He immediately sat cross-legged in the void where the immortal islands had once stood, palms and soles facing heaven, and circulated the Kunyuan True Scripture, drawing in energy like a whale swallowing water to restore his depleted magical power.
Although he had taken away the Three Immortal Islands' abundant innate spiritual qi, the pure chaos energy streams left behind by their long presence, together with the water essence permeating the depths of the East Sea, greatly benefited the recovery of someone at his cultivation level.
The acupoints throughout his body opened, becoming countless vortices that greedily absorbed the surrounding energy and replenished his nearly dried-up ocean of magical power.
Several hours later, Zhenyuanzi slowly opened his eyes, divine light shining within them. Although he had not returned to his peak, he had recovered more than seventy percent of his magical power.
He rose to his feet, sensing the strength once again filling his body and the stable Three Immortal Islands grotto-heaven within the Book of the Earth. His heart settled into tranquility.
It was time to take care of those "little fellows."
With another thought and a sweep of his sleeve, he unleashed his signature technique—Sleeve Universe.
Light flashed at his cuff. The rare creatures he had gathered into his sleeve's space during his travels through the Primordial Wilderness's famed mountains, great rivers, and perilous secret realms emerged one after another, becoming streaks of light of different colors and auras that hovered before him.
Among them were the jade-bodied insects called Yu Li, which could ingest poisonous miasma and nourish spirit fungus; Snow Soul Wood, whose branches resembled ice crystals and could gather moonlight and great yin qi; and Illusion Light Butterflies, whose colorful wings could weave bewildering illusions;
There were also Mountain Moving Apes, immensely strong, adept at controlling