Reencountering the Immortal Island

With such a huge harvest, Old Ancestor Styx's constantly taut nerves finally relaxed a little. As an anomaly, he had to obtain enough means of self-preservation before the Heavenly Dao emerged! After all, the Great Dao was inactive while the Heavenly Dao was selfish. He could not guarantee that the Heavenly Dao would not simply destroy him over some matter! Thus, ever since living beings appeared, Old Ancestor Styx had been desperately accumulating Merit. Now, he finally had a bit more confidence in his ability to protect himself!

After stabilizing his cultivation, Old Ancestor Styx had not even begun searching for the other two Immortal Islands when he sensed a thread of guiding force coming from somewhere in the void, mixed with a hint of a plea for help. Old Ancestor Styx was quite surprised; this was the first time he had encountered such a situation!

Following the direction of the sensing, he stopped before a Formation. Now that he had the Primordial Sky-Measuring Ruler, Formations had become incredibly simple for him. He brought out the Primordial Sky-Measuring Ruler and began refining the Formation from its weak point. In less than a century, he finished refining it. He brought out the Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner to protect himself, held the Primordial Sky-Measuring Ruler, and stepped into the Formation. He still had to be cautious, after all, this was also the first time Old Ancestor Styx had encountered such a situation!

The moment he entered the Formation, he was stunned by the dense Spiritual Qi within. Moreover, the Spiritual Qi filling this space was not Innate Spiritual Qi, but the Chaos Spiritual Qi that had nearly vanished from the Great Wilderness. Yet, amid such dense Chaos Spiritual Qi, large quantities of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were growing, with spiritual roots everywhere. Old Ancestor Styx found it unbelievable. Under the Chaos Spiritual Qi, these innate spiritual roots had not only avoided destruction, but were instead continuously absorbing and exhaling Chaos Spiritual Qi as they grew!

Old Ancestor Styx then carefully sensed the Chaos Spiritual Qi on the island once more, only to discover that its explosive aspects had all been removed. More precisely, they had been purified. The Spiritual Qi that remained retained the quality of Chaos Spiritual Qi while also possessing the gentleness and life-nourishing properties of Innate Spiritual Qi. This was why the spiritual roots on the island were generally of such high grades...

Thinking of purification, Old Ancestor Styx gradually formed a guess. After stripping the island bare, he harvested three ordinary top-grade Innate Spiritual Roots, a hundred high-grade Innate Spiritual Roots, and a large number of mid-grade Innate Spiritual Roots. All of them had successfully broken through their original grades under the nourishment of Chaos Spiritual Qi. The top-grade Innate Spiritual Roots consisted of a Purple Jade Grape Tree, which bore fruit once every thirty thousand years. Its fruits could cleanse the soul, temper the True Spirit, help one condense a Purple Jade Spirit Body, and grant extraordinary comprehension; an Immortal Peach Tree, which likewise bore fruit once every thirty thousand years, whose fruit could help people avoid disasters and extend their lifespans; and a Goji Tree, which also bore fruit once every thirty thousand years. Its fruits could replenish kidney essence and strengthen yang energy, allowing a person to transform toward an extreme-yang constitution!

After storing all the spiritual roots he had harvested inside the Hundred Herbs Illustrated, its time-flow effect reached three thousand times that of the outside world!

Old Ancestor Styx then walked fully armed toward the place in the center shrouded in mist. The moment he entered the island, he had sensed the summons coming from there. However, out of caution, he had decided to first take the opportunities he could obtain, then investigate what lay within!

As Old Ancestor Styx entered the mist, he discovered that it was actually condensed from pure Chaos Spiritual Qi. Even taking one breath made him feel his Mana advance slightly! Yet Old Ancestor Styx did not dare lower his guard. Holding his breath, he walked into the center of the mist and discovered a pond filled with Spiritual Qi. The pond was covered in lotus flowers as white as jade. At the very center was a Twenty-Four Grade White Jade Lotus Platform, with four Twelve-Grade Lotus Platforms surrounding and protecting it. Beyond them were large clusters of Nine-Grade, Six-Grade, and Third-Grade Lotus Platforms!

Old Ancestor Styx was instantly dumbfounded. The one summoning him here was precisely the Twenty-Four Grade Lotus Platform at the center. Even if someone beat him to death, he would never have imagined that one day he would see an entire pond packed with Innate Spiritual Treasures!