109: Shinto rare treasures

After the tremors in the Nine Heavens Palace slowly subsided, a profound yellow treasure light suddenly shot up into the sky from within the Lingxiao Palace in the Eighth Heaven, Taihuangtian.

This treasure light was like a bridge spanning heaven and earth, its brilliance illuminating the entire Nine Heavens Palace, and even the Primordial World subtly felt its presence.

Within the profound yellow treasure light, countless mysterious runes seemed to flicker, as if these runes were narrating the secrets of the world's genesis, containing endless truths of the Great Dao.

At the edges of the treasure light, chaotic currents were forcibly torn apart, revealing streaks of pitch-black spatial rifts; however, the power of the treasure light was too immense, and these rifts quickly healed as soon as they appeared, as if in awe of this mysterious and powerful force.

This sudden anomaly instantly caught the attention of Zhen Yuanzi and West Queen Mother.

The two exchanged glances, a hint of surprise and curiosity flashing in their eyes, and almost simultaneously, they unleashed their divine abilities, instantly traversing space to appear before the Lingxiao Palace in the Eighth Heaven.

Stepping into the palace, they saw that, at some unknown point, three golden, resplendent innate spiritual treasures had quietly appeared within, emitting dazzling radiance that illuminated the entire hall in golden splendor.

These three treasures were a sword, a pagoda, and a mirror, each emanating a powerful, heart-pounding aura.

And then, heavenly dao information about these three treasures emerged.

Heavenly Emperor Sword: A supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure with forty-eight layers of innate divine restrictions; its blade is long and slender, like autumn water, and covered with mysterious runes that flicker as if imbued with the power of stars. The sword's edge is inwardly restrained, yet it subtly reveals an indomitable aura of slaughter, as if it can sever all obstacles in the world.

Zhen Yuanzi merely gazed at it and felt a chill wash over him, as if once this sword was unleashed, nothing in the world could withstand it.

Moreover, this treasure specifically counters Innate Living Beings imbued with turbid evil, can ignore the physical defenses of cultivators, and possesses immense killing power, truly terrifying to the extreme.

Immortal-Demon Pagoda: A supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure with forty-eight layers of innate divine restrictions.

Its body is ancient and heavy, cast from an unknown mysterious material, and its surface is covered with patterns of mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars, as if containing the mysteries of the entire world.

When Zhen Yuanzi's gaze fell upon the Immortal-Demon Pagoda, he seemed to see a divine mountain that suppressed all ages, capable of sealing all immortals and demons within it.

This treasure can suppress time and space, seal immortals and demons, and specifically counters evil demons and ghosts imbued with heavenly dao karma; in terms of defensive power, it is no less than the Twelve-Grade Lotus Platform, truly a rare defensive spiritual treasure.

Heaven and Earth Mirror: A supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure with forty-two layers of innate divine restrictions;

Its mirror surface is as smooth as an abyss, seemingly capable of reflecting all things in the world. The mirror's edge is inlaid with countless rare spiritual crystals, shimmering with five-colored light.

Zhen Yuanzi gazed into the mirror and could faintly see scenes of all the heavens and myriad worlds appearing within it.

And this is precisely because this treasure can monitor all heavens, possessing the ability to observe the Ninefold Heavens above and survey the netherworld below, making it difficult for even the most hidden corners to escape its detection.

Upon seeing the descriptions of these three treasures, Zhen Yuanzi already knew their origins.

These were clearly the treasures that Hongjun Old Daoist had originally bestowed upon Haotian in the original trajectory of fate: the famous Haotian Pagoda, Haotian Sword, and Haotian Mirror!

It was quite clear that these three supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures, in the original trajectory of fate, had been preempted and collected by Hongjun Old Daoist along with the Pan Tao tree.

They did not fall into the hands of Emperor Jun, who occupied the Nine Heavens Palace; and with the Heavenly Emperor Sword in hand, Emperor Jun would likely have had a much easier time dealing with the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and probably would not have risked offending Sage Nüwa by slaughtering the Human Race to refine the Witch-Slaying Sword.

And after the Witch and Demon Calamity, Hongjun bestowed these treasures along with the heavenly emperor seal upon Haotian, allowing his attendant Haotian to usurp the position of Heavenly Emperor.

Thus, Hongjun's move of interception could be said to have achieved multiple goals.

Not only could it weaken the Demon Clan's strength, but it could also use the Demon Clan to deal with the Congenital Human Race, slaughter the Congenital Human Race, and weaken the Human Race's potential.

However, now that Zhen Yuanzi, with the advantage of foresight and the help of two top-tier connate treasures, had preemptively occupied the Nine Heavens Palace, the incident of Hongjun Old Daoist's early interception did not occur, which is why these treasures now appeared before him.

Yet, at this moment, Zhen Yuanzi had no time for too much emotion, for just above the white jade dragon desk in front of the Heavenly Emperor's seat, two more innate spiritual lights condensed.

As the spiritual light shone, the entire hall was illuminated like a dream, and the light seemed to contain endless mysterious power.

Subsequently, an ancient scroll and a wooden whip slowly appeared on the white jade dragon desk.

Zhen Yuanzi stepped forward and carefully examined the heavenly dao information of these two treasures, feeling a bit surprised.

These were actually two divine dao exotic treasures: the investiture of the gods and the god-striking whip.

investiture of the gods: This treasure is ancient and heavy; when the scroll is unfurled, it is covered with dense, mysterious runes that emit a soft light, as if narrating the mysteries of the divine dao between heaven and earth.

It, along with the Earth Book and Underworld Book, was formed from three large lotus leaves of the Chaos Green Lotus, making it a divine dao exotic treasure, a heavenly book, and a heavenly court divine register!

This list can confer heavenly court divine positions and record divine names; once a divine name is recorded therein, one can enjoy the heavenly dao's fortune, become a true god of the heavenly court, and be bound and protected by the rules of heaven and earth.

Zhen Yuanzi gently caressed the investiture of the gods, seemingly feeling the supreme authority contained within it, which was the power to confer gods bestowed by heaven and earth.

god-striking whip: The whip body has an ancient wooden color, is three feet six inches long, and has twenty-one sections.

Each section is inscribed with four divine seals, covered with divine dao runes and divine dao prophecies; as the runes flicker, they emit an aura of majesty and sanctity.

It, along with the Judge's Pen and the Earth Divine Needle, was formed from the lotus whiskers of the Chaos Green Lotus, and is the heavenly whip that enforces heavenly court punishments.

For divine dao cultivators, it has unparalleled restraining power; once heavenly laws are violated, the god-striking whip can unleash its terrifying power to punish the gods.

These two treasures are arguably the two most important treasures in the heavenly court's divine dao system; it was unexpected that they would also be nurtured here and appear at this time.

But thinking about it, it seems reasonable; whether it's the investiture of the gods or the god-striking whip, they are the most important divine dao exotic treasures in the divine dao system, the most crucial treasures for heaven and earth to confer and restrain gods, so it's quite normal for them to be nurtured within the Lingxiao Palace.

Thus, it is quite clear that these two most important divine dao exotic treasures, in the original fate trajectory of the Primordial World, were also preemptively intercepted by Hongjun Old Daoist, who took away the treasures that rightfully belonged to the Heavenly Emperor.

And precisely because of this, when Emperor Jun established the Demon Clan Heavenly Court, he lacked the authority to confer gods and a strong restraint over the powerful individuals of the Demon Clan Heavenly Court, which is why, during the decisive battle of the Witch and Demon Calamity, Kunpeng and other demon gods dared to brazenly flee, and Kunpeng even stole the River Diagram and Luo Book.

If the investiture of the gods had been used to confer gods and record the divine names of the demon gods, with the restraint of the investiture of the gods and the existence of the god-striking whip, they would have been unable to escape and would have had to fight to the death, in which case the outcome of the confrontation between the Witch and Demon Tribes would have been unpredictable.

After all, the Witch Tribe was ultimately just one race, while the Demon Clan was composed of billions of races from the Primordial World.

And by doing so, Hongjun could not only suppress the Demon Clan's strength, causing both the Demon Tribe to perish together.

He could also suppress the development of the heavenly court's divine dao, delaying the emergence of the Primordial World's divine dao, lest the heavenly court's divine dao compete with his Xuanmen Immortal Dao for the Primordial World's fortune.

Finally, he allowed his attendants Haotian and Yaochi to usurp the positions of Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Mother, thereby controlling the heavenly court's divine dao from behind the scenes.

From then on, both the Immortal Dao and the Divine Dao were in Hongjun's hands.

And the Xuanmen Immortal Dao always maintained its mainstream position in the Primordial World, while the Divine Dao could no longer reach great heights; even if the Divine Dao later developed, it would be similar to an appendage of the Immortal Dao.

But regardless of what happened originally, these treasures are now indeed destined to be obtained by him, Zhen Yuanzi.

A glint flashed in Zhen Yuanzi's eyes, and he directly waved his sleeve; a powerful suction force emanated from within, collecting all five treasures.

Although he did not lack spiritual treasures for use, these treasures were of extraordinary significance, so it was better to keep them in his hands for now. Who knows when they might come in handy.

In fact, he already had a certain plan in mind.

After collecting these treasures, Zhen Yuanzi and West Queen Mother began to organize the various innate spiritual root, innate spiritual tree, spiritual herbs, and immortal medicines collected from the Nine Heavens Palace.

The vast Nine Heavens Palace secret realm, boundless in scope, contained far more than just the pre-heaven ren water flat peach, which was just one type of innate spiritual root.

Zhen Yuanzi and West Queen Mother discovered two mid-grade innate spiritual root.

[Karma Cleansing Golden Tea]: This tea tree radiates golden light, its leaves appearing as if sculpted from gold, with mysterious power flowing through their veins. Drinking this tea can cleanse one's heavenly dao karma, making the path of cultivation smoother, truly a spiritual item coveted by cultivators.

[Immortal Jade White Peach]: The peach tree is as clear as jade, its fruits round and plump, emitting an enticing aroma. Eating this peach not only increases lifespan but also greatly enhances magical power, making it equally extraordinary.

Additionally, there were more than a dozen low-grade innate spiritual root.

[Heaven Soul Wood]: The tree soars into the clouds, its trunk purple, subtly emanating soul power, which greatly aids in cultivating the divine soul; [Soul Nurturing Wood]: The wood is warm and gentle, emitting a soft light, capable of nourishing the soul and making the divine soul more resilient.

[Innate Vermilion Fruit Tree]: Its fruits are vermilion like blood, containing powerful fire-attribute spiritual energy; consuming them can enhance the power of fire-attribute cultivation techniques; [Profound Yin Tree]: Growing in dark places, it emanates profound yin energy, making it an excellent aid for cultivating yin-attribute techniques.

[Jade Spirit Fruit Tree]: Its fruits are as translucent as jade, containing rich spiritual energy; consuming them can quickly restore magical power; [White Dragon Fruit Tree]: The tree is covered with white, dragon-shaped fruits, containing mysterious power that can enhance physical strength.

[Crimson Flame Golden Orange]: Its fruits are golden, with flame patterns on the surface, emitting a scorching aura, which can enhance the power of fire-attribute divine abilities.

[Innate Fire Apricot]: Its apricot blossoms are like fire, and its fruits contain powerful fire essence, allowing one to instantly unleash powerful fire-attribute energy...

There were as many as 15 of them.

And there were tens of thousands of ordinary innate spiritual tree below the innate spiritual root level.

As for various spiritual herbs and immortal medicines, they were countless, numbering in the millions and tens of millions.

These spiritual herbs and immortal medicines, some shimmering with colorful light, others emitting strange fragrances, each contained unique effects, whether to heal injuries, cure diseases, enhance cultivation, or strengthen the physique, truly a vast treasury of cultivation resources.

Moreover, in addition to these innate spiritual root and spiritual medicines, they also obtained dozens of mid and low-grade innate spiritual treasures, and West Queen Mother even acquired three more supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures.