Unintentional Harvest

Qing Xuan took the Dragon Pearl from Nuwa, but after examining it for a long while, he still couldn't make heads or tails of it.

Besides, there was very little time left before Hong Jun's sermon. Qing Xuan didn't have time to waste here.

He could only mark this isolated island for now, planning to return with Nuwa to explore it after Hong Jun's sermon.

Just as Qing Xuan was making the mark, he clearly felt the entire island begin to sink. In moments, it had vanished beneath the sea.

Qing Xuan and Nuwa cast the Water Repelling Spell at the same time and let the island sink. They followed it down, slowly descending toward the depths of the East Sea.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye, and at last the island settled on the seabed. At the same time, an Innate Guardian Array appeared before Nuwa and Qing Xuan.

Nuwa was so delighted that she grabbed Qing Xuan's hand, ready to celebrate in her own unique way.

Qing Xuan hurriedly pulled Nuwa into his arms, afraid she would spin him around again. He didn't forget to speak to her, either.

"No wonder we searched for thousands of years without finding the Overseas Three Immortal Islands. They've been submerged beneath the sea all along."

"Only this isolated island, which surfaced above the water, served as a marker for the Overseas Three Immortal Islands. But who would pay any attention to an island like this?"

Nuwa nodded. "Little Gourd Vine, what should we do now?"

After thinking it over, Qing Xuan replied, "Now that we've found it, we can't just let it go. We should try to break through this Innate Guardian Array as soon as possible."

Nuwa nodded at Qing Xuan and began examining the Innate Guardian Array. But even after looking for a long while, she couldn't find any way in.

In the end, she could only shake her head at Qing Xuan and say, "This Innate Guardian Array has no flaws. It seems the time for it to emerge hasn't come yet."

Qing Xuan shook his head at Nuwa. "The fact that the marker appeared above the sea means this immortal island has already become part of the Primordial Wilderness."

"We simply haven't found the key. Otherwise, there must be a way to break the array and enter."

As he spoke, Qing Xuan took out the Dragon Pearl and held it in his palm. He silently activated the Creation Law and slowly pushed the pearl toward the Innate Guardian Array.

Qing Xuan proceeded very cautiously, inching the Dragon Pearl forward bit by bit. Soon, he discovered that the array didn't keep the pearl out at all. In the blink of an eye, half of it had entered the array.

Qing Xuan's eyes lit up. He turned to Nuwa and said, "I'll entrust my Nascent Soul to the Dragon Pearl and see if I can enter the array."

Nuwa nodded at Qing Xuan. "Don't worry. With me here, nothing will happen to your Physical Body."

Qing Xuan nodded, then sent out his Nascent Soul and attached it to the Dragon Pearl. He then drove the pearl toward the Innate Guardian Array.

Just as expected, Qing Xuan encountered no resistance and entered the Innate Guardian Array without a hitch.

The next moment, the scene before Qing Xuan's eyes changed. The dark seabed vanished, replaced by a lush and vibrant landscape.

"It really is an island. It must be tens of thousands of miles across. I wonder which of the Overseas Three Immortal Islands this is."

The next moment, Qing Xuan drove the Dragon Pearl toward the center of the island. Before long, he spotted a stone stele bearing the words "Fangzhang."

"So this is Fangzhang Island, one of the Overseas Three Immortal Islands. It will be Emperor Donghua's future home. Only, he'll have to find somewhere else this time."

Qing Xuan knew that the stone stele on the island was the source of its spiritual veins. Refining it would be tantamount to refining the entire island.

Qing Xuan immediately attached his Nascent Soul to the stele and began refining it with his natal flame.

At first, the stele resisted. But as Qing Xuan activated the Great Dao's Creation Law, its resistance gradually weakened, then vanished completely.

Even so, it took Qing Xuan a thousand years to fully refine the stele. He also gained ownership of the entire Fangzhang Island.

As soon as Qing Xuan gained ownership of the island, a three-dimensional map of all Fangzhang Island appeared in his mind.

A hundred miles southeast of the stele lay a pool radiating three-colored light. Qing Xuan was delighted, and immediately headed toward it.

Before long, Qing Xuan reached the edge of the pool. Just as he had suspected, it was filled with Three Lights Divine Water.

There was also a White Lotus in the pool, though it hadn't matured yet. He couldn't tell how many petals it had, but he had already guessed that it was the most mysterious of the Five Great Lotus Platforms: the Pure World White Lotus.

But Qing Xuan had no time to study the Pure World White Lotus just then. He didn't even take a proper look around his new home before leaving Fangzhang Island. After all, Nuwa was still waiting for him outside.

Meanwhile, Nuwa was growing extremely anxious. It wasn't because she was worried about missing the Dao Ancestor's Sermon, but because she feared something had happened to Qing Xuan.

Nuwa hadn't been idle during those thousand years. She had spent the entire time searching for the entrance to the Innate Guardian Array.

At last, she found something. She immediately brought Qing Xuan's Physical Body with her and headed toward the entrance.

Nuwa had expected to have to struggle a bit before she could enter the seabed through the entrance. To her surprise, she passed through without the slightest resistance.

As soon as she entered the island, Nuwa saw Qing Xuan's Nascent Soul, smiling at her.

"I thought I'd finally found the entrance. So you opened a passage for me from inside the array?"

Qing Xuan smiled and nodded. He didn't forget to merge his Nascent Soul back into his Physical Body, either.

After getting used to his body again, which he had been apart from for a thousand years, Qing Xuan let out a long sigh. "This is Fangzhang Island. I've successfully refined it. From now on, this will be our home."

Nuwa was just as delighted. But when she remembered that Fangzhang Island was beneath the sea, she immediately said to Qing Xuan,

"Fangzhang Island may be safe underwater, but going back and forth is rather inconvenient, isn't it?"

With a light laugh, Qing Xuan took Nuwa's hand. Then, with a mere thought, the entire Fangzhang Island began rising rapidly toward the surface.

Before long, Fangzhang Island had surfaced in the East Sea. Nuwa could also clearly sense that the island wasn't fixed in one place, but drifted across the East Sea.

"This is a floating island? How can an island disconnected from the ley lines of the Primordial Wilderness be such a Blessed Land?"

Nuwa's question was only natural. After all, every Blessed Land had to be connected to the ley lines. Separated from them, it would be cut off from its source of spiritual energy. How could it still be a Blessed Land?

But Qing Xuan replied, "Because Fangzhang Island's roots have never been in the Primordial Wilderness. They're rooted in Chaos."

"This array looks like an Innate Secrecy Great Array, but it's also a Conversion Great Array. It can continuously convert Chaos Qi into Innate Spiritual Qi."