"Boom!"
Rolling lightning struck down, engulfing Wang Xuan within it.
Wang Xuan neither dodged nor evaded, nor did he use any supernatural powers to disperse the descending tribulation lightning. Instead, he used the tribulation lightning to temper his body.
No matter how fierce the thunder was, it would at most cause a few blood flowers to bloom on Wang Xuan's body, but it could not really cause him serious injury, and he would recover quickly.
After the tribulation lightning dissipated, Wang Xuan's physical strength increased by a full 20%, which was a considerable gain.
"Little sister, I'm going to take a walk, so I won't keep you company for now," Wang Xuan said to the seven-colored glazed light that was giving birth to Nuwa.
He was not worried about Nuwa's safety, because this place was Buzhou Mountain, where Pangu's will still guarded the place, and outsiders could not enter at all.
Little Nuwa conveyed her envy to Wang Xuan, but also felt a little aggrieved, blaming Wang Xuan for not going to play by himself instead.
Wang Xuan was somewhat amused and exasperated. In fact, he didn't mind staying to keep his sister company. However, the Dragon-Han Calamity was about to end. Once the calamity ended, the Heavenly Dao in the Primordial World would awaken, and everything in the Primordial World would be predetermined.
For example, if Wang Xuan could seize those treasures inside Buzhou Mountain, they would belong to him.
Once the Heavenly Dao awakens, those treasures will have their destined owners and will not belong to Wang Xuan. Naturally, he will seize this opportunity to make a fortune.
Chapter 293 Treasure Hunt
The primordial world gave birth to countless treasures. Even though Wang Xuan missed the best opportunity when the world was created and many treasures already had owners, he could still find many good things based on his memories from his previous life.
For example, on Mount Buzhou where he resides, there is a Creation Lotus, which should have been divided among the Three Pure Ones. In addition, there is a Primordial Gourd Vine, from which several gourds, each a priceless treasure, grow.
Since Wang Xuan was in Buzhou Mountain, he naturally wanted to seize these two treasures before the Heavenly Dao manifested.
Mount Buzhou was formed from Pangu's spine, containing the remnants of Pangu's will. With each step Wang Xuan took forward, he sensed a powerful oppressive force acting on his soul, suffocating him.
If it were an ordinary person, even a ninth-level perfected Hunyuan Golden Immortal, they wouldn't be able to withstand this oppressive force for long unless they attained the tenth-level Hunyuan Boundless Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
But Wang Xuan was different. His soul sea was protected by the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth. Although the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth had dropped in grade, it was still a Chaos Treasure. The Heaven-Opening Axe used by Pangu to create the world was also just a Chaos Treasure.
With the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth protecting him, the oppressive aura couldn't have much of an effect on Wang Xuan, and he happily began to plunder within Mount Buzhou.
Mount Buzhou is filled with countless treasures. Wang Xuan searched for over a thousand years and found many rare and precious treasures. Most importantly, he found two mid-grade innate spiritual treasures and several ordinary innate spiritual roots!
Although these innate spiritual roots cannot compare with the top ten innate spiritual roots such as the innate peach, ginseng fruit, yellow plum, innate gourd vine, hibiscus tree, and laurel tree, they are still rare treasures.
Even if one's cultivation has broken through to the eighth-order Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, consuming the fruits produced by these innate spiritual roots can still improve one's cultivation to a certain extent.
Thanks to these few innate spiritual roots, plus the million-year-old spiritual herbs he has collected in Buzhou Mountain over the years, Wang Xuan's cultivation level has increased from the early stage of the eighth rank to the perfect stage of the eighth rank.
Of course, the reason why Wang Xuan's cultivation improved so quickly was because his original realm was already there, and his understanding of the Great Dao and the Laws was extremely profound. Now he was just starting to cultivate again, so naturally he was making rapid progress.
After wandering around Buzhou Mountain for over a thousand years, Wang Xun finally discovered a great array that was born naturally.
Wherever there is a primordial array protecting it, there are either primordial gods and demons being nurtured within, or primordial spiritual treasures residing there.
Of course, those top-tier innate spiritual roots also come with their own innate grand formations.
However, there are only 10 top-tier innate spiritual roots, which is far fewer than the number of innate spiritual treasures and innate gods and demons.
"Finally found it! I wonder what treasures are hidden inside this innate grand formation?" Wang Xuan rushed forward excitedly, about to break the formation, but found that the formation was ridiculously powerful.
With Wang Xuan's current cultivation level, he was unable to tear apart those formations at all. Instead, he felt a sense of crisis, as if the will of Pangu within Buzhou Mountain was targeting him.
It seems that as long as he forcibly opens this innate formation, the will of Pangu inside Buzhou Mountain will kill Wang Xuan!
Wang Xuan was taken aback. How could this be? Wang Xuan was just digging for treasures. How could he have disturbed the remaining will of Pangu?
However, at this moment, three thoughts suddenly came from within the innate divine array, all wanting to drive Wang Xuan away.
This isn't some treasure at all, it's clearly the Three Pure Ones!
The Three Pure Ones were transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit, and can be considered Pangu's own sons, naturally protected by Pangu's lingering resentment.
There was still some time before the Three Pure Ones were to be born. Wang Xuan estimated that their strength was around the seventh-order Golden Immortal realm, and they were still some distance away from being able to be born.
"These Three Pure Ones, like Nuwa, must wait until the Dragon-Han Calamity ends before they can be born!"
Wang Xuan withdrew his gaze, turned around and left with great regret.
It should be known that the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda above the head of the Taiqing Daoist is a chaotic spiritual treasure, and seeing that Wang Xuan was hiding it, he had long wanted to take it for himself.
But despite all his calculations, he never expected to find the Three Pure Ones.
Wang Xuan searched Buzhou Mountain for several decades and finally discovered another innate grand formation. After much effort, he opened it and found a 12th-grade lotus platform inside, which was the legendary Creation Green Lotus.
The Creation Lotus in the Primordial World is of such high quality that it has reached the level of a supreme innate treasure. It is an invaluable treasure for Wang Xuan. Without any hesitation, he grabbed the Creation Lotus and pulled it upwards with force, tearing out a small pit.
Only then did Wang Xuan notice the small pit at the bottom of the Creation Lotus, where there was actually a small pool of Three Lights Divine Water!
The Three Lights Divine Water is also a top-tier innate spiritual object. Wang Xuan has obtained quite a few Three Lights Divine Waters in other worlds, but compared to the Three Lights Divine Waters in the Primordial World, their quality is far inferior.
If it were just an ordinary innate spiritual object, Wang Xuan would be happy, but he wouldn't care too much.
But the Three Lights Divine Water was different. He clearly remembered that when Nuwa created humans, she used the Nine Heavens Breath Soil and the Three Lights Divine Water!
Wang Xuan has now found this small pool of the Three Lights Divine Water, which can be considered as a preparation for Nuwa in advance.
Having found the Creation Lotus and the Three Lights Divine Water, Wang Xuan regained his motivation and spent another hundred years searching within Mount Buzhou.
Perhaps it was because he was lucky enough that he actually found the legendary innate gourd vine.
This innate gourd vine bears seven small gourds, four of which contain the four elements of earth, wind, water, and fire, forming the four elements.
There are two even more powerful gourds, each containing yin and yang attributes, making them rare innate treasures. With a little refinement, they can be transformed into top-grade innate spiritual treasures.
As for the last little gourd, it was really small and not fully developed at all. It looked malnourished and seemed like it might fall off at any moment.
However, Wang Xuan clearly sensed that this small gourd contained chaotic attributes, which were much more powerful than the other six gourds!
"It's a pity. This gourd vine was originally a chaotic spiritual root, but it was affected by the Great Calamity of Creation, and its grade dropped. If it were still the chaotic spiritual root gourd vine that lived in chaos, the seventh small gourd could naturally be conceived. But with the current quality of the gourd vine, it is simply not enough to conceive the seventh small gourd."
The Chaos Gourd is of such high quality that it can even be considered a weakened version of the Chaos Pearl. It contains a small part of the Chaos World, which is far beyond what the current gourd vine can support and nurture.
Chapter 294 Voluntarily Entering the Calamity
"I wonder if this innate gourd vine can continue to grow?" With a thought, Wang Xuan took out his Eternal Cauldron.
The Eternal Cauldron has been upgraded to the level of a Chaos Treasure. It has its own world inside, which is only a few thousand kilometers in diameter. However, its advantage lies in the stability of the space, which is much more stable than the space in the Primordial World.
More importantly, the space inside this Eternal Cauldron was filled with chaotic energy by Wang Xuan!
Compared to the extremely violent chaotic energy outside the primordial world, the chaotic energy here is the essence of chaos that Wang Xuan has refined over millions of years in the chaos, which he plans to use for future cultivation. Now, using it to cultivate the innate gourd vine seems like a very good idea.
Wang Xuan carefully pulled the innate gourd vine out by the roots and transplanted it into the Eternal Cauldron.
The innate gourd vine greedily absorbed the chaotic energy, and the chaotic spirituality contained within it began to slowly revive.
Given enough time, this top-tier innate spiritual root might be able to recover to the level of a chaotic spiritual root. Of course, the probability of that is very small, less than one percent.
"I have enough treasures on me for now. I'll go back and take a look first." Wang Xuan turned around and walked back. He had been away from the place that nurtured him for more than two thousand years, and he felt uneasy leaving his younger sister Nuwa there.
He followed his memories back to Nuwa's side. At this time, Nuwa's strength had increased several levels, reaching the sixth-order perfect realm. However, it would probably take hundreds of thousands of years for her to fully manifest.
Innate gods and demons are not only born from innate origins, but also require the interweaving and infusion of great laws, taking an extremely long time to take shape. However, they have the advantage of a solid foundation and outstanding talent.
Don't be fooled by the fact that human cultivators can cultivate very quickly at the beginning, breaking through to the seventh-order Golden Immortal realm in just a few thousand years. This is much faster than the innate gods and demons who need tens of millions of years to develop. However, their upper limit is limited. After the seventh order, the time required to advance to each minor realm increases exponentially.
"Brother, you still know how to come back!" Nuwa sent out an extremely angry thought, clearly complaining that Wang Xuan had abandoned him and never returned.
Wang Xuan touched his nose somewhat awkwardly; he still wanted to take a stroll outside Buzhou Mountain!
Now, Mount Buzhou is shrouded in the will of Pangu, forming an incomparably powerful innate restriction that prevents outsiders from entering.
Once Wang Xuan leaves, he can forget about coming back in for a long time. Only after Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones are born and the outermost innate restriction of Buzhou Mountain is broken will he be able to come in and visit Nuwa.
"Nuwa, you must take good care of yourself from now on, strive to absorb the world's origin to strengthen yourself, and be born as soon as possible!" Wang Xuan encouraged her with a few words full of expectation. He was cheering on his younger sister.
Nuwa clearly wasn't having it, and kept complaining angrily, wanting Wang Xuan to stay and keep her company.
Wang Xuan gave a wry smile. His younger sister was so cute, he wanted to stay and keep her company.
However, the Great Calamity of the Dragon and Han Dynasty was raging outside, with the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans fighting fiercely. Later, the conflict between the Dao and the Demon was also involved, with Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Demon Ancestor Luohou vying for the position of the ruler of the Heavenly Dao.
Wang Xuan didn't have any fragments of the Jade Lotus of Creation, so he was inherently inferior to Hongjun and Luo Hou. If he didn't seize this opportunity to make a quick buck, he would be stuck at the ninth-order perfect realm for the rest of his life and would never be able to break through to the tenth-order Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal realm!
This is not Wang Xuan exaggerating; it is his only chance!
After Dao Ancestor Hongjun defeats Demon Ancestor Luohou, whoever can break through to the tenth level of Hunyuan Wuji Dalu Golden Immortal will be entirely up to Hongjun!
As a time traveler, Wang Xuan naturally knew that it was impossible for him to obtain the position of a saint from Hongjun.
Looking ahead to the future Six Sages of the Primordial World, the reason why the Three Pure Ones were able to become sages was entirely because Hongjun needed the merits of Pangu's creation of the world on the Three Pure Ones, and the Three Pure Ones could also inherit Hongjun's lineage and become the orthodox sect of Xuanmen.
The reason why Jieyin and Zhunti were able to become saints is because Hongjun owed the West a great debt of karma, which he needed to repay with two saintly positions. This was so that there would be no unexpected changes when he merged with the Dao.
Wang Xuan's younger sister, Nuwa, seemed to be favored by the Great Dao of Creation. In the future, things like creating humans from clay and mending the sky would require Nuwa's help, which is why she was able to become a saint.
As for the others, even the Demon Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, despite their cunning schemes, lost the Primordial Purple Qi they had obtained, ultimately having no hope of becoming saints.
Strictly speaking, Wang Xuan, like Yang Mei Ancestor and others, can be categorized as a chaotic god or demon.
Even if he reforged himself and seized Fuxi's existence by taking advantage of the innate origin of the primordial world, he could only deceive the Heavenly Dao, which had no independent consciousness, but he could not deceive the cunning and treacherous Hongjun!
Hongjun was extremely wary of these chaotic gods and demons.
Furthermore, the sainthood bestowed by Hongjun is not so wonderful. Even if one becomes a saint, one will always be weaker than Hongjun, and may even be subject to Hongjun's control.
Put yourself in their shoes: if you were already invincible, would you deliberately create a few entities that could threaten your position?
Wang Xuan never held any hope for a holy position in Zixiao Palace. He wanted to break through to the Hunyuan Wuji Dalu Golden Immortal realm with his own strength, just like Ancestor Yang Mei!
In the ancient myths that Wang Xuan had seen in his previous life, after Hongjun Laozu became a saint, he immediately went to challenge Yangmei Laozu to a duel. As a result, Yangmei Laozu took away all his magic treasures, and only then did he realize that Yangmei Laozu had also broken through to the Hunyuan Wuji Dalu Jinxian realm.
It's likely that Ancestor Yang Mei gained some benefit during the Dragon-Han Calamity, which enabled him to break through smoothly. Wang Xuan also wanted to take the risk and try it.
Amid Nuwa's complaints, Wang Xuan stayed to accompany her for thousands of years. Unbeknownst to him, his cultivation had recovered to the early stage of the ninth rank, giving him a certain degree of self-protection even during the Dragon-Han Calamity, and he was no longer cannon fodder.
Having broken through his cultivation level, Wang Xuan naturally couldn't hold back any longer. After bidding farewell to Nuwa, he headed down towards the foot of Buzhou Mountain.
As soon as he stepped out of Buzhou Mountain, he felt incredibly relaxed.
Although the innate spiritual energy at the foot of the mountain was much thinner, the oppression of Pangu's will was gone, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.
After adjusting his condition, Wang Xuan quickly adapted his body to the environment outside Buzhou Mountain.