Watching Duke Dong immerse himself in comprehension, Qin Xuan's eyes shifted.
An idea immediately came to mind!
Without revealing anything, he sent a voice transmission to his elder brothers and sisters beside him, explaining his plan.
After hearing it, the Ancestral Witches immediately looked at Qin Xuan strangely, muttering to themselves:
"You really have the most tricks, kid!"
Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin exchanged smiles and simultaneously replied through voice transmission:
"Don't worry. Leave this to us."
Before the words had even faded, Dijiang's figure silently merged into the void and vanished without a trace.
A moment later, faint ripples began spreading across the sea several yards around Duke Dong.
Hidden within space, Dijiang continuously waved his hands.
Before long, hundreds of spatial barriers layered over one another, completely isolating Duke Dong inside an independent pocket of space and severing all his senses of the outside world.
Immediately afterward, Zhu Jiuyin also acted, freezing time in the region before Duke Dong.
Everything before Duke Dong was locked in the state it had been in at that instant.
After finishing this, Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin nodded at Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan and the Ancestral Witches understood at once and instantly arrived in the area "before" Duke Dong.
This stretch of sea looked ordinary, yet it faintly exuded an indescribably profound aura, while the space itself seemed distorted.
This was precisely where the hidden entrance to the Three Immortal Island lay, guarded outside by an Innate Grand Formation.
"Move!" Qin Xuan shouted.
He took a deep breath as the Law of Strength within him began circulating with a thunderous roar, terrifying power instantly gathering in his fist.
Without the slightest hesitation, he threw a fierce punch at the distorted space.
The seemingly calm sea instantly exploded under the strike, revealing a massive vortex. Visible ripples spread outward from the point of impact, and the Innate Grand Formation covering the entrance began trembling violently.
The other Ancestral Witches followed closely behind, each taking out the brick-like weapons Qin Xuan had forged for them from Chaos spirit treasure material.
With perfect coordination, they aimed at the point Qin Xuan had struck and unleashed the power within their bodies without restraint.
More than a dozen brick-like weapons made from Chaos spirit treasure material descended like raindrops, carrying overwhelming force.
The thunderous blasts rang out without end.
Within the hundreds of spatial barriers, Duke Dong, who was exerting himself to "comprehend" the formation, suddenly sensed an extremely faint fluctuation.
It was as if... as if the Three Immortal Island's Innate Grand Formation was responding to him!
It had loosened slightly!
Duke Dong abruptly opened his eyes. A sharp gleam burst from them, and uncontrollable delight flooded his face!
He had succeeded?!
How many years had it been?
Heaven knew how many years he had spent here day and night comprehending it without rest!
Now, he had finally made a breakthrough and triggered resonance from the formation!
His whole body trembled as irrepressible ecstasy swept through his heart like a tidal wave!
After countless years of painstaking effort, he had finally glimpsed the dawn of success!
Unable to care about anything else, Duke Dong hurriedly closed his eyes again and devoted all his attention to it.
Time passed bit by bit.
The Innate Grand Formation was exceptionally sturdy. Even under Qin Xuan and the Ancestral Witches' relentless bombardment, they could not break it open in a short time.
Meanwhile, Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin were maintaining the laws of space and time while resisting the shockwaves from the others' attacks on the formation. They were already at the end of their strength.
Their faces were deathly pale, cold sweat streamed down their foreheads, and the power in their bodies was nearly exhausted. They swayed even while standing.
Yet they still clenched their teeth and continuously moved their hands, though their movements had visibly slowed.
The spatial barriers also began to show unstable fluctuations.
Just as Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin were about to be unable to hold on any longer—
Qin Xuan shouted as the Law of Strength within him erupted wildly.
Crack!
A crisp tearing sound rang out.
The Innate Grand Formation covering the entrance to the Three Immortal Island finally could not bear the burden any longer and shattered completely!
The instant the formation broke, a huge vortex-like entrance appeared before them.
A concentration of Primordial Aura so dense it was almost overwhelming, mixed with the unique fragrance of countless rare treasures, surged out from the entrance.
This was Primordial Aura that had never leaked out since the creation of heaven and earth!
Merely taking one breath made the entire body feel refreshed, and even the magical power within them seemed to become several degrees purer!
That strange fragrance naturally passed through Dijiang's already unstable spatial barriers and drifted directly into Duke Dong's nose.
Duke Dong, immersed in "comprehending the formation," suddenly sniffed, and the wild joy on his face became impossible to suppress!
He abruptly opened his eyes. Seeing that everything before him seemed unchanged, a trace of doubt flashed through his heart.
Why had the formation still not broken?
But that doubt lasted only an instant before Duke Dong could not help bursting into laughter again.
"The Three Immortal Island! All the treasures inside are mine! Hahaha!"
He could already smell the treasures' fragrance. How could it possibly be fake?
It had to be just a little short. As long as he worked a little harder, the formation would definitely break!
At this point, enormous joy had completely clouded his mind, and he failed to sense anything wrong at all...
He had even begun calculating the mountain-like piles of treasures on the island. Only after a while did he settle himself and continue his grand undertaking of "comprehending the formation."
At this time, Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin also breathed sighs of relief.
The formation had broken, so they no longer needed to expend strength resisting the shockwaves from Qin Xuan and the others' attacks. They only needed to maintain this isolated space and frozen time.
Moreover, as they absorbed the pure Primordial Aura pouring out, the power in their bodies actually began recovering slowly.
Feeling the pure aura surging from the entrance to the Three Immortal Island, Qin Xuan was overjoyed and said to Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin:
"I'll have to trouble you two elder brothers to keep watch over Duke Dong. We'll come out once we've collected the treasures!"
Dijiang nodded lightly. "No problem. Go and return quickly."
Qin Xuan stepped into the vortex first, and the Ancestral Witches flashed forward, transforming into streams of light as they followed behind.
Passing through the shattered formation, they found a towering, ancient island before them.
A stone stele that had existed for countless ages stood silently there, its surface covered in endless traces of time.
On the stone stele, Great Dao runes formed two large characters—Penglai!
However, what truly stunned them was the scene within the island.
As far as the eye could see, the entire island was covered in all manner of exotic flowers and rare herbs.
What rushed toward them was even purer Primordial Aura, nearly liquefied. Merely inhaling it gave them the sensation of floating toward immortality.
Seeing this, all the Ancestral Witches cried out in surprise!
"So many Innate Spiritual Fruits!"
"Our effort breaking that formation wasn't wasted after all."
"How exactly is Qin Xuan's brain made? He even knew about such a hidden immortal island!"
When they reached the center of the island, everyone stopped.
Before them floated a golden ruler-shaped spirit treasure. Ancient and weathered, it emitted an eternal aura of merit and auspiciousness.
The Ancestral Witches had no interest in spirit treasures at all. In tacit understanding, they slung sacks onto their backs and picked up iron shovels.
For a time, the Ancestral Witches swept through like a raging wind, and the entire Penglai Immortal Island echoed with the clanging sounds of digging.
Qin Xuan, meanwhile, focused his attention on the golden ruler.
Could this be the postnatal merit supreme treasure, the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler?
It was said that after Pangu created heaven and earth, ten portions of heaven-opening merit descended, two of which transformed into two great postnatal merit supreme treasures.
One portion merged with the aura of black and yellow, becoming the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda, Taiqing's accompanying treasure.
The other portion merged with Hongmeng aura, becoming this Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, whose power rivaled a Primordial Supreme Treasure.
Most importantly, this treasure incurred no karmic consequences when used to kill!
There had never been any trace of this treasure in the Primordial World. Who would have thought it had fallen into Penglai Immortal Island!
A trace of delight appeared in Qin Xuan's eyes as he put away the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler.
The Ancestral Witches were extremely efficient. In that short time, they had already stripped Penglai Island completely clean, harvesting countless Innate Spiritual Herbs and Innate Spiritual Fruits.
They stopped in satisfaction, carrying bulging sacks over their shoulders with joy written all over their faces.
They had no Primal Spirits and could not use treasures, but these Innate Spiritual Fruits could genuinely aid their cultivation.
"Come look! There's a spatial vortex here!" Zhurong's excited voice called out.
Qin Xuan and the Ancestral Witches gathered around and saw a vortex entrance identical to the entrance to Penglai Island.
Looking at the now completely bare Penglai Island, Qin Xuan did not hesitate and was the first to enter.
The Ancestral Witches followed close behind.
The scene before them instantly distorted. The next moment, they were already standing on another brand-new island.
This island was even larger than Penglai Island.
At the entrance stood another stone stele.
Two large characters were carved upon it—Yingzhou!
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