First, he needed to gather the spirit plants and pill formulas required for his own breakthrough to the middle and late Nascent Soul stages.
Second, the spiritual items needed for Deity Transformation.
Third, he needed to find the place the Witch had mentioned, where he could achieve a cross-realm breakthrough.
Fourth, he needed to help the demon seed find what she wanted.
Beyond that, he also needed to collect as many spirit plants, materials, and other items needed by Tianyong City as possible.
Setting aside his thoughts, Chen Sanshi turned his gaze back to the island.
Several great cultivators had turned the area around the formation into a pot of porridge.
He could tell that the cultivators of Tianshui Continent seemed unwilling to let the secret realm open.
"Stop him!"
The golden roc beneath True Person Chongyuan spread its wings, crossing several thousand zhang in an instant. Golden light blazed in his palm and transformed into a spear. After gathering vast spiritual power, he hurled it fiercely at the dagger at the formation's core, leaving a dazzling streak through the clouds.
At the edge of the formation disk, Geng Jingcheng, the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Monarch clan, rose into the air. His Daoist robe billowed and snapped in the gale as he held a token in both hands and muttered an incantation. Runes immediately poured from the token, forming an arched shield before the formation eye.
Bang!
The spear struck the shield with a deafening crash, and both shattered together.
True Person Chongyuan formed seals with both hands, gathering a strange pattern before his chest before forcefully imprinting it into the golden roc beneath him.
The golden roc let out a clear, piercing shriek. With a beat of its wings, its golden feathers became countless flying blades that blanketed