The strand of innate Zhongshu Earth Qing Huan had infused into the Seven Views Islands and the three islands of Sun, Moon, and Star was quietly at work.
An earthy yellow glow spread from the islands' cores, winding like a web around the roots of the ten islands' earth veins. The mountain ranges, once independent of one another, seemed to be drawn together and compressed by invisible hands.
The dull rumble of grinding rock echoed between heaven and earth. Fragments of stone tumbled down, yet upon touching that yellow radiance, they transformed into fine spiritual soil and were absorbed into the new mountain ranges.
Where the scorching rock layers of Sun Island collided with the frigid jade veins of Moon Island, strange crystals formed, half bright and half dark.
The scattered starlight fragments on Star Island merged into the growth rings of the ancient trees on Seven Views Island, causing those Innate Spiritual Roots to suddenly sprout new buds, their branches adorned with star-like flower buds.
The Golden Dragons of Destiny coiling around each of the ten islands had originally been merely ten thousand zhang long, with indistinct scales and claws. Now, as if drinking divine nectar, they swelled at a visible rate.
Their golden scales became distinct one by one, their horns rose magnificently, and their whiskers fluttered in the air. Their once-dim dragon eyes gradually lit up, reflecting the light and shadows of the entire sea.
When the new mountain range finally took shape, the ten Golden Dragons of Destiny had already merged into one. Its body expanded to a hundred thousand zhang, coiling above the new island as it released a long roar that shook the universe. Wherever the sound waves reached, the clouds scattered, and even the Dragon Clan in the depths of the sea could