He then returned to the East Sea and continued refining and perfecting Fangzhang Island!
He followed Hong Yun's example and didn't completely cut Fangzhang Island off from the Primordial World and store it inside his Earth Book.
If he did that,
Fangzhang Island would become a tree without roots, unable to replenish its spiritual energy from the Primordial World!
So the direction of his refinement was to have Fangzhang Island exist in two spaces at once.
It would be in the Primordial World and inside the Earth Book!
Fangzhang Island could also be considered one of the gateways to Zhen Yuan Zi's Earth Immortal Realm.
Once Zhen Yuan Zi had finished his work,
he climbed to the highest point of Fangzhang Island and gazed toward the Primordial Continent, feeling quite pleased with himself.
Then he saw an immense radiance of purple energy stretching across the eastern coast!
He looked closely and was stunned.
"Taiqing?"
"He's severed his third corpse!"
Seeing that Taiqing had severed his third corpse without relying on merit or the power of the Heavenly Dao—
relying solely on himself—Zhen Yuan Zi immediately recalled Hong Yun's earlier assessment of Taiqing:
"Among Hongjun's disciples, Taiqing is the strongest!"
One had to know that, in the Primordial World, even Nu Wa, who had already become a Saint, had only severed her three corpses with the help of the Heavenly Dao's power and Hong Yun. She had then merged them to become a Heavenly Dao Saint.
Did this mean that Taiqing would become the Primordial World's third Saint as soon as he merged his three corpses?
"No!"
"I have to hurry and tell Little Brother Hong Yun..."
With a thought, Zhen Yuan Zi's figure vanished into the void.
A moment later,
the enormous Fangzhang Island slowly faded from view, leaving only