Sensing

One person, one dragon, and one qilin swiftly charged into that vortex of spiritual qi.

The moment they entered Penglai Immortal Island, the overwhelmingly dense Innate Spiritual Qi madly burrowed into Taiqing's body.

Taiqing had never seen Innate Spiritual Qi so eager before.

Back when he cultivated in the Primordial Wilderness, absorbing Innate Spiritual Qi was as difficult as begging for scraps.

Now, this spiritual qi was actively drilling into his body.

It was so proactive that Taiqing was momentarily stunned.

Taiqing had no mind to care about the Innate Spiritual Qi actively burrowing into his body.

Instead, he carefully surveyed the mist-shrouded, celestial scene of Penglai Immortal Island.

He saw a strange, ancient stele standing at the island's periphery, inscribed with two archaic divine script characters: "Penglai."

Upon seeing these two divine script characters, any living being, whether they understood divine script or not, would intuitively and clearly know that this island was named Penglai.

Gazing into the distance, rare flowers, exotic herbs, spiritual plants, and spiritual roots covered the ground everywhere, while celestial birds and spiritual beasts roamed among the mountains and wilds.

The Innate Spiritual Qi, dense to its utmost, directly liquefied, forming patches of spiritual rain that fell down.

Innate spiritual liquid converged into rivers, lakes, and even oceans of liquid spiritual essence.

Truly, this was a scene of the most supreme cave heaven and blessed land in the Primordial Wilderness.

At the center of Penglai Immortal Island, an Innate Great Formation guarded the area.

Taiqing sensed a faint trace of Innate Donghua Supreme True Qi within that Innate Great Formation.

"I suppose that is where the future Dong Wang Gong will be nurtured.

The day Dong Wang Gong is born will be the day this Penglai Immortal Island emerges into the Primordial Wilderness."

"Indeed, within this Penglai Immortal Island, the suppression of the Heavenly Dao on living beings has vanished.

However, if Penglai Immortal Island were to emerge, this effect would likely be greatly diminished.

Poor Daoist had better break through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm quickly.

Who knows when that Dong Wang Gong might be born."

Taiqing no longer concerned himself with other matters. Instead, he found an ocean of Innate Spiritual Liquid, plunged into it, and began his own breakthrough.

No matter what became of Dong Wang Gong in the future, it had nothing to do with the present Taiqing.

The intersection of Penglai Immortal Island with the Primordial Wilderness would last only about one Eon.

Taiqing had to break through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm within this one Eon.

As Taiqing immersed himself in that ocean of Innate Spiritual Liquid, the ocean rapidly diminished.

Above Taiqing's head, the Yin-Yang Law, Five Elements Law, and Heaven and Earth Law manifested.

Twelve types of laws interwove together, but at the core, there was an empty space.

Taiqing did not intend to abandon his plan of using the Law of Strength as the core.

That core was precisely reserved by Taiqing for the Law of Strength.

Even by leaving that core position empty, Taiqing could still ensure his breakthrough to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

"What terrifying cultivation phenomena! I've only ever seen such phenomena among the elders of my clan."

While Taiqing cultivated diligently, the Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang were not idle either.

The dragon and the qilin stood guard at Taiqing's periphery, absorbing Innate Spiritual Liquid to accumulate magic power while protecting Taiqing.

Witnessing the terrifying phenomena caused by Taiqing's cultivation, the Ink Jade Qilin spoke in shock.

The elders of the Qilin Clan were naturally great powers at the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

Taiqing, now absorbing that boundless ocean of liquid spiritual essence and circulating the laws he cultivated, created phenomena that could already rival a Hunyuan Golden Immortal Great Power.

"Indeed, Poor Daoist has only seen such cultivation phenomena among the elders of my clan.

It seems our master should be able to fulfill his wish and smoothly break through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Great Power Realm."

Ao Jiang looked expectantly toward Taiqing's location.

They had chosen an excellent master.

Before even breaking through, his phenomena could already rival a Hunyuan Golden Immortal Great Power.

If he broke through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Great Power Realm, even ordinary Early-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal Great Powers would likely be no match for Taiqing.

A monstrous genius like Taiqing—perhaps even their Old Ancestor could not compare.

His future achievements would surely be extraordinary, and he might even attain that legendary realm.

As his mounts, their status would naturally rise accordingly.

The Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang both inwardly rejoiced that they had successfully broken through the siege back then and been sent by their clan's Old Ancestor to serve as mounts.

The dragon and the qilin now fully accepted their identity as mounts.

They had once taken pride in their identities as members of the Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan.

Now, these two cast aside their clan identities entirely.

Even if it meant becoming mounts, they would be the most supreme mounts in the Great Desolation World.

Such were the plans forming in the minds of the dragon and the qilin.

"Alas, I wonder how Big Brother is faring out there. It's been nearly ten Eons since he left, and not a single message has come back. Second Brother, have you felt a restlessness in your heart lately, as if some great matter concerning the fate of us Sanqing is about to unfold?"

At Kunlun Mountain, the birthplace of the Sanqing, Shangqing Lingbao's thoughts stirred as he sent a telepathic message to Yuqing Yuanshi beside him.

Taiqing had been gone for nearly ten Eons. Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao had been silently absorbing the pure qi to cultivate.

If not for the strong connection between the Three Brothers, allowing them to sense that Taiqing was in no danger—

Given that Taiqing had sent no word back in nearly ten Eons—

The two brothers might have been worried enough to emerge early and go searching for Taiqing.

"Third Brother, calm yourself. We will soon be born. Once we two brothers emerge, we will go find Big Brother. Before he left, he said he had to resolve a matter concerning the fate and future of us Sanqing. I imagine Big Brother must be close to settling that matter now, which is why we two brothers feel this resonance."

Yuqing Yuanshi was different from the impression one might have. Not only did he not suppress Shangqing Lingbao at every turn, but his actions and thoughts were steady and composed.

He also treated Shangqing Lingbao with care and affection.

This was nothing like the selfish, self-serving Yuanshi Tianzun of memory, who constantly spoke of "wet-born, egg-hatched creatures."

"With Second Brother's analysis, I have a guess. Big Brother is likely about to break through to a new realm. Since Big Brother faces neither crisis nor predicament, and yet such a strong resonance arises between us brothers, the only possibility is that Big Brother is on the verge of a breakthrough."

Shangqing Lingbao, who had been somewhat impatient, calmed down after hearing Yuqing Yuanshi's analysis.

After this reasoning, he actually deduced the cause of the intense spiritual resonance between the two brothers.

The Sanqing were one entity. With Taiqing about to break through, it was only natural that Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao would sense it.

"What is happening? Why does This Heavenly Dao feel a sense of crisis? In this Great Desolation World, who could pose a threat to This Heavenly Dao? Could it be Pangu? Impossible. Pangu has been confirmed dead. Even that Will of Pangu from some time ago was merely a convergence of residual will."

Within the Heavenly Dao Origin Space, the Heavenly Dao, which had fallen into slumber, felt a surge of crisis rising in its heart.

Its instincts began to speculate.

But it could not find the source of that crisis. Before the Heavenly Dao could act, even its instincts ceased to function.

The injuries from the last Great Dao Thunder were too severe.

It could not even use its instincts in the slightest.

At the same time, in the Great Desolation World, Ancestor Yin Yang, Old Ancestor Wuxing, and Old Ancestor Qiankun all felt a resonance rise in their hearts.