Yet the outline of that Innate Formation soon faded from sight, merging completely with heaven and earth. Even scanning with an Essence Soul would yield no trace of it.
Yet it was unequivocally right there.
It truly existed.
Having confirmed this, Xuanjian began pondering how to breach the formation and enter.
As the innate guardian formation of Fangzhang Immortal Island—a top-tier Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land—it was certainly not something that could be easily breached.
Unless he resorted to some underhanded trick.
After mulling it over, a brilliant idea suddenly struck him. “What would happen if I targeted the 【Fifty-Fifty】 skill on Fangzhang Immortal Island?”
Xuanjian meant the entire Fangzhang Immortal Island, not merely the Innate Formation protecting it.
No sooner thought than done. Xuanjian immediately activated his 【Fifty-Fifty】 skill: “Lock target—Fangzhang Immortal Island!”
Buzz!
The judgment criteria of the 【Fifty-Fifty with Anyone】 skill were remarkably broad; virtually anything and everything under creation could be matched fifty-fifty.
Beings as mighty as Saints.
Creatures as humble as mayflies.
All could be matched fifty-fifty.
Why, then, should Fangzhang Immortal Island be an exception?
The moment Xuanjian’s 【Fifty-Fifty】 skill locked onto Fangzhang Immortal Island, he felt his power skyrocket to a terrifying degree!
Hunyuan Golden Immortal great perfection!
Indeed.
As a top-tier Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land, Fangzhang Immortal Island possessed an unfathomably profound foundation and vast origin. If its total energy were converted into cultivation realm, Hunyuan Golden Immortal great perfection was quite reasonable.
A Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land of this caliber could bear even the Great Dao pressure and karmic luck of a Saint.
If its foundation were insufficient, how could it ever bear a Saint?
Most likely, the moment a Saint arrived, the island would collapse under that terrifying Dao pressure and destiny.
And now, Xuanjian locked onto Fangzhang Immortal Island and split fifty-fifty with it, naturally elevating his cultivation to match the island's level.
Hunyuan Golden Immortal great perfection!
In this era where Saints had not yet emerged, even if the two hegemons of the Dragon-Han era—Ancestor Dragon slumbering in the sea eye and Yuanfeng imprisoning herself within the Undying Volcano—were to step forth, neither would last a single round against Xuanjian!
Of course, the “enemy” currently before him was... the Innate Formation protecting Fangzhang Immortal Island.
Xuanjian summoned the Phoenix Feather Hairpin once more. As Dharmic powers of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal level poured into it, the Phoenix Feather Hairpin began to tremble and hum, radiating dazzling five-colored brilliance as crisp phoenix cries resonated through heaven and earth.
“Go!”
With a sharp cry, the Phoenix Feather Hairpin held in Xuanjian's palm seemed to transcend space-time, unaffected by time and space. Unstoppable, it arrived before the Innate Formation in an instant.
This time, the Phoenix Feather Hairpin did not manifest into the shape of a fire phoenix. Instead, it struck the Innate Formation directly in its original form as a hairpin.
There was no grand shattering of the formation as one might imagine.
Nor was there any earth-shattering scene of destruction.
There was only a bowl-sized hole.
Around this opening, Nanming Li Fire burned fiercely, thwarting the Innate Formation's capacity to self-repair.
Xuanjian smiled faintly and slipped right through the hole.
What a joke. Fangzhang Immortal Island was to be the headquarters of his future merchant guild; if he smashed the Innate Formation to pieces and left it looking half-baked, wouldn't he become a laughingstock once he opened for business?
Once inside Fangzhang Immortal Island, Xuanjian waved a hand and dissipated the Nanming Li Fire surrounding the opening.
Deprived of the scorching Nanming Li Fire, the Innate Formation swiftly mended the hole.
Restored as good as new.
Having entered the island, Xuanjian, with the Essence Soul strength of a Hunyuan Golden Immortal at great perfection, took in the entirety of Fangzhang Immortal Island with absolute ease.
Though called an island, Fangzhang Immortal Island's true size was actually comparable to an entire realm of the myriad heavens!
(Micro World, Minor World, Medium World, Major World, Minor Thousand World, Medium Thousand World, Major Thousand World, Myriad Heavens and Realms, Cosmic Great Realm, Origin Great Realm, Supreme Heaven and Earth; Honghuang during the eras of World Creation, Ferocious Beasts, Dragon-Han, and Wu-Demon belonged to the Supreme Heaven and Earth.)
At the center of the island stood an imposing divine mountain of unfathomable height, piercing straight into the clouds with no visible peak. Rooted in the earth, it was the ancestral Earth Vein and primordial source of Fangzhang Immortal Island.
The sheer awe it inspired far surpassed Mount Wuyi!
In the presence of this divine mountain, Mount Wuyi—a top-grade Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land—could only be described by Xuanjian as... a little girl.
He had anticipated a vast gap, but never imagined it would be this colossal.
The majestic, heavy pressure and the ancient, boundless aura steeped in eons could not help but inspire awe.
As a top-tier Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land, especially one that remained unexplored, the resources within Fangzhang Immortal Island were predictably bountiful.
Within Xuanjian's Essence Soul perception, brilliant treasure radiance bloomed everywhere across Fangzhang Immortal Island. The vitality of heaven and earth belonging to Innate Spiritual Roots was so dense it had practically materialized. Immortal ganoderma and spirit ginseng that had grown for hundreds of millions of years, as well as exotic flowers and rare herbs, could be seen everywhere, breathing out radiant glows.
Immortal dew gathered into springs.
Immortal beasts roamed freely.
Endless Dao traces permeated the island. Standing within it, one could hear the tones of the Great Dao echoing in one's ears. Wherever the eyes fell, laws materialized into myriad wondrous spectacles, and innate runes drifted through the void like fireflies, expounding the ultimate truths of the Great Dao.
“Cultivating here will definitely be more than a hundred times faster than at Mount Wuyi!”
“As expected of a top-tier Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land.”
“Of the Three Innate Islands, besides Fangzhang Immortal Island, only Yingzhou Immortal Island was claimed by Duke of the East, leaving Penglai Immortal Island yet to emerge...”
Feeling the innate environment within Fangzhang Island, Xuanjian could not help sighing with emotion.
Only upon beholding a top-tier Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land did Xuanjian truly understand the saying: To those who are not Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands, I am like the bright moon in the sky; to those who are, beholding me is like a mayfly gazing upon the boundless heavens.
Both were Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands.
Separated by merely a single grade.
Why on earth was the disparity so immense?
Mount Wuyi, let's not contact each other anymore; I'm afraid Fangzhang Immortal Island might misunderstand.
Having witnessed the vastness of Fangzhang Immortal Island, Xuanjian could not help wondering what spectacle Penglai, the foremost of the Three Innate Islands, would present.
How wonderful it would be if he could obtain that as well.
Merging all three innate islands to serve as the headquarters of his merchant guild?
Just the thought of that picture was utterly intoxicating.
Shaking his head, Xuanjian cast those stray thoughts aside for the moment. “No need to overthink it. Exploring Fangzhang Immortal Island and refining its core is the top priority.”
“I recall from the Honghuang lore in my past life that the Twelve-Petaled Purifying White Lotus was said to be hidden within Fangzhang Immortal Island. I wonder if that's true.”
The Twelve-Petaled Purifying White Lotus was the most enigmatic innate white lotus in Honghuang, having never appeared before, completely unknown to anyone.
The world only knew of the Merit Golden Lotus, the World-Destroying Black Lotus, the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, and the Creation Green Lotus, unaware that there existed a fifth innate lotus.
Namely, this Twelve-Petaled Purifying White Lotus!
Legend had it that the Purifying White Lotus possessed profound wonders such as purifying all things, steadying the Essence Soul, enhancing comprehension, and boasting peerless defense.
It was an out-and-out top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!
Naturally, it was also a top-grade Innate Spiritual Root.
“A massive innate restriction covers the summit of the divine mountain at the center of the island. There must be something incredible there!”
No sooner thought than done. Xuanjian set out immediately, arriving at the summit of Mount Fangzhang in an instant with the speed of a Hunyuan Golden Immortal at great perfection.
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