Unintentional Harvest

Qing Xuan took the Dragon Pearl from Nuwa's hand, but after staring at it for a long time, he couldn't make heads or tails of it.

On top of that, the time left until Hong Jun's sermon was running short. Qing Xuan had no time to waste here.

He could only make a mark on this deserted island for now, planning to return with Nuwa to explore after Hong Jun's sermon ended.

But just as Qing Xuan was marking the spot, he clearly felt the entire deserted island begin to sink. In moments, it had vanished beneath the sea surface.

Qing Xuan and Nuwa both cast a Water Repelling Spell, letting the deserted island sink. They followed the sinking island, slowly descending into the depths of the East Sea.

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

This brought a surge of joy to Nuwa's heart. She reached out and grabbed Qing Xuan, ready to celebrate in her unique way.

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

"No wonder we searched for thousands of years and never found the Overseas Three Immortal Islands. Turns out they've been sunk at the bottom of the sea all along."

"Only this deserted island that surfaced is the coordinate for the Overseas Three Immortal Islands. But who would pay attention to such a lonely island?"

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

Qing Xuan thought for a moment, then said, "Since we've run into it, there's no reason to let it go. Let's try to break through this Innate Guardian Array as quickly as possible."

Nuwa nodded at Qing Xuan and began to study the Innate Guardian Array. But after looking it over for a long time, she couldn't find any point of entry.

In the end, she could only shake her head at Qing Xuan helplessly. "This Innate Guardian Array has no flaws. It seems it's not yet time for it to emerge."

Qing Xuan shook his head at Nuwa. "If the coordinate could appear on the surface, it means this immortal island has already merged into the Primordial World."

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

With that, Qing Xuan took out the Dragon Pearl and held it in his palm. Secretly channeling the Creation Law, he slowly pushed the Dragon Pearl toward the Innate Guardian Array.

Qing Xuan's movements were very cautious, advancing the Dragon Pearl inch by inch. Soon, he discovered that the Dragon Pearl wasn't blocked by the Innate Guardian Array at all. In moments, half of it had already sunk into the array.

This made Qing Xuan's eyes light up. He immediately said to Nuwa, "I'll attach my Primordial Spirit to the Dragon Pearl and see if I can enter the array's interior."

Nuwa nodded at Qing Xuan. "Don't worry. With me here, your Physical Body will be perfectly safe."

Qing Xuan nodded, then sent his Primordial Spirit out, attaching it to the Dragon Pearl. He drove the Dragon Pearl toward the Innate Guardian Array.

Sure enough, Qing Xuan met no resistance and smoothly entered the Innate Guardian Array.

The next moment, Qing Xuan felt the scenery before him change. The dark seabed had vanished, replaced by a scene full of vitality.

"It really is a secluded island, at least Tens of Thousands of Miles in area. I just don't know 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 saw a stone tablet, on which was clearly written the word "Fangzhang."

"So this is Fangzhang Island of the Overseas Three Immortal Islands. In the future, this would have been Donghua Emperor's dojo. But this time around, Donghua Emperor will have to find another place."

Qing Xuan knew that this stone tablet was the spiritual vein source of the entire island. Refining the tablet meant refining the whole island.

He immediately attached his Primordial Spirit to the stone tablet and began to refine it with his lifebound flame.

At first, the tablet resisted, but as Qing Xuan mobilized the Creation Law of the Great Dao, the resistance gradually faded until it disappeared completely.

Even so, it took Qing Xuan a thousand years to fully refine the stone tablet. At the same time, he gained ownership of the entire Fangzhang Island.

As Qing Xuan obtained full ownership of Fangzhang Island, a three-dimensional map of the entire island appeared in his mind.

A hundred miles southeast of the stone tablet, there was a pool emitting a Three-Colored Light. This filled Qing Xuan with joy, and he immediately headed toward the pool.

Before long, Qing Xuan arrived at the pool's edge and found that, as he had guessed, the pool was filled with Three Lights Divine Water.

In the pool, there was also a white lotus, but it wasn't yet mature. Though he couldn't tell how many grades it had, Qing Xuan guessed this was the most mysterious of the Five Great Lotus Platforms—the Pure World White Lotus.

But for now, Qing Xuan had no time to study the Pure World White Lotus, nor even to carefully examine his own dojo. He left Fangzhang Island, since Nuwa was still waiting for him outside.

Meanwhile, Nuwa was extremely anxious. It wasn't that she feared missing the Dao Ancestor's Sermon, but that she worried Qing Xuan might be in danger.

In the past thousand years, Nuwa had never been idle. She had been searching for the entrance to this Innate Guardian Array.

After a thousand years of searching, Nuwa finally found something. She immediately took Qing Xuan's Physical Body and headed toward the entrance.

Nuwa had thought she'd need to put in some effort to pass through the entrance into the seabed. To her surprise, it was very smooth, with no obstacles at all.

As soon as she entered the island, Nuwa saw Qing Xuan's Primordial Spirit, already smiling at her.

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

Qing Xuan smiled and nodded, not forgetting to merge his Primordial Spirit back into his Physical Body.

After feeling his body, which he hadn't used for a thousand years, Qing Xuan let out a long sigh. "This is Fangzhang Island. I've successfully refined it. From now on, this is our dojo."

Nuwa was overjoyed, but thinking that Fangzhang Island was underwater, she said to Qing Xuan directly.

"Fangzhang Island is safe under the sea, but wouldn't it be too troublesome to come and go?"

Qing Xuan chuckled lightly and took Nuwa's hand. With a thought, the entire Fangzhang Island began to rise rapidly toward the sea surface.

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

"This is a floating island. How can an island not connected to the Primordial World's earth veins be such a Blessed Land?"

It wasn't strange for Nuwa to think this way. After all, any Blessed Land had to be connected to earth veins. Being cut off from the veins meant losing the source of spiritual energy—how could it still be a Blessed Land?

But Qing Xuan said to Nuwa, "Because Fangzhang Island's roots have never been in the Primordial World. 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."