Chapter 41 | Reborn as the Lubao Coin, and Even Sages Can Only Draw With Me

Summoning the Treasure-Gathering Gold Basin, Xuanjian tossed it into the air.

The Treasure-Gathering Gold Basin expanded infinitely, ultimately transforming into a massive, glittering golden basin that blotted out the sun, hovering upside down with its mouth facing the ground.

The mouth of the basin blazed with radiant golden light as the Great Dao laws of Wealth and Commerce surged, generating an infinite suction force that drew the Three Lights Divine Water from the celestial pool into its depths.

Xuanjian did not take all of the Three Lights Divine Water.

At most, he took away two-thirds of it.

He planned to keep this two-thirds for himself or for those close to him to use.

The remaining one-third in the celestial pool would be kept to be sold in the future.

The celestial pool was vast.

The quantity of Three Lights Divine Water was immense.

Even with the immense suction force of the Treasure-Gathering Gold Basin, it still took a long time to draw in two-thirds of the Three Lights Divine Water.

Looking down, he saw that the water level of the once-overflowing celestial pool had dropped significantly. Nevertheless, about three million fang of Three Lights Divine Water still remained.

Storing away the Treasure-Gathering Gold Basin, Xuanjian cast one final look at the celestial pool and thought to himself, “I can establish a Dao Arena by this pool in the future.”

With that, Xuanjian departed from the summit of Mount Tianzhu.

He continued to scour Fangzhang Immortal Island.

Through his Essence Soul's perception, the locations of any innate restrictions were crystal clear to Xuanjian.

Xuanjian materialized once more before an innate restriction that was slightly smaller than the one at the summit of Mount Tianzhu. With a casual wave of his hand, he erased this innate restriction, revealing a unique hidden world within. Here, the innate spiritual qi was so dense that it had already condensed into liquid form.

And deep within this space, a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure stood thrust into the ground.

It was a banner-shaped Innate Spiritual Treasure. Its flagpole was pitch-black like ink and as long as a spear. At its top hung a black-and-white banner that billowed in the wind, engraved with various mysterious innate runes.

At the very tip of the flagpole was a sharp, pointed ornament resembling a spearhead.

The aura of the laws of the Great Dao of Souls was incredibly dense here. Ordinary cultivators would have their souls ensnared and devoured by its inherent Great Dao laws with just a single glance at this Innate Spiritual Treasure—driven mad at best, or dying on the spot at worst.

Taking it into his hand, Xuanjian probed it with his Essence Soul. He instantly understood what this Innate Spiritual Treasure was called and what it could do.

“A Soul Banner?”

“An Innate Spiritual Treasure I've never heard of before.”

This was an Innate Spiritual Treasure of a utility and offensive type, possessing two wondrous uses.

First: soul nourishment. As long as even a sliver of a true spirit remained, placing it within the Soul Banner would allow it to slowly recover. While it might not restore it to peak condition, it could easily reform the true spirit back into an Essence Soul, stabilize the true spirit from dispersing, and restore it to a soul.

Second: soul devouring. By consuming souls, the Soul Banner could continuously enhance its own power. If it devoured enough souls and Essence Souls during a battle, it could temporarily reach the level of a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!

When used in combat, it was not only immensely powerful but also had the effect of disturbing the opponent's mind.

“This thing...”

Plucking the Soul Banner from the ground, Xuanjian waved it casually through the air a few times, a peculiar expression crossing his face. “This thing... based on its description, it's a bit like a Myriad Soul Banner... Oh, bah, I mean a Human Emperor Banner.”

All in all, the Soul Banner was an exceptionally good Innate Spiritual Treasure.

And a high-grade one at that.

Xuanjian: “Based on its properties alone, the Soul Banner is absolutely qualified to compare with ordinary top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.”

Storing away the Soul Banner, Xuanjian continued to examine other innate restrictions.

After some busy work, Xuanjian obtained another two high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, five low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, as well as some mid-to-low-grade Innate Spiritual Roots and innate divine objects.

The two high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures he acquired after the Soul Banner were the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl and the Innate Water Spirit Pearl.

Indeed, these were the Water and Fire Spirit Pearls of the Five Innate Spirit Pearls.

Counting the Innate Metal Spirit Pearl he had previously obtained from a choice, and the Innate Wood Spirit Pearl he had found on Mount Zhou, Xuanjian had now gathered four of the Five Innate Spirit Pearls.

He only lacked the final Innate Earth Spirit Pearl to assemble the complete set of five. Once combined and refined together, their tier would soar directly to that of a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!

Legend had it that the Five Innate Spirit Pearls could also work in conjunction with the Innate Five-Element Banners, allowing the banners to unleash even greater power.

He had no idea whether this legend was true or false.

Reviewing his harvest this time: one top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and top-grade Innate Spiritual Root—the Twelve-Petaled Purifying White Lotus.

Three high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures: the Soul Banner, the Innate Water Spirit Pearl, and the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl.

As for mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, he had none.

Five low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

These were not worth mentioning.

A dozen or so mid-to-low-grade Innate Spiritual Roots.

A dozen or so mid-to-low-grade innate divine objects.

As for those Acquired Spiritual Roots and Acquired divine objects, Xuanjian did not collect them, choosing instead to let them continue growing on Fangzhang Immortal Island.

Practically everything of value that was worth collecting had been gathered.

Next was the final, and most important, step!

Finding the core of Fangzhang Immortal Island!

By refining it, he would completely gain control of Fangzhang Immortal Island!

There were not many top-tier Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands in Honghuang: the Kunlun ancestral vein, Mount Shouyang, the Heavenly Court, Golden Ao Island, Mount Yujing, the two supreme stellar bodies of the Lunar and Solar Stars, the three innate islands of Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou, the Undying Volcano, the central Wutu lands, and the ancestral court of the Dragon Clan.

Among these top-tier Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands, currently only five remained masterless: Mount Shouyang, the Heavenly Court, Golden Ao Island, Penglai, and Fangzhang.

All the others already had masters.

Mount Shouyang could not be found. The Heavenly Court lay at the peak of Mount Zhou, formed from the head of Great God Pangu, but its entrance could not be located. Golden Ao Island could not be found, and Penglai Immortal Island could not be found either. The only one Xuanjian could find was this Fangzhang Immortal Island.

Xuanjian swept his Essence Soul wildly across the entire island, searching every nook and cranny of Fangzhang Immortal Island.

Ultimately, within Mount Tianzhu, he discovered a void space. It contained absolutely nothing except for a quietly hovering, prism-shaped crystal that emitted a faint blue glow. It was deeply connected to the source of Fangzhang Immortal Island, fully merged as one.

“Found it!”

Xuanjian was overjoyed. “This is the core of Fangzhang Immortal Island!”

With a grand teleportation, Xuanjian crossed space.

He materialized directly in front of the Fangzhang core.

The cores of Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands varied wildly. For example, the core of his birthplace, Mount Wuyi, was a stone slab, while the core of Fangzhang Immortal Island was a prism-shaped crystal. Some other Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands had cores that were stone spheres.

In short, each was unique.

Xuanjian grabbed the Fangzhang core, sat cross-legged in the void, and extended both palms before his chest to push forward, beginning to refine the Fangzhang core!

With his current cultivation realm of Hunyuan Golden Immortal Great Perfection, which he possessed through his 【Fifty-Fifty with Anyone】 ability matching Fangzhang Immortal Island itself, refining the Fangzhang core was incredibly easy.

In less than a hundred years, Xuanjian had completely refined the core of Fangzhang Immortal Island.

From this moment on, this top-tier Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land belonged to Xuanjian!

The 'Xuan' in Xuanjian!

“Even though I now have a top-tier Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land, I am not the type to abandon the old just because I have found something new. Mount Wuyi... can it coexist with Fangzhang Immortal Island? What if I merge them together?”