After leaving the Netherworld, Hu Le did not immediately return to the Heavenly Court. Instead, he found a place with relatively abundant spiritual energy and meditated to recover some of his magical power.
Since he obtained two fragments of Pangu's primordial spirit, after refining them, he not only gained some of the divine powers created by Pangu, but also experienced some strange changes.
In the darkness, he was already able to sense the existence of other fragments of primordial spirit scattered throughout the primordial world.
As for why this is the case, he has his own guess.
He had previously obtained a fragment of a primordial spirit within the Chaos Bell, but at that time he could not sense the existence of other primordial spirit fragments, probably because the fragment he obtained back then was too small.
Now, two more have been obtained from the Sun Star and the Moon Star. With these three combined, we are now two or three tenths away from completing a full Pangu Primordial Spirit Imprint.
Perhaps it was because he had collected enough fragments that he was able to sense other fragments of the primordial spirit.
However, although he sensed the presence of other fragments, this sense was faint and extremely weak.
After regaining his magical powers, he determined his location and rode away on a cloud.
At first, the sensation was faint and intermittent, but as he flew forward, the sensation gradually became clearer and more obvious.
Before long, he flew to the outside of Zhou Mountain and sensed it for a while. In the darkness, he found that a fragment of Pangu's primordial spirit was hidden in this mountain.
However, the mountain range in front of us stretches endlessly, and we will need to search carefully to find the exact location.
He didn't linger; he simply used his mind to sense the location of the primordial spirit and entered the vast mountains based on this intuition.
He rode on auspicious clouds, traversing the mountains. As he drew closer to the main peak that connected heaven and earth, he suddenly stopped his cloud-like light before a towering peak.
Standing atop the auspicious cloud, he confirmed once more that, in the darkness, the primordial spirit imprint was indeed located within this mountain.
He slowed down the auspicious clouds, arrived at the mountainside, found a spacious and flat place to let the cloud light fall, then dispersed the auspicious clouds, determined the direction, and walked towards the end of a mountain valley not far away.
After rounding the mountain pass, the terrain suddenly opened up, revealing a platform covering several acres in the distance.
In the center stands a large stone about three zhang high, half black and half white, with a Tai Chi pattern naturally formed on its surface.
Around the Tai Chi symbol, dozens of cultivators were sitting cross-legged, their eyes slightly closed, emitting their divine senses onto the Tai Chi symbol, as if they were trying to comprehend something.
Some of them are innate deities, some are demons, and some are mountain spirits.
Hu Le glanced at the strange stone, knowing that the Yuanling fragment was inside it. He nodded in satisfaction and walked towards the stone.
However, before he could get closer, all of them turned to look at him, but no one said a word.
When he got closer, a primordial deity spoke up: "Fellow Daoist, please wait. If you wish to comprehend this treasure, you can sit there. There is no need to get too close."
Before he finished speaking, everyone turned their wary gazes toward Hu Le.
Hu Le smiled faintly, ignoring them, and pointed his finger. The stone suddenly exploded, and a wisp of pure energy floated out from it.
Everyone was shocked and furious at the sight. After seeing the ball of pure energy, they immediately realized what it was. Although they didn't know what it was, they could still sense a mysterious and incredible aura from it.
They could no longer restrain themselves and leaped up, rushing towards that wisp of pure energy.
"hehe……"
Hu Le merely chuckled upon seeing this. This was a fragment of Pangu's primordial spirit, something only Pangu could possess, and certainly not something they could possibly covet.
With a thought, he released the unique aura of Pangu. The pure energy didn't need him to grasp it; it immediately flew towards him on its own.
As it flew closer, he grabbed the pure energy in his hand and gently patted it on his forehead. The pure energy then appeared deep within his Purple Mansion Spirit Platform.
"You bastard! How dare you steal our treasures!"
When everyone saw the duck that was about to be eaten fly away, they were all furious and turned to pounce on Hu Le.
Hu Le couldn't help but chuckle. The highest cultivation level among these guys was only the thirty-seventh or thirty-eighth level of Qi Refining, yet they dared to attack him.
He really didn't know whether to say they were ignorant and arrogant, or simply that ignorance breeds fearlessness...
He simply shook his bamboo staff, releasing a beam of innate five-colored divine light that transformed into a light screen that fell upon the crowd, pressing them to the ground so they could no longer move.
Now they finally realized the difference between them and lay on the ground begging for mercy.
"Senior! Senior! We've waited in vain!"
"We were blind and ignorant! We have offended you, senior! We beg you to have mercy and spare our lives..."
"Senior! Spare us! We'll never dare to do it again!"
"..."
Hu Le smiled. Given his status, he naturally wouldn't bother with these people. With a flick of his bamboo staff, he withdrew the Five-Colored Divine Light.
Everyone felt as if they had been granted a pardon and got up from the ground.
Hu Le called them over and asked them about the origin of the stone they had just seen.
They naturally dared not hide anything and told the truth honestly.
It turned out that they were all cultivators from the surrounding area, and they didn't actually know when the stone had appeared.
It seems they were already here before they were born, as if they had existed since time immemorial.
They were initially attracted to the yin-yang symbol on the surface of the stone when they discovered it.
Don't be fooled by the seemingly static Tai Chi pattern. When examined with divine sense, you'll discover that the two black and white Yin-Yang fish are not inanimate objects, but are constantly transforming and evolving into the Yin-Yang Tai Chi, and even the wondrous principles of Yin and Yang.
They have benefited greatly from the Tai Chi diagram.
Therefore, this stone was named the Enlightenment Stone.
Of course, they were also curious about the origin of the stone and wondered what treasures were hidden inside.
Unfortunately, the Enlightenment Stone seemed to be formed from chaos, isolating all divine senses, and they were unable to explore the details inside.
The only way to find out what's inside is to break the Enlightenment Stone.
Whether they can break this Enlightenment Stone is another matter entirely. Even if they could, what would happen to the Tai Chi pattern on its surface?
After all, the picture contains too many mysteries that they have not yet fully understood.
They were unwilling to destroy such a treasure...
In the years that followed, they often came here to contemplate the Tai Chi pattern and comprehend the Dao, gradually forgetting about delving into the inner workings of the Enlightenment Stone.
Until Hu Le arrived, he casually pointed and shattered the Enlightenment Stone, revealing the true treasure inside.
The pattern on the Enlightenment Stone, which contained the profound mysteries of the Great Dao, was also destroyed.
While they were filled with rage, they finally realized that the Enlightenment Stone did indeed contain treasures, and that they had been guarding a treasure mountain without their knowledge all along...
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