I Don't Want You to Decide

At first, Xiang Dong thought the arrow only served to point the way.

But later, he noticed something strange. The arrow, driven by Pangu's Will, was resonating with some existence in the distant void.

Some enormous being in the void had been awakened by Pangu's Will. As if it had received a summons, it went full speed ahead, accelerating toward the Primordial World and the arrow in Xiang Dong's hand.

Even if he stood still, it would come to him on its own, with pinpoint accuracy.

Nice. Is this the VVIP treatment?

The efficiency is incredible.

I just placed my order, and the delivery is already knocking at the door.

Before long, a tremendous boom rang out in the chaotic void.

Immediately afterward, dense innate Spiritual Qi spread out from the chaotic void, so dense that it even formed a vortex on the surface of the sea.

This stretch of sea was the first to be affected, nourished by the innate Spiritual Qi and setting off a chain of reactions that drew large numbers of aquatic creatures.

Not all Spiritual Qi was innate Spiritual Qi, and not every place had such dense innate Spiritual Qi.

Places like this were usually either undiscovered or already claimed, so when such dense innate Spiritual Qi suddenly appeared, whoever seized it got to keep it.

Of course, the Dragon Clan would surely claim it in the end, so before they arrived, the creatures would take as many extra breaths as they could. Even one extra breath was a fortuitous opportunity.

But Nuwa and Xiang Dong's target was not those few breaths of innate Spiritual Qi, but the immortal island inside the vortex.

With a Flash, they charged into the vortex and landed on the immortal island.

The innate Spiritual Qi here was even denser, nearly condensed into spiritual liquid. Even if Xiang Dong did not actively absorb it, it would burrow into his body.

Too eager. Far too eager. Xiang Dong didn't like it.

He had no interest in improving his Law Power, cultivation, realm, or anything like that. He didn't touch any of it.

But he couldn't stop the innate Spiritual Qi from burrowing into him of its own accord. With it being so eager, Xiang Dong broke through his realm bottleneck.

He went from Golden Immortal Great Perfection to Taiyi Golden Immortal.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist!"

Seeing Xiang Dong advance in realm, Nuwa naturally offered her congratulations. As she saw it, advancing in realm was a good thing.

But Xiang Dong's face darkened, and he said resentfully, "What's there to congratulate me for? Wait until I die someday, then come congratulate me."

Nuwa was so stumped by that retort that she didn't know how to answer. You really are tireless in your single-minded pursuit of death.

"Since you don't want to talk about such a mood-killing matter, fellow Daoist, let's explore and find our fortuitous opportunities sooner. Otherwise, it'll be troublesome when the Dragon Clan arrives."

Xiang Dong nodded in full agreement. Pangu's Will had only sped up the Three Immortal Islands' convergence with the Primordial World and pinpointed their location. Entering the Three Immortal Islands was not their exclusive privilege.

On the contrary, in the eyes of local overlords like the Dragon Clan, Xiang Dong and Nuwa were the outsiders.

After all, the Four Seas were the Dragon Clan's territory, and the Three Immortal Islands had converged with the Primordial World in the East Sea, so they naturally fell under the Dragon Clan's jurisdiction.

Besides, the Three Immortal Islands had converged with the Primordial World more than once. The Dragon Clan had encountered them long before Xiang Dong and had long regarded them as their exclusive possession.

When the Three Immortal Islands accelerated toward their convergence with the Primordial World, the Dragon Clan had already been alerted.

In the deep sea, Azure Dragon opened his dragon eyes. Sensing the Three Immortal Islands' return, his enormous eyes filled with confusion.

"How long has it been since the Three Immortal Islands last appeared? Not even three yuan meetings, right? Why have they appeared again, and why is the location so far off?"

He couldn't make sense of it. But since they had appeared, there was only one thing the Dragon Clan needed to do.

"Send the order: all true dragons are to hurry to the Three Immortal Islands and seize the fortuitous opportunities."

The Three Immortal Islands truly lived up to their name. Rare flowers and exotic herbs covered the ground, and rare birds and exotic beasts could be seen everywhere.

Immortal cranes, those legendary creatures, were leisurely preening beside a spiritual spring. They showed no fear whatsoever of the two outsiders, Xiang Dong and Nuwa. They couldn't even be bothered to pay them any attention, merely casting them a lazy glance before going back to what they were doing.

Xiang Dong had no interest in them either. Immortal cranes held some appeal for ordinary immortals.

But at a time when innate divine beings were everywhere and the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans were vying for supremacy, catching one to use as a mount wouldn't make you look cool. It would lower your status.

Innate divine beings also generally had no appetite for food, so naturally they had no interest in them either. Thus, the cranes were very safe, so safe that they served as mere decorations for the backdrop.

Yes, they weren't even strong enough to serve as the backdrop. Such was the sorrow of the weak.

In the distant mountain forests, treasured light could be seen flickering. It came from either innate spirit roots or Innate Spirit Treasures.

Deeper in, the innate Spiritual Qi had already liquefied, condensing into droplets that gathered into tinkling streams and flowed into lakes farther away.

More rare and exotic beasts lived there. Although Xiang Dong couldn't name them, he vaguely seemed to have seen them in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

"What a wonderful place..."

Xiang Dong drew a deep breath. The feeling of innate Spiritual Qi coming to him of its own accord without him needing to cultivate really was wonderful. He almost wanted to stay here forever.

"If you settled down here, even if you did nothing but sleep, your cultivation would still grow, right? This really is a paradise for people who lie flat."

As he spoke, Xiang Dong scattered a handful of sunflower seeds that had been downgraded to acquired spirit roots.

Nourished by the dense innate Spiritual Qi, the sunflower seeds, which had already been downgraded, actually showed signs of recovering their status as innate spirit roots. The sight left Xiang Dong speechless.

Nuwa was also awed by the sight before her. Her and Fuxi's Daoist abode could also be considered a first-rate grotto-heaven and blessed land.

But compared with Penglai Immortal Island, it was inferior by more than a single notch.

It was rather like the difference between a small, self-built villa in the countryside and a luxury resort. The gap was considerable.

"Penglai."

An ancient, unadorned stone stele stood silently, engraved with two divine characters. They were the name of this island: Penglai Immortal Island.

These divine characters were formed from the Dao patterns of the Great Dao. You could think of them as having a built-in information-loading or translation function. Whether or not you recognized them, the moment you saw the two characters, you automatically understood what they meant, and the two divine characters would also be imprinted directly in your mind.

The arrow was still glowing, pointing toward the depths of the island. Xiang Dong was just about to follow its guidance.

But as soon as he took a step, an unexpected change occurred.

On his chest, the sun totem formed from his true body felt a powerful attraction toward a certain direction.

The attraction was so strong that his body turned toward it beyond his control, resulting in this situation.

Arrow: "This way, this way! The good stuff is over here!"

Body: "No, I don't want you to decide. I want to decide. I want to go that way."

Xiang Dong: "..."

What's going on? Who put a magnet in my body?