Flower Fruit Mountain Grotto-Heaven, Water Curtain Cave Blessed Land

The Three Immortals of Penglai had labored for several months before finally securing the newly rebuilt Three Islands of Penglai in the waters beyond the East Sea. Standing atop the surging blue waves and watching the three islands reappear in their original positions, the three immortals couldn't help sighing with emotion.

Yet they also felt that if not for the mountain that had fallen from the sky, the Three Islands of Penglai might not have held firm; the turbulent undercurrents of the Four Seas could have swept them away. But the original Three Islands of Penglai had been destroyed because of that very battle, when the world fragment that fell from the sky had smashed Penglai Island to pieces.

So it was with all things and all ways: every action had its consequence. They couldn't quite tell what they were feeling now. They simply stood on the new Penglai Islands and gazed in the distance. Far away, they could see the Nine Provinces of the mortal world and the Land of Ten Thousand Spirits—the ten continents in all. Between those lands and Penglai Island, suspended far out at sea, stood the Nameless Immortal Mountain.

This immortal mountain had become the central link between the two places.

Watching the waves rise and fall, the Three Immortals of Penglai finally felt at ease. They turned around and saw that the Three Islands of Penglai were utterly barren, without a trace of the ethereal serenity that had once filled the place when the Penglai Department of the immortals stood there. But there was no longer any Penglai Department to summon clouds and bring rain.

The Jade Emperor had seized this opportunity to reclaim the authority of the Penglai Department and establish a stronger Water Department in its place.

He had invested a new