As the Chaos mist in the Nine Netherworlds World dissipated, Jiang Yun, carrying the Black Tortoise, first arrived at the edge of the original Fetal Membrane Rift.
The Fetal Membrane rift, which was once filled with Chaos Aura flowing in and out, devouring and assimilating the Nine Netherworlds World, is now covered by five Primordial Chaos Fetal Membrane Great Array. Pale purple spiritual light flows between the scar-like gaps, like a wound that is healing.
"This is the place, just as the Fellow Daoist Jieyin said." The Black Tortoise's soul floated up from Jiang Yun's shoulder, its voice carrying a hint of vicissitude.
His illusory forepaws pointed to three floating pieces of land debris beside the crevice. "This gap was formed by the impact of Yuanqiao Immortal Island. That magnificent island was shattered, and now only three larger fragments remain near the Fetal Membrane. Alas..."
Jiang Yun stared intently. The once complete island had shattered, leaving behind three relatively large fragments containing Spirit Vein, while the rest were mostly odds and ends.
"There are only the ruins of Yuanqiao Immortal Island here, but Daiyu is nowhere to be seen. Perhaps it escaped the turmoil of that time," Jiang Yun said, offering a word of comfort.
"Let's go to the fragment of the fairy island closest to the Fetal Membrane first; that's the closest point to where the incident actually occurred!"
The Black Tortoise suddenly sighed, "Could the people who carried the Immortal Island back then... be buried under those rubble?"
After listening, Jiang Yun remained silent for a moment, then gently patted the Black Tortoise's shell. "If there are indeed remains, I will surely let them return to the Primordial Desolation World."
After saying that, he stepped out with the Black Tortoise, and in an instant, he was standing in the first fragment.
It's said to be a fragment of a fairy island, but when you're actually there, you realize that it's not a small place at all, covering more than five million miles in circumference, with sections sticking out at both ends.
This area, closest to the Fetal Membrane Rift, was the place that suffered the most damage. The scorched earth emitted a pungent sulfur smell. Jiang Yun squatted down and touched the ground, feeling a strange wriggling sensation on his fingertips. This was soil contaminated by the power of the Reincarnation Demon God.
Jiang Yun's Primordial Spirit drew upon the World Power, sweeping across the shattered island. Three fragmented traces of Innate Spiritual Formation remained on it, likely remnants of the protective Spirit Formation that once guarded the island's Spiritual Treasure Spirit Root.
"There's Demon God Aura resisting my Primordial Spirit's probing power, humph!" A cold glint flashed in Jiang Yun's eyes, and his figure transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the sensing point.
The Black Tortoise arrived right behind him, and there floated a twelve-foot-long halberd in front of Jiang Yun, the dragon patterns wrapped around the Dragon Mark breathing out black and red mist.
"This is an Innate Dragon Halberd!" the Black Tortoise exclaimed, "But how did it become tainted with the Demon God Aura?"
Jiang Yun pointed his fingers like a sword at the halberd's blade, and the projection of his Inner World suddenly unfolded.
The Kunlun Wood Root System pierced through the void and penetrated the halberd, absorbing all the black and red mist.
"It's alright, it's just been corrupted by Chaos." He gripped the halberd and gave it a gentle shake, Dragon Mark instantly emitted a clear blue light. "You see, once the Demon God Aura is gone, it can now unleash its power."
As the halberd was swung, 129,600 drops of dark blue water condensed in the air, each drop as heavy as Shanyue.
"Water Dragon Halberd, a low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, with Dragon Mark patterns coiled around its body, is extremely sharp. It can mobilize the power of One Origin Heavy Water to attack enemies, making it a decent killing Spiritual Treasure!" Jiang Yun chuckled.
However, Low-grade Spiritual Treasure were of little use to him, so he put them away.
Seeing that Jiang Yun had accepted the Spiritual Treasure, the Black Tortoise said, "Let's go and look around at other places!"
Jiang Yun waved his hand. "No rush!"
After speaking, he closed his eyes, World Power emanated from his body, penetrating deep into the ground. He sensed the situation beneath the shattered island with his mind.
"Just as I thought!" Jiang Yun sneered. "The fragments here have been severely corrupted by the demon god. Even Spiritual Treasure and Spirit Root with their own Spirit Formation couldn't escape. The Spirit Vein below are the same; everything here has been tampered with." He raised his hand and pulled, the World Power deep underground grabbing a Spirit Vein that also carried black and red energy and pulling it out of the ground. A phantom image of Yin-Yang Fetal Membrane appeared in his palm, enveloping and refining the entire Spirit Vein.
The Black Tortoise, watching the Spirit Vein in his hand, suddenly moved closer, its hand trembling as it pointed to a certain spot. "This bone... is a giant tortoise's claw!"
Jiang Yun looked closely and saw that there was indeed half a bluish-gray bone embedded in the core of the Spirit Vein.
Just as he was about to investigate further, the other two remaining formations suddenly erupted with blinding light, indicating that they had sensed the Spirit Vein being drained and triggered their self-destruct mechanism.
Jiang Yun snorted coldly, and the Water Dragon Halberd stirred up towering waves. The World Power mixed with Heavy Water suppressed the self-destruction of the mutated Spirit Plants.
When the intense light faded, only two dying Spirit Root remained amidst the devastation— the Water Source Fruit and the Reincarnation Fruit.
Jiang Yun sighed softly, "The original source is too severely damaged. Its grade has dropped, and it can only be cultivated as Acquired Spiritual Root. However, the spiritual light of the Laws within it is still there, so there's still a chance to repair it."
He nurtured the two Spirit Root within his Inner World, and after cleansing the extracted Spirit Vein of demonic energy, he also threw it into his world. Turning to the Black Tortoise, he said, "This fragment is worthless; let's go to the middle one."
The two of them then went to the largest fragment in the middle, a long, narrow piece that was twice the size of the other two fragments combined.
Upon arriving at the central area of this island fragment, they discovered that it was protected by a ring of Restriction.
When Jiang Yun broke through the outer Restriction, a surge of innate Innate Spiritual Qi invigorated him.
Unlike the previous area which was devastated, this place has maintained a relatively good ecosystem. The Spirit Spring is still flowing, and there are even a few spiritual beasts wandering in the forest.
"This is where the Immortal Island Control Stele is located." The Black Tortoise excitedly pointed to the center of the area surrounded by the Restriction, where a tall stele stood. "I can sense the aura of my kind!"
The two hurried to the central area, where they saw a complete white jade stele standing on a circular jade platform, the two divine patterns "Yuanjiao" carved on the stele still shimmering with a faint Clear Light.
It's truly remarkable that this Control Stele survived intact after such a violent impact.
Jiang Yun attempted to refine the stone tablet, and unexpectedly succeeded easily. Immediately afterward, several historical phantoms appeared in his mind from the stone tablet. He shared the images with the Black Tortoise and examined them together.
In the first scene, the fairy island is drifting in the North Sea. Suddenly, dozens of black lines rise from the seabed and wrap around the limbs of the giant turtles like living creatures. The seven giant turtles carrying the Yuanqiao Immortal Island suddenly let out a mournful howl and then carried the fairy island to an unknown place.
The scene shifts to two wills colliding outside the Land of Nine Netherworlds, after which one of the immortal islands is swept away.
Then, the screen was engulfed by an overwhelming purple light.
When the scene became clear again, Yuanqiao Immortal Island had already crashed into the Nine Netherworld Membrane. Amidst the deafening sound of shattering, Jiang Yun saw the flesh and blood of the controlled giant turtles dissolve, leaving only their skeletons still clinging tightly to the fragments of the island.
Most chillingly, the two severed finger bones were greedily absorbing the essence from the giant tortoise's remains, while the tear in the Fetal Membrane continued to widen during this cruel feast...
The Black Tortoise's soul trembled violently. "Those two finger bones... they actually used the lives of my people to repair themselves!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yun calmed the Black Tortoise down and said, "Calm down, there's still hope. Daiyu Immortal Island was probably taken away by the consciousness of the Nine Netherworlds World!"