Situation on Three Immortal Islands

"A mount—now there's another mount.

Very well, since it's come to this, Poor Daoist will accept this Ao Jiang.

I already possess the Ink Jade Qilin, but my second and third brothers have yet to be born and have no steeds.

Let Ao Jiang serve as a mount for either my second or third brother.

As for the Phoenix Clan, they will surely send a junior to repay their karmic debt.

By then, we Three Purities will each have our own mounts.

Not a bad outcome."

With this thought, Taiqing gladly agreed.

"Very well, Ao Jiang, you shall stay by my side.

This Seat still has two younger brothers; we three brothers are the Sanqing, and we Three Purities are one.

When the time comes, you may choose one of my two brothers to serve.

Thus, you will repay This Seat's karmic debt."

Hearing Taiqing's words, Ao Jiang felt some doubt, uncertain whether he could follow Taiqing's arrangement.

But then a voice rang out in Ao Jiang's mind.

"Accept it."

That voice was unmistakably the Ancestral Dragon's.

The Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and Beginning Qilin—these three mighty beings were now in a peculiar state.

Something akin to merging with the Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Though bound by Heaven and Earth, they could also borrow their power, ignoring distance to give instructions to their clan's juniors in the Primordial Wilderness.

However, they could only instruct those juniors whose Destiny was linked to their own.

They had no such ability over other living beings.

This was why the Ancestral Dragon did not personally transmit a message to Taiqing.

The Ancestral Dragon had already calculated using the authority over Heaven and Earth he wielded, and Taiqing's words were indeed true, bringing no small benefit to the Dragon Clan.

"Little Dragon is willing to follow Esteemed Master's command."

Since the clan leader had already given the order, Ao Jiang no longer hesitated and immediately bowed before Taiqing.

"Mm, good. Stay by my side, and when I return to Kunlun, I will let you choose for yourself."

To be honest, Ao Jiang, this Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, had an impressive appearance.

No less than the Ink Jade Qilin.

After all, both were from one of the three primordial clans.

But the path Ao Jiang cultivated did not align with Taiqing's, so Taiqing naturally would not choose him as his own mount.

After all, no one had ever decreed that one could only have a single mount.

Just as a person can own several vehicles at once.

As long as one has the ability, the number is rarely limited.

"Little Dragon shall heed Esteemed Master's command."

Ao Jiang silently followed behind the Ink Jade Qilin, appearing ready to receive Taiqing's orders at any moment.

"Ao Jiang, since your Dragon Clan has dwelled in this Eastern Sea for countless Eons, do you know the situation of the Three Immortal Islands?"

Since Taiqing sought the Three Immortal Islands, the Dragon Clan was the best race to inquire about.

The Dragon Clan ruled the Four Seas, wielding immense control over them.

After all, even by the time of the Journey to the West era, the Dragon Clan remained the lords of the Four Seas.

This alone shows the strength of the Dragon Clan's dominion over the Four Seas.

Moreover, in the present era, the Ancestral Dragon had just led the Dragon Clan's elite to merge with the Four Seas' water veins.

Though their control over the Four Seas had waned, their former dominance over the Eastern Sea still held.

If the Three Immortal Islands showed any signs, the Dragon Clan would surely have recorded them.

Perhaps the Dragon Clan had even gained no small benefits from the Three Immortal Islands.

"Esteemed Master, when it comes to the Three Immortal Islands, you've asked the right person.

If anyone knows about the Three Immortal Islands, no race in the Primordial Wilderness can match my Dragon Clan."

Hearing Taiqing inquire about the Three Immortal Islands, Ao Jiang immediately perked up.

He spoke in an endless stream, revealing without reservation all the Dragon Clan's records on the Three Immortal Islands accumulated over countless Eons.

According to the Dragon Clan's records, the Three Immortal Islands were in an unmanifested state, completely hidden within the void of Chaos, utterly impossible to find.

However, the Three Immortal Islands intersect with the Great Desolation World at fixed intervals.

Each intersection occurs at an uncertain location, the only certainty being that it falls within the Eastern Sea.

During the period when the Three Immortal Islands intersect with the Great Desolation, living beings of the Great Desolation can enter to seek opportunities or conduct affairs on the islands.

But the intersection is very brief—at most one Eon—before the Three Immortal Islands separate from the Great Desolation World once more.

Afterward, they retreat back into Chaos, drifting along with the Great Desolation World's movements.

Moreover, the intersection timing for each of the Three Immortal Islands with the Great Desolation is not the same.

Thus, within the same period, a living being of the Great Desolation can only choose one island to set foot on at a time.

Over so many Eons, the Dragon Clan has set foot on the Three Immortal Islands numerous times.

The reason the Dragon Clan is so wealthy is partly because they command the four seas.

But also because they have visited the Three Immortal Islands many times, obtaining many good things within them.

However, since the Three Immortal Islands are still in an unrevealed state, the Dragon Clan cannot enter their true cores.

The real treasures of the Three Immortal Islands are all preserved within those cores.

Still, Taiqing does not insist on entering the core of the Three Immortal Islands.

What he seeks is merely to enter any one of them, leveraging its innate condition of being free from the control and influence of the Heavenly Dao.

He aims to break through to the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm and embark on the Law Path to Sainthood before the Conflict between Dao and Demon ends.

"So, the next to intersect with the Great Desolation will be Penglai Immortal Island?"

After listening to Ao Jiang's account, Taiqing summarized the information useful to him.

"Reporting to Esteemed Master, based on the Dragon Clan's past records and experience, the Immortal Island that will intersect with the Great Desolation in the next Eon or so is indeed Penglai Immortal Island."

The Three Immortal Islands include Penglai Immortal Island, Fangzhang Immortal Island, and Yingzhou Immortal Island.

Because the three islands are roughly equal, all being the largest fragments of Chaos after the Great God Pangu split the heavens, they are often grouped together and called the Three Immortal Islands.

These Three Immortal Islands are not the same as those of Yun Xiao, Bi Xiao, and Qiong Xiao; in the latter case, the "Three Immortals" refers to the three fairies themselves.

In Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou, the "Three Immortal Islands" means three immortal islands.

"About one Eon—time is rather tight. Can you determine the general area where Penglai Island will emerge?"

To advance to Golden Immortal of the Origin, without boundless Destiny or massive Merit to aid him, relying solely on Taiqing himself is no small challenge.

Taiqing must elevate himself to his most perfect state within this one Eon.

Otherwise, even if he stayed in the Immortal Island for ten Eons, it would be difficult to reach the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm.

Moreover, if the Immortal Island emerges deep in the Eastern Sea, it could take one or two Eons just to reach that place.

By the time Taiqing arrives, the Immortal Island would have already retreated back into Chaos.

It would be best to confirm a general range.

"Reporting to Esteemed Master, based on the Dragon Clan's records of Penglai Immortal Island's emergence locations over the years, the general area for this emergence should be in the direction of several tens of thousands of years of flight east from here."

"Several tens of thousands of years of full-speed flight—then you lead the way, and we'll head there now."

Since the range is confirmed, Taiqing no longer waits.

He will simply go to that sea area and wait.

Since the Dragon Clan came to repay their karmic debt, they would not deceive him.

If they did deceive him, the karmic debt would only grow greater.

Ao Jiang led the way ahead, while Taiqing sat cross-legged on the back of the Ink Jade Qilin, cultivating.

The three mighty beings sped off at full speed in the direction Ao Jiang had indicated.