In the Primordial World, flowers blossomed in full splendor and birds and beasts frolicked, presenting a vibrant and thriving scene.
A young Daoist walked across the vast land. Clad in a flowing red robe with waterfall-like hair, he moved with peerless elegance and breathtaking handsomeness.
This person was none other than Luoxuan.
Luoxuan raised his head and gazed into the distance, where a massive mountain pierced through heaven and earth.
It was none other than Mount Buzhou, the tallest mountain in the Primordial World.
As the center of heaven and earth, no matter where one was in the Primordial World, a mere glance upward would reveal the location of Mount Buzhou, a testament to its towering and majestic stature.
Because of this, although Mount Buzhou might look close, the actual distance to it was extremely far.
Yet Luoxuan was in no hurry.
After all, the Lich Clan had just fought their first great war, and Houtu had not yet transformed into Reincarnation; there was still a very long time before the decisive battle between the Lich factions.
He simply lowered his cloud and chose to tour the Primordial World on foot.
While sightseeing, he gathered various spiritual flowers and herbs.
After the Lich War, heaven and earth were shattered. Although Nuwa refined stones to patch the heavens, the innate spiritual Qi of the universe degenerated into acquired spiritual Qi.
Therefore, these ordinary-looking innate spiritual objects of the present would become rare treasures in later ages.
Atop a mountain peak, Luoxuan discovered three ten-thousand-year-old snow lotus flowers.
He plucked the two older ones and left the slightly younger lotus behind. Exhausting a resource completely was unacceptable; sustainable development was a must.
[Ding-dong!]
Just as Luoxuan was busy collecting spiritual herbs and immortal flowers, the system suddenly stirred.
Luoxuan raised an eyebrow.
"System, have your bugs finally been fixed?"
Last time, after Luoxuan checked in at Yuxu Palace, a whimsical thought had struck him: since Yuxu Palace was a location on Kunlun Mountain, could he also check in at Kunlun Mountain along the way?
As a result, the moment he attempted to check in at Kunlun Mountain, the system suddenly acted as if it had contracted a virus.
[Check-in failed! Check-in failed!]
[Vulnerability detected, vulnerability detected! The system is initiating repairs, currently repairing...]
After that, no matter how Luoxuan called out, the system gave no response.
Right then and there, he almost lost his composure.
He muttered inwardly:
"Why does this system feel so cheap? How could it even have bugs?"
[System repair successful!]
Immediately following that, the system began listing a series of new rules, obviously patches applied to the previous loophole. For example, after checking in at Yuxu Palace, Luoxuan was now permitted to check in at Kunlun Mountain.
This was because Kunlun Mountain did not belong exclusively to Yuxu Palace.
On the contrary, places like Jin'ao Island and Biyou Palace were the personal Daoist sanctum of the Master Tongtian alone, and thus counted as a single location that could only be checked in once.
At the same time, Luoxuan discovered that wanting to check in at Kunlun Mountain required waiting another ten thousand years.
Luoxuan had no particular objection to this.
After all, Kunlun Mountain was simply a special case. It was so vast that even Yuanshi, despite being a Sage, could not monopolize the entire mountain, resulting in numerous Daoist sanctums situated upon it.
Only Kunlun Mountain was so unique; essentially, other immortal mountains followed the rule that two tigers could not share one mountain, with each peak having only a single master.
...
On this day, as Luoxuan was traveling through the Primordial World, he suddenly saw a wondrous mountain standing ahead. Clear streams and lush mountains, overlapping peaks and breathtaking scenery made it truly extraordinary.
Luoxuan walked toward it, but as he drew closer, he found the entire mountain shrouded in clouds and mist.
Luoxuan stepped inside.
However, he discovered that all around him was a vast expanse of white. Even with his cultivation as a Taiyi Golden Immortal, he could not see clearly. Luoxuan immediately realized this was no ordinary mist.
"It is actually an array!"
Luoxuan's spirits instantly lifted, joy shining in his eyes.
As a disciple of Jiejiao, although Luoxuan was not particularly fond of arrays, through constant exposure in his daily life, he still possessed a fair understanding of them.
Through his observation, the array upon this mountain was not laid down artificially, but was instead an innate array.
What was an innate array?
Places where certain innate spiritual treasures and spiritual roots were born would naturally generate innate arrays, the purpose being to conceal their whereabouts and prevent covetous eyes from others.
In other words, wherever there was an innate array, there were bound to be good things inside.
This was the reason for Luoxuan's excitement.
"To refuse what is bestowed by Heaven invites calamity. Since I have run into it, it is naturally my affinity with the Dao."
Luoxuan began breaking the array.
However, this array was a grand innate array, profound and peerlessly marvelous, while Luoxuan's knowledge of arrays was merely half-baked; he was far from proficient.
Consequently, after spending half a day, he was merely spinning in circles within the clouds, making no progress whatsoever in breaking the array.
"Forget it."
"Let's just use brute force!"
Luoxuan finally gave up. Although looking intellectual was cool, he was still better suited for a head-on approach and breaking arrays with raw violence.
With a wave of his large hand, he summoned the Fire Spirit Bead and smashed it fiercely toward the array.
Boom!
With a loud crash, a transparent light barrier appeared. The Fire Spirit Bead struck it heavily, kicking up ripples in concentric circles, yet the grand array remained completely undamaged.
Luoxuan frowned.
He put away the Fire Spirit Bead, summoned the South-Aspected Separation Fire, and began scorching the array.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
The raging fire burned, baking the earth.
The South-Aspected Separation Fire lived up to its reputation as a top-tier divine fire in the Primordial World with its formidable power. After just a brief moment, a breach was burned right through the previously impenetrable grand array.
"Break!"
Luoxuan gave a soft shout.
Endless flames transformed into a fire phoenix, which let out a long cry and slammed directly into the array.
Crack!
A crisp sound rang out.
The array's protective barrier developed dense cracks like a shattered mirror.
Finally, reaching its limit and unable to bear the strain under the onslaught of the fire phoenix, the array shattered with a loud bang.
In an instant, the mists dissipated, and the true appearance of the great mountain was revealed before Luoxuan's eyes.
Luoxuan let out a breath.
That previous attack had cost him quite a bit of effort, but fortunately, this innate array was not as formidable as he had imagined and had ultimately succumbed to the South-Aspected Separation Fire.
Luoxuan followed the mountain path, stepping upward.
Halfway up the mountain, a stone tablet stood by the roadside, inscribed with three archaic characters.
"Mount Wuyi!"
"It's actually Mount Wuyi!"
Luoxuan had never imagined that the random mountain he stumbled upon would actually be Mount Wuyi.
Mount Wuyi was not particularly famous in the Primordial World, but Luoxuan knew that upon this mountain lay a supreme treasure—the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Treasure-Falling Coin, which could knock down any magical treasure below the level of an Innate Supreme Treasure.
Such a function could be described as utterly heaven-defying.
During the Investiture of the Gods, Zhao Gongming had fallen victim to the Treasure-Falling Coin, losing even his Sea-Suppressing Pearls, which ultimately led to his tragic death at the hands of Randeng.
Its only drawback was that it was ineffective against physical weapons.
Pity poor Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, two ill-fated souls who had acted out of kindness to rescue Randeng, only to end up perishing and making it onto the Investiture of the Gods.
Luoxuan walked up to the summit and discovered a mountain cave.
Stepping inside, he saw a tea tree on the left.
The tea leaves were entirely verdant like fine jade, emitting a faint, refreshing fragrance.
Taking a single breath of it instantly made one feel refreshed and mentally invigorated.
On the right was a round copper coin with a square hole in the center, flanked by wings on either side. Inscriptions of the Heavenly Dao flickered in and out of view upon it, radiating a profound and mysterious aura.