fragmented to decipher.

Only the Dao traces lingering in the materials of the buildings themselves and the marks left by battles silently narrated the past glory and the final tragedy.

As he walked, the sound of gurgling water suddenly came from ahead. The pure Spiritual Qi and life force in the air also suddenly became much richer.

Jiang Hao followed the sound, passing through a collapsed section of palaces, and his view suddenly opened up.

Surrounded by ruins, there was actually a small patch of pristine, untouched land.

There was a lake several *zhang* square. The lake water was not ordinary water, but a crystalline, translucent liquid of immortal Spiritual Qi and life essence, emitting a soft, radiant glow!

The lake surface was misted with a rich aura of creation. Merely taking a single breath made one feel comfortable all over, as if having become several years younger.

"This is a Divine Spring? No, this is a true... Immortal Spring!" Jiang Hao's eyes brightened slightly.

This lake water was formed from the purest immortal Spiritual Qi in the world combined with the earth's Origin, liquified after an unimaginable span of time.

Its value was immeasurable. Using it to water undying medicine could greatly accelerate its growth.

Using it to replenish a Cultivator's Origin and prolong vitality would be especially miraculous.

It could even be used for Cultivation, and to extend lifespan!

However, what delighted him even more was the sight at the center of the Immortal Spring.

In the crystal-clear depths at the lake's heart, a strange, tiny seedling, no more than three inches tall and enveloped in hazy Chaos Qi, was rooted in a divine jade at the bottom.

The seedling had only two tender leaves. The leaves displayed a chaotic, bluish-green color containing endless Dao mysteries. As they gently swayed, scenes of world creation seemed to flow within their veins.

"The chaos green lotus!" Jiang Hao exclaimed almost without thinking, his eyes erupting with dazzling divine light.

This was precisely another type of undying medicine he had long sought but never had the fortune to encounter—the chaos green lotus!

Legend said it contained the secrets of the Chaos's inception, making it the most compatible with his Chaos Great Dao.

No wonder no one throughout the ages had found its traces. He himself had searched many times but never succeeded.

So it was hidden within the ruins of the Chaotic Ancient Heavenly Court, shrouded in Chaos and severed from heavenly secrets. Who could possibly find it?

If not for the guidance of the golden bell, even if he passed by this chaotic region a thousand times, he probably wouldn't have noticed the anomaly of this place.

As if sensing Jiang Hao's arrival, especially sensing the dense aura of Chaos on Jiang Hao and the resonance from the other undying medicines in his Bitter Sea...

The young chaos green lotus gently swayed, transmitting a faint yet clear sense of intimacy and longing.

It, too, wanted to enter Jiang Hao's Bitter Sea!

"Quite discerning." Jiang Hao laughed, feeling exhilarated. Truly, after searching far and wide, here was another unexpected delight.

He extended his hand and gestured gently. A wave of gentle Chaos power lifted the small green lotus seedling, extracting it from the Immortal Spring.

The moment the chaos green lotus entered his Bitter Sea, the Chaos Qi at the sea's center churned more violently than ever before, as if cheering and celebrating.

The newly added chaos green lotus seedling, though young, rooted itself within the Chaos of the Bitter Sea. Its two chaotic green leaves unfurled and began actively inhaling, refining, and exhaling the Chaos Qi within the Bitter Sea.

Simultaneously, it fed back wisps of even purer, more primordial Chaos Dao Rhyme.

The overall quality of the Chaos in the entire Bitter Sea seemed to have received an imperceptible yet fundamentally high-grade improvement.

The Yin Moon Laurel, the Yang Fusang Tree, the human-shaped immortal medicine, and the white tiger immortal medicine also seemed stimulated in a positive way. Each swayed, their radiance growing brighter, and their auras mingling more harmoniously and naturally.

With the addition of the chaos green lotus, this Bitter Sea medicinal garden seemed to have acquired the final, crucial piece of the puzzle, becoming more complete and more potent.

"Good! Good! Good!" Jiang Hao exclaimed 'good' three times in a row, his joy beyond words.

The chaos green lotus truly did not disappoint him.

Moreover, he felt this chaos green lotus was somewhat different from the other undying medicines, seeming a bit more sentient.

"Perhaps it's because this chaos green lotus has always been in this special place?" Jiang Hao thought it was very likely.

This was the Chaotic Ancient Heavenly Court ruins, possessing special Dao Rhyme and an Immortal Spring. It being a bit different was normal.

Carrying this joy, Jiang Hao continued exploring the ruins.

Finally, in the corner of a side hall that had almost completely turned to dust, he discovered some strange carvings on a deeply buried, palm-sized remnant of a black stele.

They were not words, but a series of extremely simple yet seemingly profound primitive Dao patterns depicting the birth and death of all things in the Universe.

Some patterns depicted the birth of stars and the conception of life; others showed the evolution of runes and the interweaving of Dao principles; and still others portrayed scenes of battle and destruction.

These patterns were connected in a mysterious way. Though incomplete, Jiang Hao felt his mind nearly sucked in after just one glance.

He forcefully steadied his mind and carefully contemplated.

These fragmented patterns were like an exposition of the most fundamental principles, pointing directly to the most primitive forms and combinations of the Great Dao.

They did not involve specific Cultivation methods, but rather seemed to explain the basic units and evolutionary formulas that constitute all Divine Abilities and all Great Daos.

The loftiness of its conception left Jiang Hao deeply shaken.

He felt that the value of this fragment might not be inferior to that of a complete Immortal Scripture!

Although he had never seen an Immortal Scripture, Jiang Hao had this feeling. An ordinary Immortal Scripture definitely wouldn't be this profound.

"This... could this be a fragment of some Supreme classic from the Chaotic Ancient Era that expounds on the Origin of the Great Dao?"

Jiang Hao felt as if he had obtained a treasure. He immediately immersed himself in it, silently memorizing and deducing.

Though it was only a small, incomplete part, the primitive Dao concepts it contained provided him with immeasurable inspiration for understanding the composition and evolution of his own Great Dao.

Many areas where he had previously known the 'what' but not the 'why' now suddenly felt clear and illuminated.

He didn't know how much time had passed before he finally emerged from his contemplation. He let out a long breath, his eyes shining with divine light, filled with the satisfaction of a great harvest.

"The Immortal Spring divine liquid, the chaos green lotus, plus this Supreme fragment expounding the Dao of Origin..."

Jiang Hao looked around at these ruined yet precious remains, his heart filled with myriad emotions.

"golden bell, oh golden bell, you truly are... forever divine. You don't act often, but when you do, it's always an earth-shattering, grand gesture!"

Each of these three gains was enough to drive a Supreme to madness, yet now he alone had obtained them all.

Jiang Hao looked at the Immortal Spring. After some thought, he took out a jade purification vase and collected roughly one-third of the Immortal Spring divine liquid, storing it in his Bitter Sea for future needs.

As for taking the entire Immortal Spring?

He tried sensing it and found that the Immortal Spring was intricately connected to the core of this ruined Small World's earth veins. Pulling one part would affect the whole.

Forcibly removing it would either cause this Small World to completely collapse, possibly causing the Immortal Spring to lose some of its divine efficacy.

Or, it would require him to refine and take away the entire Small World.

For now, Jiang Hao didn't want to do that. He had nowhere to put it, and it would instead make him a conspicuous target.

"This place is extremely hidden, naturally obscured by Chaos Qi flows, and I only entered thanks to the golden bell's guidance. I'll leave it here for now." Jiang Hao made his decision.