"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on killing the Blood Thorn Vine Demon. Experience Points +5."
As the system notification rang out, Xie Fang's heart stirred. He could feel that after gaining those 5 Experience Points, he had grown a little stronger!
It was only a slight change, but he could feel it!
"This Vine Demon was weak, and killing it earned me five Experience Points. That's much faster than cultivating on my own!"
Xie Fang weighed things over and decided not to risk killing other living beings just yet.
"I was lucky to run into a low-level Vine Demon this time. If I encounter some powerful being, forget suppressing it—I'll probably get refined away on the spot. I'd better lie low and focus on developing for now!"
Xie Fang understood perfectly that in the Primordial World, time was the least valuable thing. He could absorb Spiritual Qi into his body and convert it directly into Experience Points without refining it first. Just that alone would let his cultivation speed leave all other living beings far behind!
Once his cultivation improved, he could go treasure hunting or hunt other beings. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
"After all, a man isn't guilty for possessing a treasure, but for having others covet it. My true form is coveted wherever I go. I'd better keep a low profile..."
With that consolation, Xie Fang soon immersed himself in cultivating by absorbing Spiritual Qi.
"Ding! Spiritual Qi absorbed +1. Experience Points +1."
"Ding! Spiritual Qi absorbed +1. Experience Points +1."
"..."
The system's voice rang out without pause as time slowly passed while Xie Fang frantically absorbed Spiritual Qi.
In the blink of an eye, a hundred years had passed.
Over those hundred years, Xie Fang's Personal Attribute Panel had undergone a dramatic transformation!
Host: Xie Fang Cultivation: 3221/400000000 [Early Golden Immortal] True Form: Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler Cultivation Method: None Divine Abilities: None Laws: None Origin: Slaughter Items: None
Although the other sections of his attribute panel were still bare, Xie Fang, now an Early Golden Immortal, felt power coursing through his entire body!
During those hundred years, he had often pondered the matter. Since his true form hadn't been discovered and taken away, that meant the Primordial World was still in its early stages.
He just didn't know whether it was the Ferocious Beast Tribulation or the Three Clans Hegemony.
But neither Tribulation had anything to do with him. All he wanted was to grow as strong as possible!
After cultivating quietly for a hundred years, Xie Fang had just reached the Golden Immortal realm. Feeling a little bored, he couldn't wait to set off!
After all, he had been transmigrated here for a hundred years and still didn't know what the terrain of the Three Immortal Islands of the East Sea, where he was, was like. Now that he had reached the Golden Immortal realm, he could escape unharmed even if there were dangers on the island. He could finally look around a little.
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on killing a saber-toothed tiger. Experience Points +15."
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on killing the Blood Thorn Vine Demon. Experience Points +5."
"Ding..."
A gigantic golden ruler shadow circled above the island, killing any intelligent living being that had become a demon!
The island was also filled with treasures: Dragon Immortal Grass, Brocade Flowers, Nightmare Fruits...
All sorts of rare treasures filled his view, and there were even quite a few Innate Treasures.
Xie Fang paid them only a little attention and didn't take them for himself. The island's Spiritual Qi was so abundant that those rare treasures would develop intelligence before long. He might as well leave them there and harvest them later!
Besides, he wasn't wandering around the island aimlessly. He was searching for something.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before he spotted an ancient, imposing Stone Stele!
Mystical runes covered its surface. It was brimming with Spiritual Qi, and more importantly, Xie Fang could sense a faint power emanating from it!
It was the power to take control of the island by refining the Stone Stele!
"Looks like this Stone Stele is the core of the island!"
After carefully sensing the Stone Stele, Xie Fang finally understood which island he had transmigrated to!
Penglai!
The foremost of the Three Immortal Islands of the East Sea—Penglai Immortal Island!
Since the early days after the world was created, Penglai Immortal Island had remained hidden beneath the vast waters of the East Sea, undiscovered by anyone. A natural Ten Directions Sky Covering Great Array protected it.
It wasn't until Dao Ancestor Hongjun had attained sainthood and appointed Eastern King Duke as the foremost of the male immortals under Heaven that Penglai Immortal Island, along with the other two islands, Mount Fangzhang Island and Yingzhou Island, was discovered by Eastern King Duke and revealed to the world.
Eastern King Duke later established his cultivation ground here!
So Hongjun hadn't attained the Dao yet!
Xie Fang's thoughts raced. Since the Three Immortal Islands were still unclaimed, could he refine the Stone Steles on all three islands, take control of the Ten Directions Sky Covering Great Array, and become their master?!
The thought filled Xie Fang with excitement. The enormous golden ruler shadow pressed against the Stone Stele as his magical power slowly seeped into it.
But...
"Damn, refining this Stone Stele takes an absurd amount of magical power!"
After a single attempt, Xie Fang immediately gave up.
He had only just broken through to the Golden Immortal realm. At his current level, refining the Stone Stele would take at least several kalpas!
If it really took that long, the moment would have passed him by!
"I've only been in this world for a hundred years. I'd be better off improving my cultivation as quickly as possible. Once my cultivation is higher, refining the Stone Stele will be much faster!"
Xie Fang calmed down. He remembered that Eastern King Duke had been a Grand Unity Golden Immortal when he refined the Stone Stele. Since Hongjun hadn't attained the Dao yet, Xie Fang had plenty of time. He might as well improve his cultivation first!
With that thought, the ruler shadow swept through the air and smashed down beside the Stone Stele!
Boom!
Rocks flew and dust billowed. With a single strike, he buried the dozens-of-zhang-tall Stone Stele.
Then he resumed wandering around the island.
Whenever he encountered a being he could handle, he struck it with his ruler, turning it into Experience Points!
Whenever he encountered one he couldn't handle, it couldn't keep him there either. The ruler shadow swept through the air, and he quickly fled.
Penglai Immortal Island was vast beyond measure. Even with Xie Fang's Golden Immortal cultivation, it was impossible to know how many years it would take him to explore the whole island.
But he wasn't in a hurry. Killing living beings earned him Experience Points, which was much faster than cultivating on his own.
Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, five hundred years had passed.
Over those five hundred years, Xie Fang hadn't even finished exploring a corner of Penglai Immortal Island. He had encountered countless living beings, and his cultivation had steadily reached the Late Golden Immortal realm. He was just one step away from advancing to Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
That day, just after killing a white demon wolf, he noticed a faint ripple in space not far away.
The ripple lasted only a moment before everything returned to normal, but Xie Fang had still spotted it with his keen senses.
"This is a Spatial Array!"
Xie Fang's heart blazed with excitement, because he knew what that meant!
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