East Sea Penglai Island, Divine Water Nurtures White Lotus

The Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud carried Haotian and Jade Pool across the vast mountains and rivers of the Primordial Wilderness. After several hundred years of travel, they finally arrived at the East Sea region.

The sea surface stretched for ten thousand leagues, its blue waves shimmering. Chaos Airflow and innate spiritual energy intertwined above the water, forming a faint mist.

This stirred some emotion in Haotian. If not for the faint guiding glow emitted by the Chaos Token left to him by the system back then...

Ordinary great powers would be utterly unable to detect the anomaly of this sea region.

But now that he had arrived here, this place would become his new Dao field.

Thinking this, Haotian raised his hand and took out a Jade Token. The palm-sized token was carved with Chaos Runes.

When his fingertip touched it, the runes lit up, pointing toward a certain spot on the sea.

There, only rolling waves were visible, but in truth, it was completely shrouded by a layer of concealment formation.

He focused his gaze and saw that the flow of spiritual energy on the sea surface hid a pattern.

Vaguely, countless Chaos Runes could be seen flickering beneath the waves, forming an impenetrable defensive formation.

"This formation is incredibly formidable." Jade Pool leaned in to examine it as well, her eyes full of surprise.

"The formation patterns are outlined with Chaos Runes and infused with innate spiritual energy. Even if ordinary Late Golden Immortals of the Origin joined forces to attack, they probably couldn't break it in a thousand years."

"And if they were careless, they would trigger the formation's backlash, opening Space Rifts."

Haotian nodded slightly. The Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler at his waist slowly floated up, the golden merit patterns on its body glowing.

"The core of this formation is the Chaos Concealment Array. To break it, you need to precisely locate the Formation Eye nodes. Brute force is useless."

"Fortunately, the Heaven-Measuring Ruler can measure the formation. It's just the right tool for this."

As his words fell, he formed a hand seal with his fingertips. The Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler shot out a slender thread of Primordial Qi, probing toward the sea surface like a silk strand.

The measuring power of the ruler activated instantly. The Chaos Runes beneath the formation, the spiritual energy nodes, and the flow trajectory of the Sha Qi were all clearly presented in Haotian's sea of consciousness.

The entire formation had thirty-six core nodes. Each node was woven from three interlocking Chaos Runes, mutually supporting each other—none could be missing.

"The first formation node is one hundred thousand leagues to the southeast."

Haotian's gaze sharpened as he directed the Primordial Qi straight toward the target.

The moment the Primordial Qi touched the node, the Chaos Runes beneath the formation flickered violently. Innate Sha Qi surged wildly, but it was steadily suppressed by the Great Dao Merit within the Primordial Qi.

With a crisp crack, the runes of the first node shattered. The mist on the sea dimmed by a fraction.

Then the second, the third... Relying on the precise guidance of the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, Haotian's Primordial Qi struck the Formation Eye nodes one after another.

With each node broken, the formation's defense weakened, and the Chaos Runes on the sea surface grew dimmer.

Jade Pool watched quietly from the side. She saw Haotian controlling the Primordial Qi with calm composure, each strike landing with flawless accuracy.

He didn't even need to think about the node positions. With the formation Dao of the Primordial Heart Sutra and the help of the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, he had already fully analyzed the formation.

In just a hundred years, the final core node was struck by the Primordial Qi.

With a low hum, the formation that had shrouded the sea completely collapsed. The Chaos Runes dissolved into specks of spiritual light and scattered. A massive island slowly revealed itself.

The island's outline stretched for hundreds of thousands of leagues, several times larger than Earth in his past life.

On the island, peaks rose in layers, spiritual mist coiled around them, and the spiritual energy was so dense it nearly condensed into liquid, flowing down the rocks and gathering into clear spiritual streams.

"Is this Penglai Immortal Island?" Jade Pool's eyes were full of wonder. As her voice fell, she saw small figures darting through the forest.

They were several Ginseng Dolls about a foot tall, topped with emerald leaves, running while clutching bright red spiritual fruits.

There were also pure white Lingzhi Dolls, hiding behind tree trunks, curiously peeking out.

But when they saw Haotian and Jade Pool, they got scared and whisked into the grass or tree hollows, leaving only a pair of lively eyes visible.

Seeing this, Jade Pool couldn't help but laugh. She took out a few Innate Spiritual Fruits from her storage spirit treasure.

Those were picked near Buzhou Mountain earlier. Their skins shimmered with spiritual light, containing pure spiritual energy.

She gently placed these fruits on the ground and said softly, "Don't be afraid. We mean no harm. These fruits are for you to eat."

The Ginseng and Lingzhi Dolls hesitated for a moment. Seeing that the two made no move, one bold doll poked its head out, quickly grabbed a fruit, took a bite, and its eyes lit up. It chirped excitedly at its companions.

Soon, the other dolls ran out too, scrambling for the fruits.

After eating, they circled around Jade Pool, rubbing their little heads against her clothes, making her laugh with delight.

Haotian stood to the side, watching this heartwarming scene, a faint smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

He slowly released his divine sense. The consciousness of a Late Golden Immortal of the Origin spread like a tide, instantly covering the entire Penglai Immortal Island.

Every inch of land, every spiritual herb, every spirit vein on the island was clearly presented in his sea of consciousness.

When his divine sense swept to the center of the island, his eyes suddenly lit up.

At the island's core was a naturally formed pool. The water was not ordinary spiritual water but Innate Spiritual Liquid shimmering with a Seven-Colored Halo.

Beneath the surface, silver-white liquid occasionally surged up—this was Three Lights Divine Water, even more precious than Innate Spiritual Liquid.

This water could revive the dead, restore flesh to bones, and nourish Innate Spiritual Roots. Even Golden Immortals of the Origin treasured it as a rare gem.

And floating in the center of the pool were five sacred white lotuses.

At the very center, one lotus flower had layers upon layers of petals, twelve in total, with the Dao resonance of purifying all things flowing across them.

This was none other than the Twelve-Petal Pure World White Lotus, one of the top ten innate spiritual treasures of the primordial era.

The remaining four lotuses were Nine-Petal White Lotuses, evolved from the seeds of the Pure World White Lotus. Though slightly lower in grade, they still contained a rich purifying law.

By the pool, there also grew an innate spiritual root about ten feet tall.

Its trunk was golden, and among its branches hung nine round fruits, each one entirely gold, radiating a heart-stopping Origin Aura.

This was none other than the legendary Yellow Middle Plum, one of the ten great innate spiritual roots.

This spiritual root bloomed once every million years, bore fruit once every million years, and ripened once every million years.

Each time, it produced only nine fruits. A cultivator who consumed one could directly break through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, making it a top-tier treasure of the Primordial Wilderness.

"Junior Sister, there are many good things at the center of the island. Let's go take a look." Haotian withdrew his divine sense and spoke to Jade Pool.

Hearing this, Jade Pool soothed the reluctant Ginseng Doll and Lingzhi Doll, then followed Haotian as they transformed into two streaks of light, arriving at the island's center in an instant.

The spiritual energy here was even denser than elsewhere on the island.

Moreover, it wasn't ordinary innate spiritual energy, but Chaos Spiritual Energy refined through the formation. A single breath left one refreshed and greatly benefited one's cultivation.

"Junior Sister, take this Twelve-Petal Pure World White Lotus for yourself."

Haotian pointed at the Pure World White Lotus in the center of the pool, his tone gentle.

"The purifying law it contains perfectly matches your Ren Water Spiritual Qi, and it can defend against heart demons and Sha Qi."

"It's more practical than the jade pendant at your waist. I already have the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud, so this white lotus is of little use to me."

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Jade Pool's eyes were full of surprise, but she didn't refuse.

She could feel the compatibility between the white lotus and herself, so she quickly nodded and began forming hand seals.

Then, the Twelve-Petal Pure World White Lotus slowly rose from the pool and landed in her hand.

The purifying aura of the white lotus merged with the Ren Water Spiritual Qi around her, forming a faint protective barrier, making her appear even more holy and sacred.

Gazing at this spiritual treasure, Jade Pool was filled with fondness. She then calmed her mind and began to refine the Pure World White Lotus.