After the Queen Mother of the West left, Xuantian departed the Human Race and headed for Penglai in the East Sea.
The waters of the East Sea rippled beneath a vast expanse of mist.
At the heart of the sea stood an immortal island: Penglai.
An Innate formation shrouded the island. From outside, it was a blur of mist, its true appearance impossible to make out...
The island was vast. Four main islands stood at its center, surrounded by thirty-six inner islands and seventy-two outer islands. Together, the 108 islands formed a ring around the four main islands.
Immortal energy wreathed the islands, and radiant clouds lit the sky. Spiritual roots grew every few paces, spiritual herbs a few paces beyond. Immortal mountains and springs were everywhere. Immortal birds danced through the clouds while auspicious beasts wandered the forests.
After Xuantian subdued the Myriad Immortals Alliance, the island became his. He refined it into a Grotto-Heaven world.
In the Ancestral Land, he had long since built a teleportation passage. Every hundred years, outstanding participants in the Nine Tribes' martial contests earned the chance to train here.
At his request, the Queen Mother of the West had steadily raised the standards. Though it was called the Myriad Immortals Alliance, its core now numbered only around a hundred experts, every one of them at least a Taiyi Golden Immortal.
The Myriad Immortals Alliance had also long since been renamed the Penglai Immortal Sect. The Queen Mother of the West took over as sect master, and Eastern King Gong became grand elder.
Meanwhile, powerful members of the Human Race often came to cultivate. Spiritual energy was far denser here than outside, so Penglai Immortal Island saw a steady stream of visitors.
Without alerting anyone, Xuantian arrived before a small Innate formation. Dense, clear