Honghuang Fuxi: Nuwa, I Want You to Help Me Cultivate, Part 40

There was naturally no need to inspect his flesh and skin any further.

The fact that they had remained completely unscathed before the vortex's terrifying destructive force, without even a mark left behind, was enough to show just how formidable Fuxi's physical defenses were.

When Fuxi used his Divine Sense to look within at his own bones and blood, he was immediately startled by the changes inside his body.

This time, strengthened by Pangu's Essence Blood, both his blood and bones had turned pale gold. His blood was as heavy as mercury, while his bones were as hard and crystalline as supreme treasures.

Fuxi felt that Pangu's Essence Blood had strengthened his body far more effectively this time than it had last time, because the violent currents of the Three Immortal Islands' vortex had also helped temper his body.

If the last Body Tempering with Pangu's Essence Blood had brought Fuxi's physical body close to the strength of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, then he felt that his current physical strength had already reached—or perhaps even surpassed—that of the Twelve Ancestral Witches!

Of course, whether his physical body truly surpassed the Twelve Ancestral Witches would still require Fuxi to find them and spar with them. Feelings alone were utterly unconvincing.

Still, any sparring would have to wait until Fuxi obtained the Opportunity of the Three Immortal Islands. Right now, the Three Immortal Islands were all that filled his eyes.

Glancing at the immortals watching from the outskirts of the vortex, Fuxi discovered that no Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal experts had arrived. It seemed the news of the Three Immortal Islands' emergence had not yet fully spread.

Very good. It seemed no one would come to compete with him for the Opportunity of the Three Immortal Islands.

Thus, Fuxi plunged headfirst into the vortex and swam toward the entrance of the Three Immortal Islands.

The stone gate leading into the Three Immortal Islands lay at the very bottom of the vortex, faint light seeping out through the crack between its doors.

Fuxi swiftly swam through the vortex's raging currents and soon arrived before the stone gate of the Three Immortal Islands.

An ordinary peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal might be able to withstand the vortex's impact with the aid of a Dharma treasure, but reaching the bottom of this vortex would likely cost them considerable effort.

The stone gate at the vortex's bottom was neither locked nor sealed; it had only a pull ring.

Yet this stone gate was exceedingly heavy, and the pressure at the vortex's bottom was immense. Opening it was extraordinarily difficult.

Fortunately, Fuxi's physical body had already been strengthened to the point where his biceps alone could crush a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, or even an ordinary Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, to death. Opening this stone gate posed no difficulty at all for him.

Fuxi gripped the pull ring tightly and suddenly exerted force with his arm, directly pulling the stone gate open.

The instant the stone gate opened, Fuxi immediately darted inside.

"Rumble!"

The moment Fuxi entered the stone gate, the immense pressure at the bottom of the vortex forced it to close automatically, producing a thunderous boom as it shut.

But Fuxi, having entered through the gateway, paid no attention to the commotion behind him. Instead, the sight before him captured his attention.

Fuxi was suspended in midair, and beneath his feet lay the legendary Three Immortal Islands of the East Sea.

Above Fuxi's head and around the Three Immortal Islands was an invisible yet perceptible world barrier, enclosing the islands within it.

Yet in Fuxi's perception, this world barrier appeared extremely fragile, as though it could shatter at any moment.

Fuxi murmured to himself, "So the Three Immortal Islands are not within the great Hong Huang World, but exist inside an independent minor world."

"Then the emergence of the Three Immortal Islands must mean that the world barrier will break apart, allowing the Three Immortal Islands to descend into the Hong Huang World!"

Having learned the truth behind the Three Immortal Islands' emergence, Fuxi clicked his tongue. He had originally thought the islands were sealed by some mysterious formation, and that they would emerge because the formation had decayed.

"But since the Three Immortal Islands are within a minor world, how did the legends about them spread outside?"

Fuxi pondered in confusion.

But the tales of the Three Immortal Islands were far too ancient. Fuxi had no way to trace the origins of many things from the distant primordial era.

Besides, those questions no longer mattered, because the treasure aura and auspicious aura on the Three Immortal Islands had already drawn Fuxi in.

Fuxi descended onto one of the immortal islands and began exploring its treasures.

In truth, there was no need to explore at all, because Fuxi discovered that the entire immortal island was covered in Spiritual Roots!

Every two or three steps Fuxi took, he would encounter a Spiritual Root.

Fuxi swept his Divine Sense across the entire immortal island and discovered that even the poorest Spiritual Roots on the island were Postnatal Spiritual Roots. There were several thousand Postnatal Spiritual Roots in total.

Amidst these Postnatal Spiritual Roots also grew many exceedingly rare Innate Spiritual Roots.

Although the Innate Spiritual Roots were fewer in number than the Postnatal Spiritual Roots, that was only by comparison.

In reality, there were over a hundred Innate Spiritual Roots on this immortal island alone—an amount enough to frighten a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal to death.

One had to know that every Innate Spiritual Root could be called a favored child of heaven and earth. Whether used for cultivation, artifact refining, or planting, each was a supreme treasure to a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal or even a Quasi-Saint.

And now, Fuxi had found several thousand Postnatal Spiritual Roots and over a hundred Innate Spiritual Roots on this island. This was enough to make every Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal in the Hong Huang World come scrambling madly for them.

Fuxi now understood why Eastern Prince Gong had possessed the confidence to challenge a Demon Race emperor like Eastern Emperor Taiyi after obtaining the Three Immortal Islands of the East Sea. He was simply filthy rich.

With so many Postnatal Spiritual Roots and Innate Spiritual Roots, Eastern Prince Gong would absolutely have the confidence to cultivate to the Quasi-Saint realm. Thus, he had never feared Eastern Emperor Taiyi in his heart.

However, these Spiritual Roots that would one day give Eastern Prince Gong courage and confidence were now about to be snatched away by Fuxi.

Without these Spiritual Roots, Fuxi wondered whether Eastern Prince Gong would still have the courage to contend against Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

Fuxi thought, If Eastern Prince Gong chickens out and no longer dares to provoke Eastern Emperor Taiyi, perhaps he won't die. Will the history of the Hong Huang World change because of that?

Thinking about it that way, perhaps Eastern Prince Gong should even thank him!

Thus, as Fuxi packed countless Spiritual Roots into his Seven-Colored Glazed Treasure Gourd, he said in his heart to Eastern Prince Gong, "Everything I'm doing is for your own good. I'm saving your life!"

Ever since forging the Seven-Colored Glazed Treasure Gourd, Fuxi had thrown away all those storage treasures and used the treasure gourd directly to store all manner of spiritual treasures and spiritual roots.

The Seven-Colored Glazed Treasure Gourd possessed a remarkably wide range of functions. It could take in powerful enemies for refinement, replace storage pouches to hold treasures, and even absorb lightning, floods, and divine fire before releasing them against foes in battle.

After these Postnatal Spiritual Roots and Innate Spiritual Roots were taken into Fuxi's gourd, they would retain their vitality and lose none of their essence, making them convenient to plant or refine later.

After gathering all the spiritual roots across the entire immortal island, Fuxi discovered a stone stele at its center. Upon it, two ancient characters were carved: "Penglai."

Looking at Penglai Immortal Island, now barren after he had stripped it of every spiritual root, Fuxi felt that what he had done seemed somewhat too cruel to Eastern Prince Gong.

To make it up to Eastern Prince Gong, Fuxi decided that once he had collected the treasures from all three immortal islands, he would prepare a surprise for him.

The Secret Hidden Among the Three Immortal Islands

Penglai Immortal Island was covered in spiritual roots. What treasures might Fangzhang and Yingzhou Immortal Islands hold?

With that question in mind, Fuxi set foot upon Fangzhang Immortal Island.

Many spiritual roots also grew upon this immortal island, though their number was nowhere near that of Penglai Immortal Island.

Penglai Immortal Island had several thousand Postnatal Spiritual Roots, while Fangzhang Immortal Island had only several hundred.

As for Innate Spiritual Roots, the entire Fangzhang Immortal Island possessed merely a dozen or so.

Naturally, Fuxi would never think that was too few. Every spiritual root was a treasure nurtured by heaven and earth.

Moreover, Fangzhang Immortal Island held not only spiritual roots, but also vast quantities of immortal stones.

These immortal stones contained concentrated spiritual essence of heaven and earth and could be rapidly absorbed and used. Whether for sustaining formations, cultivation, or replenishing immortal power during battle, they were indispensable treasures.

And the immortal stones on Fangzhang Island were all Top-grade Immortal Stones of the highest quality!

Such Top-grade Immortal Stones were rare treasures in the Hong Huang World, valuable yet impossible to buy. They could replenish the immortal power of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals and Quasi-Saints, or be used to lay down top-tier formations.

These Top-grade Immortal Stones, exceedingly scarce across the Honghuang Continent, were countless upon Fangzhang Immortal Island. They carpeted the ground, piled into one small mountain after another.

This time, Fuxi could not even be bothered to investigate. He flew into the air, uncorked the treasure gourd toward all the spiritual roots and immortal stones across Fangzhang Immortal Island, and root after root, stone after stone, flew into the treasure gourd.

With so many immortal stones, if Fuxi used them to lay formations protecting Phoenix Perch Mountain, he could likely set up tens of thousands of them, turning Phoenix Perch Mountain into a mountain of formations as impregnable as a fortress. Even a hundred Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals would be unable to breach it.

Having collected the spiritual roots and immortal stones, Fuxi arrived at the last of the three islands, Yingzhou Immortal Island.

Yingzhou Immortal Island had roughly as many spiritual roots as Fangzhang Immortal Island, but it lacked immortal stones carpeting the ground. Instead, it held Treasure Fragments piled into mountains.

These Treasure Fragments ranged from Acquired Spiritual Treasures to Innate Spiritual Treasures, but all of them were incomplete fragments and could not be used directly.

At the sight of these Treasure Fragments, Fuxi was briefly puzzled.

If the Three Immortal Islands had nurtured these treasures, then they should have been complete, not fragments.

These Treasure Fragments scattered everywhere had definitely been destroyed and shattered by someone before being left here.

That meant someone had visited the Three Immortal Islands.

But if someone had been here, why had they not taken away all the spiritual roots and immortal stones?

Questions churned endlessly in Fuxi's heart, yet he could not make heads or tails of it. He could only first gather these spiritual roots and Treasure Fragments.

Although these Treasure Fragments could not be used, that did not mean they were worthless.

In truth, these Treasure Fragments had all been forged from various treasures, and some rare materials and treasures could still be extracted from them.

A single Treasure Fragment might yield only a small amount of material, but Yingzhou Immortal Island held many small mountains of Treasure Fragments. The materials that could be extracted from them were vast beyond measure.

Fuxi could use those extracted materials to forge the spiritual treasures he desired, saving himself much of the effort of searching for materials.

Furthermore, Fuxi's Seven-Colored Glazed Treasure Gourd itself possessed the ability to refine objects and return them to their origin.

This meant Fuxi did not even need to personally extract the essence from these Treasure Fragments. He only needed to put them into the gourd and wait for it to refine them.

Thus, Fuxi was also greatly satisfied with his harvest from Yingzhou Immortal Island.

Looking at the heaps upon heaps of spiritual roots, immortal stones, and Treasure Fragments within the Seven-Colored Glazed Treasure Gourd, Fuxi felt he could straighten his back a little more.

He dearly wished to see what expressions Nuwa and his disciples would have once he brought these treasures back to Phoenix Perch Mountain.

With so many treasures, Phoenix Perch Mountain could be transformed into an immortal mountain utterly unique in the entire Hong Huang World, one that would make countless immortals drool with envy and turn their eyes toward it.

After collecting every spiritual root and treasure, Fuxi did not immediately leave the Three Immortal Islands. Instead, he hovered above them, thoughtfully taking out a Treasure Fragment and rubbing it between his fingers.

He would never have known without examining it, but once he did, it truly gave Fuxi a fright.

Some Demonic Qi and Sha Qi actually remained upon this Treasure Fragment!

This Demonic Qi and Sha Qi left Fuxi even more bewildered.

Demonic Qi was a dangerous aura unique to Demon Ancestor Luohu. Could these Treasure Fragments be connected to Demon Ancestor Luohu?

As for Sha Qi, in the present era, only the Witch Clan, which specialized in the path of body refinement, used it.

However, in ancient times, some Innate God-Demons who followed the path of body refinement also seemed to use Sha Qi.

Could these Treasure Fragments have come from Demon Ancestor Luohu's era?

But why would Treasure Fragments from that era appear within the Three Immortal Islands?

Upon this single Treasure Fragment, Fuxi saw layer upon layer of unfathomable mist shrouding the truth.