Taking the Three Immortal Islands

Standing at the edge of Penglai Immortal Island, his feet overlooking the surging, gray Chaos Energy Stream that roared and tore like an ancient beast, yet could never cross the invisible barrier surrounding the island.

Behind him, the three islands of Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou interwove their Dao resonance, with auspicious mists and radiant clouds rising and swirling. Innate Spiritual Qi was thick enough to drip, converging into a supreme wonderland.

Zhenyuanzi's dark robes fluttered as he stood with hands clasped behind his back, gazing back at this immortal realm he had Completely Refined and mastered. His eyes were deep as an abyss, and a decision had already formed in his heart.

This innate cave heaven, born from a Chaos Fragment, contained the mysteries and creations of the world's beginning—its value was immeasurable.

If left to drift rootlessly across the Vast East Sea, it would not only waste heaven's gift but also invite disaster.

Now, with undercurrents surging through the Primordial Void, such a blessed land, without sufficient strength to guard it, would become the focus of covetous eyes in the unknowable tribulations to come. The immortal islands would be tarnished, or even shattered—these were no empty words.

An unprecedented, almost insane thought rose from the depths of his Dao heart, like a star suddenly appearing, illuminating all his thoughts in an instant—to take the Three Immortal Islands entirely and store them within the Book of the Earth!

The Three Immortal Islands were born from Chaos Fragments, their foundations so deep they were nearly connected to part of the Primordial Land Veins. Ordinary great powers could not even budge them, let alone take them. Moving even a fraction was as hard as reaching the heavens.

Even those supreme beings who had reached the Quasi-Saint realm, without special opportunities or world-shaking treasures to aid them, could never accomplish it.

Perhaps only a Primordial Chaos Saint, unassailable through countless kalpas, holding the Heavenly Dao in hand and speaking laws into being, could use supreme might to overturn heaven and earth and Teleport them.

But he, Zhenyuanzi, was no "ordinary great power"!

In the blink of a thought, a clear and feasible method for taking them had already taken shape in his deductions.

This method did not rely on brute force to shatter, but on his absolute understanding and control of this realm from inside to out, from laws to substance, using leverage to move a thousand pounds.

First, he had already thoroughly comprehended and mastered the Innate Three Talents Grand Formation that enveloped the three islands from within.

This formation was born of heaven and earth from the three islands themselves, based on Heaven, Earth, and Man, subtly aligned with the fundamental laws of the Primordial Void. It was like the skeleton, veins, and breath of the Three Immortal Islands, infinitely profound.

Now, this formation held no secrets before his eyes. Every flow of runes, every shift of Qi Flow, was Clear in Mind.

Mastering it meant controlling the core hub of the Three Immortal Islands' operation, grasping the "anchors" that vaguely connected them to the Primordial Void.

Second, he had completely refined the foundational treasure of Penglai Island—the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.

This banner was the source of Wu Tu Essence across the Primordial Land Veins, of supreme quality, unmatched in defense, Invulnerable to All Magic, and was the manifestation and core of the Wu Tu foundation of Penglai Island, and even the Three Immortal Islands.

Refining it meant seizing the "root" of the three islands at the level of the Earth Law, mastering their heaviest Origin power. Now, the Apricot Yellow Banner floated docilely in his dantian's Sea of Consciousness, its aura mingling with his, responding to his will like an extension of himself.

Finally, and crucially, he possessed the Book of the Earth, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"!

This treasure was the general outline of the Primordial Land Veins, bearing the Growth of All Things, containing boundless space, and capable of regulating Earth Qi and evolving mountains and rivers, holding infinite creative power.

Only a wondrous book like the Book of the Earth, which bore the land and contained a universe within, could possibly accommodate a cave heaven world of the Three Immortal Islands' scale without damaging its Origin.

The Book of the Earth's interior was its own heaven and earth, with Perfecting of Laws, enough to bear these three immortal islands born from Chaos Fragments, preventing their spiritual energy from dispersing after leaving the main body of the Primordial Void.

The formation as the guide, the Apricot Banner as the root, the Book of the Earth as the vessel. The three complemented each other; none could be missing!

If any link were absent, forcibly taking them could damage the immortal islands, shatter space, or even trigger unpredictable backlash.

Zhenyuanzi's expression was solemn, a sharp light hidden in his eyes. He took a deep breath, as if drawing the remaining Chaos Energy Stream around him into his chest and abdomen. His Dao resonance resonated with the lingering spiritual energy of the three islands, adjusting his mana, soul, and Dao Realm to an unprecedented peak state.

He moved.

First, with a slight thought, his divine sense, like invisible threads, instantly connected to the Innate Three Talents Grand Formation already imprinted on every inch of the three islands.

The faint, Vaguely Visible radiance that had originally shrouded the three islands suddenly became solid and substantial. Gold, silver, and jade-colored divine light Soared into the Sky. Countless Great Dao Runes manifested from the depths of the void, flowing and weaving into a network of laws covering heaven and earth.

The formation's power no longer spread outward but began to contract inward with precision and stability, like the folding ribs of an umbrella.

This contraction was not a dissipation of power, but a gradual stripping away and isolation of the three islands' Space Connection with the outside world, the invisible "roots" to the Primordial Void.

Under the formation's power, the Qi Flow of the three islands was forcibly bound together more tightly. Light flowed, and they seemed to transform into an indivisible whole, transitioning from entities fixed at coordinates in the East Sea to an independent cave-heaven treasure.

At the same time, his Niwan Palace trembled, stirring the supreme treasure nurtured deep within his Sea of Consciousness—the Book of the Earth, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas."

"Rustle—" The sound of invisible pages turning seemed to ring out. A Profound Yellow scroll's phantom slowly emerged above his head, at first only a foot long, then rapidly expanding. In a blink, it Shaded the Sky and Sun, its Profound Yellow light gentle and heavy, spreading across this empty sea.

The pages moved Without Wind, and the patterns of the Primordial Land Veins depicted on them Shone Brightly. Mountains rose and fell, rivers surged, as if they had Come Alive, radiating a vast aura that embraced all things and bore all creation.

The power of the Book of the Earth, like an invisible yet omnipresent giant net, slowly opened and spread toward the Three Immortal Islands, which were being stripped of their external connections by the formation, preparing for the final acceptance.

The most critical step lay in stabilizing the foundation! Zhenyuanzi's mind split into three uses, and without hesitation, he fully activated the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner in his dantian's Sea of Consciousness!

Though the Apricot Yellow Banner had long been refined by him, now was the true moment to display its supreme power as a symbol of "Earth Authority" and the core of the three islands' Wu Tu Origin.

"Wu Tu returns to the source, ten thousand rivers enter the sea! Take!"

Zhenyuanzi spoke as if uttering heavenly decrees, his low shout not loud, yet carrying an indescribable weight and majesty like the pulse of the earth, stirring the resonance of surrounding laws.

Inside him, the Apricot Yellow Banner rustled loudly. Chaotic-colored light blazed from its surface, and boundless, pure Wutu Essence Qi surged forth like the Yangtze River. This power did not scatter but, through the Origin Connection he had established with the three islands by refining the banner, instantly crossed the void, precisely communicating with and awakening the deepest Earth Qi cores of the three islands!

"Weng—!"

At this moment, the entire space of the Three Immortal Islands shuddered violently!

It was not a destructive tremor of mountains shaking and earth splitting, but a resonant vibration from deep within, touching the Origin itself.

Every mountain, every river, every immortal herb and spiritual root on the islands, even the pervasive, nearly liquefied Innate Spiritual Qi, seemed like wanderers hearing their mother's call, producing a strong tendency to converge and gather toward the Profound Yellow light of the Book of the Earth, toward the Wu Tu Origin of the Apricot Yellow Banner.

The material structure of the immortal islands did not collapse, but their "state" of existence was undergoing a fundamental change.

Under the precise coordination of the Book of the Earth's all-embracing Power of Space, the Apricot Yellow Banner's Earth Authority over Wu Tu, and the Innate Three Talents Grand Formation's stripping of external connections and contraction, the vast, towering Three Immortal Islands, which had stood for countless kalpas, began to shrink at a visible rate!

This was not simple spatial compression or Illusionary Arts, but their essence, under the perfect Wrap, guidance, and protection of the three powers, gradually being "stripped away" from the real, stable Main Space of the Primordial Void, "sinking" and "merging" into the independent space within the Book of the Earth, which was closer to the Origin Law of the earth.

This process seemed smooth but was extremely slow. Every inch of space transformed, every wisp of spiritual energy migrated, required vast amounts of mana and mental focus to guide and control, allowing not the slightest error.

Zhenyuanzi's expression was as grave as ancient, unchanging ice. His hands formed Mysterious Dharma Seals before him, his Ten Fingers flying as they traced the paths of the Great Dao, precisely regulating the output and coordination of the three forces to ensure flawless balance.

Fine beads of sweat had already seeped out on his forehead. The Dao Charm Flowing around him surged to its utmost limit, revealing the immense toll it was taking.

Time passed in silence. No one knew how long it had been—perhaps several Shi Chen, perhaps an eternal instant.

Then, the three colossal Immortal Mountains that had stretched across the East Sea saw their rainbow bridges retract inward, their Sea of Clouds roll back to their source, and finally, under the vast and mighty force, they Transformed Into three dazzling streaks of light—one pure and transcendent, belonging to Fangzhang; one holy and ethereal, belonging to Yingzhou; one heavy and majestic, belonging to Penglai.

Like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, or weary birds returning to their Chao, the three streaks of light Slashed Through the brief, silent void and ultimately plunged entirely into the Earth Book Phantom that hung in the air, unfolding endless mysteries!

Boom!

The Earth Book emitted a Deep and Muffled, satisfied hum. Its Profound Yellow light abruptly converged inward. The phantom scroll slowly closed, reverting to its Simple and Unadorned scroll form, and flew back into Zhenyuanzi's hand.

The scroll In Hand was heavy—not with physical weight, but with the profound heaviness of laws borne from the vast cave heaven it now contained.

Zhenyuanzi's divine sense Probed into the Earth Book. Within its boundless Profound Yellow world, in a region that had been blank, there now Quietly Suspended three miniature yet spiritually vibrant, Dao-complete island patterns. They complemented the other depictions of the primordial continent's main veins within the scroll, yet formed their own independent structure, with connected meridians and spiritual energy in Endless Circulation.

Collection, success!

After all this, even though Zhenyuanzi's magical power was as deep as an abyss and his foundation incomparably solid, he could not help but feel a wave of mental exhaustion. His internal energy was depleted by seven or eight parts—a tremendous consumption.

He slowly withdrew the Earth Book into his Sea of Consciousness to nurture it. Feeling the vast and complete cave heaven world that had been added to it, an unprecedented sense of satisfaction and control welled up within him.

From now on, these Three Immortal Islands would be his portable cultivation grounds and secondary abode, as well as a vital part of the Earth Book's world. There was No Need to worry about them drifting away or encountering calamity ever again.