Ten thousand years later, one man, one dragon, and one qilin arrived at the location Ao Jiang had mentioned.
Taiqing carefully surveyed this stretch of sea.
Compared to the seas they had passed through before, this one was far more abundant and prosperous.
Beneath the sea, many spiritual plants and spiritual roots grew.
The density of spiritual qi in this sea was also much higher than in the many seas they had crossed before.
As a result, this sea was home to far more aquatic creatures than other seas, and it also had many more powerful beings.
"Master, every time the immortal island intersected with the Primordial Wilderness, it released a great deal of Innate Spiritual Qi.
Over time, as the immortal island intersected with the Primordial Wilderness more often, the concentration of Innate Spiritual Qi at the point of intersection naturally became much higher than in other seas.
That was how my Dragon Clan had originally located the place where the immortal island would emerge.
The concentration of Innate Spiritual Qi within the immortal island was terrifyingly high. The Innate Spiritual Qi even liquefied into spiritual liquid.
Even if one obtained no spiritual plants or spiritual roots on that immortal island, merely absorbing that Innate Spiritual Liquid would yield tremendous gains."
As though he had seen Taiqing's confusion, Ao Jiang took the initiative to explain why the Innate Spiritual Qi was so unusually dense.
"So that's how it is. Although the immortal island has yet to emerge, once it intersects with the Primordial Wilderness,
the dense Innate Spiritual Qi within it, so concentrated that it liquefies, naturally spreads into the sea at the point of intersection.
The living beings, spiritual roots, and spiritual plants at the intersection all benefit from the immortal island.
Its Creation truly knows no bounds.
That being the case, Penglai Immortal Island will very likely intersect with the Primordial Wilderness in this sea."
After confirming that Penglai Immortal Island would very likely intersect with the Primordial Wilderness in this sea,
Taiqing found an island and settled down to cultivate.
He wanted to enter Penglai Immortal Island in his best condition and ensure that he could advance to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.
Otherwise, he could only wait until Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao emerged.
Only then could the Sanqing join forces to explore Pangu's Legacy and possibly advance to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.
After Penglai Immortal Island intersected with the Primordial Wilderness, it would take another dozen or so Eons before the next immortal island intersected with the Primordial Wilderness.
Taiqing could not wait that long.
After all, the final battle of the Dao-Devil War between Old Thief Hongjun and Devil Ancestor Luohu could begin at any moment.
Once the Dao-Devil War ended, Hongjun would soon attain sainthood.
At that time, the Heavenly Dao would become even stronger.
The stronger Heavenly Dao, joined with Hongjun after he attained sainthood, would suppress all living beings, making it nearly impossible for them to walk the Law Path to Sainthood.
Taiqing could not gamble his fate and future. He had to attain the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm within Penglai Immortal Island.
And embark upon the Law Path to Sainthood.
"Unfortunately, I did not inherit Pangu Father God's Law of Strength. If I could attain the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm with the Law of Strength as my core,
the road ahead would surely be much easier.
Now, I can only use Yin Yang to govern the Five Elements and unite Qiankun to attain the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.
Trying to comprehend the Law of Strength on my own is simply too difficult."
Taiqing calculated inwardly.
Ever since he emerged into the world, Taiqing had never given up his efforts to comprehend the Law of Strength.
Yet after so many Eons, it could not be said that Taiqing had gained nothing. It would be more accurate to say that he had gained absolutely nothing.
Taiqing had originally wanted to walk the path of attaining sainthood with the Law of Strength as his core.
But reality gave Taiqing a vicious slap in the face.
The Law of Strength was not something just anyone could dabble in, not even Taiqing, who had been transformed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit.
Fortunately, Taiqing had successfully united the five individual laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, comprehending the Innate Five Elements Law.
Moreover, after comprehending the Five Elements Law in recent years, Taiqing had also comprehended the Heaven and Earth Law.
Taiqing planned to unite the laws of Yin Yang, the Five Elements, and Heaven and Earth to attain the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.
"I had forgotten back then. I never asked Father God's will to pass down the Law of Strength to me.
If I had inherited the Law of Strength, why would I need to painstakingly comprehend it myself?"
Only now did Taiqing regret what he had missed atop Buzhou Mountain.
But regret was useless now. Great God Pangu's will could not gather within the Primordial Wilderness again in the near future.
Even if Taiqing climbed to the summit of Buzhou Mountain again, burned incense, prayed, and wept himself to death before Pangu's memorial tablet,
Great God Pangu's will would still be unable to gather.
Taiqing cultivated, and Ao Jiang and Ink Jade Qilin cultivated as well.
Taiqing would not allow his mounts to be too weak.
His mounts could be considered half his disciples, so it was only natural for him to urge them to cultivate.
Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang had no complaints. Even if they had wanted to slack off, after witnessing Taiqing's terrifying comprehension, they had begun competing fiercely as well.
This was because Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang had discovered that in less than a single Eon,
Taiqing had successively comprehended the Innate Five Elements Law and the Heaven and Earth Law.
And he had comprehended both to the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
What kind of monstrous genius had they taken as their master?
The dragon and qilin had originally intended to coast through life, but after seeing the terrifying capabilities of their master Taiqing,
under Taiqing's urging, they began cultivating with fierce competitive zeal.
As the saying went, competition bred motivation.
Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang both gave it their all, determined to see who was the strongest mount.
One man, one dragon, and one qilin quietly cultivated on the island. Nearly an Eon soon passed.
Though it was called a small island, it was larger than the universe where Taiqing had lived in his previous life.
This small island was equivalent to a Lesser Thousand World.
Below a Lesser Thousand World were three further grades: small worlds, middle worlds, and great worlds.
A universe could at most be considered a great world.
From this, one could see just how vast and boundless the Great Desolation World truly was.
Because Taiqing and his two mounts cultivated on this small island,
the island gradually grew lively.
Countless aquatic creatures, Innate beings born upon the island, plant spirits, and others all gathered there.
The phenomena and law fluctuations formed by the cultivation of three Grand Unity Golden Immortals were enormous opportunities for these low-realm beings.
Whenever Taiqing had free time, he would occasionally expound the Dao at the center of the island.
This made the island even livelier.
Most importantly, Taiqing discovered that every time he expounded the Dao, he received a tiny amount of merit.
This discovery made Taiqing feel as though he had discovered a new continent.
"It seems that the opportunity to expound the Dao does not necessarily belong only to Old Thief Hongjun.
Perhaps I can make some plans?
Even if I cannot completely seize Old Thief Hongjun's opportunity to enlighten the Myriad Races of the Great Desolation,
I can still win considerable merit for the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches."
After committing the matter to memory, Taiqing stopped thinking about anything else and excitedly looked toward a direction beyond the island.
For Taiqing discovered that the concentration of Innate Spiritual Qi in this sea was slowly increasing.
Though the increase was extremely gradual, Taiqing's powerful Primordial Spirit still keenly detected the anomaly.
Combined with the information from Ao Jiang, what did this mean? It meant Penglai Immortal Island was about to emerge.
Taiqing called Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang, then hurried toward the direction where the Innate Spiritual Qi was spreading.
Boom! A terrifying crash rang out from the void not long after Taiqing set off.
Dense Innate Spiritual Qi spread from the source of the crash, nourishing this boundless sea.
Joy filled Taiqing's face as Ink Jade Qilin beneath him raced at top speed toward the source of the disturbance.
"Penglai Immortal Island, Taiqing is here!"
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