I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 569: Entrusting the Soul
Zhang Chen knew what the other party meant. What the other party meant was that as Tongtian Jianmu grew, a will would gradually emerge within Tongtian Jianmu. At that time, it would be difficult for Zhang Chen to refine the other party.

"This world has suffered an unknown disaster and is gradually heading towards the end of the law and death. If you have the Tongtian Jianmu to be self-sufficient, you will be able to survive even if the world collapses and the laws fall apart in the future." The voice of the Great Freedom Demon was full of solemnity.

"You seem to not want me to die." Zhang Chen turned his head and looked at the Great Freedom Demon.

"Once the Dharma ends completely and the supernatural laws between heaven and earth disappear, I will also disappear from heaven and earth and return to the mortal world. If you can still remain transcendent and possess supernatural powers, I will also be preserved and have a glimmer of hope." The voice of the Great Freedom Demon was full of solemnity:

"Zhang Chen, your enemies are definitely not those visible enemies, but the world itself that is constantly decaying in the dark."

Zhang Chen and the Great Freedom Demon stared at each other. After a long moment, Zhang Chen sighed softly, "I believed your lies!"

The Tongtian Jianmu and the Ascension Pool were spit out from the Basher space, and then Zhang Chen pulled out the Tongtian Jianmu seedling from the Ascension Pool. He saw that the Tongtian Jianmu seedling was like jade, flawless without any impurities, with natural textures flowing on it, and rich innate energy flashing, causing the plants and trees around Zhang Chen to begin to change. They had obtained the destiny of the world and were about to transform into monsters. They had already begun to capture the essence of the sun and the moon between heaven and earth.

The seedling of the towering Jianmu tree has now grown to two meters in height. It is emerald green all over, except for the roots which are pure white, like the most perfect white jade, swaying in the wind.

Zhang Chen hesitated for a moment as he looked at the young seedling of Tongtian Jianmu. The next moment, his soul left his body and pounced towards Tongtian Jianmu, directly sinking into Tongtian Jianmu.

Then the young seedling of the Tongtian Jianmu tree was seen swaying in the darkness, emitting faint light. Three hours later, the young seedling of the Tongtian Jianmu tree kept getting smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared out of thin air, while Zhang Chen's soul appeared in the field.

"I have temporarily left the imprint of my soul on the young tree of Tongtian Jianmu. It will take several years to completely refine it." Zhang Chen's soul returned to his body, and then his body opened its eyes and said something to the Great Freedom Demon.

“This is an innate spiritual root, and it is the king among innate spiritual roots. Even if it is just in its embryonic stage, it is not so easy to refine. It is very rare that you can initially imprint your own spirit on it and perform preliminary operations within just three hours.” The Great Freedom Demon rarely argued with Zhang Chen, but praised him.

"Unfortunately, the seedling of Tongtian Jianmu was refined into my soul, and the speed of the production of liquid in the Ascension Pool slowed down, delaying the transformation of my immortal body." Zhang Chen said.

The Great Freedom Demon looked at Zhang Chen with a somewhat tangled gaze, and finally said, "The Basher Dimension is in your body. The seedling of the Tongtian Jianmu can even pass through the world barrier. It shouldn't be difficult to let it take root from your ancestral orifice between your eyebrows, penetrate into the Basher Dimension, and fall into your Ascension Pool, right?"

Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment: "Is there such a thing?"

As Zhang Chen thought about it, he saw the root of the Tongtian Jianmu that had fallen into the ancestral orifice between his eyebrows vibrate slightly. Then, there was a twist in Zhang Chen's Bashe space, and a white root extended from the void and probed into Zhang Chen's Bashe space. Then, the innate qi captured by the Tongtian Jianmu flowed along the root into the ascension pool, and innate liquid was born in the ascension pool again.

"What a good fortune! The creation of nature is indeed mysterious. I just don't know if I can directly accelerate time within the ancestral orifice without taking out the seedling of Tongtian Jianmu. This would save a lot of trouble." Zhang Chen had thoughts in his mind.

As the Tongtian Jianmu seedling grows bigger and bigger, the noise it makes will become louder and louder when it is taken out again and again to accelerate time.

As Zhang Chen thought about it, the power of time descended from the ancestral orifice between his eyebrows and directly acted on the seedling of Tongtian Jianmu. Then the seedling of Tongtian Jianmu underwent mysterious changes.

"It's a pity that my soul is immune to the power of time, otherwise I could take this opportunity to complete the ritual of refining the Tongtian Jianmu seedling." There was a hint of regret in Zhang Chen's eyes.

As Zhang Chen was refining the young tree of Tongtian Jianmu, he realized the changes in himself. Every inch of his skin seemed to possess mysterious power, absorbing and exhaling the mysteries of the sun and the moon between heaven and earth. His originally exhausted spirit was nourished by the innate qi and became full of energy again.

"It has taken me longer to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, but I don't know how much longer." Zhang Chen was delighted, and his soul left his body to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. As his soul looked at the five elements of heaven and earth, he saw the silk threads representing the five elements of heaven and earth moving rhythmically, and the frequency of the fluctuations seemed to be a radio station, transmitting information to Zhang Chen. However, the information flow was too complex and obscure, and it was almost impossible for Zhang Chen to understand and remember it.

At this moment, the Tongtian Jianmu seedling in his soul emitted a subtle fluctuation, as if it had turned into a super processor, which actually directly amplified the power of Zhang Chen's soul, allowing it to crack, analyze, deduce, and memorize the rhythm transmitted by the law more quickly. Time passed little by little, and this time it took a full hour for Zhang Chen's soul to reach its limit.

As the process of comprehending the laws of heaven and earth came to an end, Zhang Chen's soul returned to his body. After he opened his eyes, he revealed a look of shock: "This is simply unbelievable."

"What do you think? That is an innate spiritual root, and it is the top innate spiritual root. You have refined it into your soul. Although you cannot say that you will immediately become an innate god, you will have innate qualifications." The Great Freedom Demon said proudly: "Boy, you are still immature! You must listen to the advice of the ancestor!"

Zhang Chen looked at the Great Freedom Demon with displeasure and was too lazy to pay attention to the old guy. Instead, he closed his eyes, took out his own innate spiritual treasure, the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth, and began to sacrifice and refine the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth.

The Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth seemed to have sensed Zhang Chen's changes, and it actually emitted a buzzing sound towards Zhang Chen, conveying an indescribable desire, which kept jumping in Zhang Chen's palm.

"Huh?" Zhang Chen looked at the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth in his hand with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"It must be the innate energy in your body that attracted the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror. If you draw out a little bit of innate energy to nourish the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, it will be a great tonic for the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror. Its innate restrictions will be repaired, and you will be able to refine this treasure faster in the future." The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon said: "You will become an attractor of the Heaven and Earth Treasures in this world. I'm afraid that all the innate treasures will be unable to move after seeing you, and will automatically recognize you as their master."

"Is it that exaggerated?" Zhang Chen asked in surprise.

"Do you have any misunderstanding about the word 'innate'? The so-called innate era is the most suitable era for innate creatures, and the innate energy is also the most suitable gas for the survival of innate creatures, including innate spiritual treasures. The innate energy is the greatest tonic for all kinds of innate creatures. In the acquired era, and even in the current Dharma-Ending Age, the living environment of innate creatures has changed, and all innate creatures are struggling to survive." The Great Freedom Demon sighed softly, his voice full of emotion.

Zhang Chen glanced at the Great Freedom Demon and did not respond. Instead, he directly poured a wisp of innate energy into the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth. Sure enough, the next moment, the divine light of the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth flowed, emitting a joyful humming sound, expressing its favor towards Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen stroked the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth, and after refining it for a while, he took out the Ascension Pool and the Alchemy Furnace to refine them separately, and injected a wisp of innate energy into each of the two treasures. Then, mysterious ancient runes flashed on the two treasures, and there seemed to be ancient energy flowing. All kinds of mysterious forces between heaven and earth were twisted and infused into the two treasures. At the same time, two mysterious messages inexplicably appeared in Zhang Chen's mind.

"What great treasures! I didn't expect that there are so many mysteries in the two treasures. It turns out that I have only dug up the tip of the iceberg of the two treasures." Zhang Chen sensed the flow of information coming from the innate restrictions in the two treasures. It turned out that there was a trick to utilize the innate energy to stimulate the mysterious uses of the two treasures.

"Good! Good!" Zhang Chen did not favor one over the other. He also injected a wisp of innate energy into the golden scissors. Then he ended today's training and lay in the tent thinking about the future.

"Now that the soul has been cultivated, the next step is to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, temper the body, temper the body to an incredible level, and then survive the three disasters. But I don't have the formula for tempering the body!" Zhang Chen blinked his eyes: "Where can I find the formula for tempering the body? My Li Shi Ban Shan Fa is the prerequisite for Jiu Zhuan Xuan Gong. I wonder if I have a chance to find the legendary Jiu Zhuan Xuan Gong, and then use the Jiu Zhuan Xuan Gong to temper my body and finally survive the disaster."

Zhang Chen had two ideas in his mind. The first was to find the follow-up techniques of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art, and the second was to go to the Huangtian Dao to look for the next practice formula.

"How should we practice next?" Zhang Chen asked the Great Freedom Demon.

The Great Freedom Demon shook his head: "I don't remember!"

Hearing this, Zhang Chen didn't quite believe it: "I say, grandson, do you really not remember, or are you pretending not to remember?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Of course I really don't remember! If I remembered, why wouldn't I tell you? You should know that it will be good for me if you become stronger." said the Great Freedom Demon.

Zhang Chen stroked his chin when he heard that. "Well, I'll trust you for now. I'll find a chance to look for the rest of the immortal arts later. I can comprehend the laws of heaven and earth by myself now. Even if there are no subsequent techniques, I can gradually find a way to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. It's just that the efficiency is too low and the effect is too poor. The predecessors cultivated the formulas from scratch. Now that I can comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, there is no reason why I can't do it."

(End of this chapter)