Scramble for Treasures

In the struggle for opportunities, one step ahead meant staying ahead every step of the way.

After the group of great powers led by the Three Pure Ones broke through the grand formation, they were the first to rush into Penglai Immortal Island, seizing the initiative.

"This island truly is extraordinary!" Tongtian could not help but exclaim the moment he entered Penglai Immortal Island.

Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun nodded in agreement. With a sweep of their divine senses, they learned that Penglai Immortal Island contained thirty-six innate restrictions.

Within innate restrictions lay either innate spiritual treasures or innate spiritual roots. Since the three brothers had taken form, they had acquired only a few innate spiritual treasures, while innate spiritual roots were even rarer.

In terms of scarcity, innate spiritual roots surpassed innate spiritual treasures.

"Eldest Brother, the innate restriction in the southeast appears to be the strongest on the entire island. Shall we break that one first?" Yuanshi Tianzun suggested.

After making some calculations, Laozi said, "Very well!"

Thus, the Three Pure Ones headed toward the innate restriction in the southeast.

Meanwhile, in the northwest, opposite the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin and Zhunti had also claimed an exceptionally powerful innate grand formation.

When Zhunti first entered Penglai Immortal Island, his eyes practically glowed green. The West had always been barren—since their birth, when had they ever seen such a treasure land?

With just one glance after coming ashore, he had already spotted several top-grade postnatal spiritual roots, while spiritual herbs over a hundred thousand years old were simply too numerous to count!

Jieyin was also quite excited, but he had not let these things cloud his judgment. Compared to postnatal spiritual roots and spiritual herbs, the innate spiritual objects protected by innate restrictions were undoubtedly more important.

After discussing it, Jieyin and Zhunti claimed an innate restriction in the northwest.

The other great powers who had entered first also selected some of the stronger innate restrictions on the island and began breaking them.

Those who entered after them could only set their sights on the innate restrictions the others had passed over.

Before long, all thirty-odd innate restrictions on the island had been claimed, and fierce battles were raging around half of them.

The Golden Immortals of the Great Luo who had arrived on the island were all fighting desperately to claim an innate restriction.

Only Bai Jing seemed blind to these innate restrictions, wholeheartedly gathering all kinds of rare immortal materials and spiritual ores.

Penglai Immortal Island was the largest of the Three Immortal Islands, and Bai Jing was having the time of his life picking up immortal materials and ores.

Before he knew it, ten years had passed. The Three Pure Ones joined forces and broke through that restriction in just ten years.

The moment the restriction opened, treasure light burst forth in every direction.

Everyone on the island unconsciously looked toward where the Three Pure Ones were.

But in the next instant, a pagoda appeared out of nowhere. Xuanhuang energy permeated its surface, completely blocking everyone's attempts to peer inside.

"So this is the postnatal merit supreme treasure, the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda? It truly is wondrous!" Bai Jing murmured upon seeing the pagoda for the first time.

With the pagoda there, none of the great powers on the island knew what treasure the Three Pure Ones had obtained after breaking the restriction.

Bai Jing did not care about that either. He was the owner of the entire Yingzhou Immortal Island; no matter how formidable the spiritual treasures on Penglai Immortal Island were, they could not compare to the Primordial Measure of Heaven Ruler on Yingzhou Immortal Island.

Besides, even if the Three Pure Ones had truly acquired some incredible treasure, he could not take it from them anyway! Rather than waste time worrying about the Three Pure Ones, he might as well continue gathering immortal materials and ores.

After the Three Pure Ones, Dijun and Taiyi were the second to break through a grand formation, obtaining a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

After the Western duo, Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun, Minghe, and Kunpeng broke through their restrictions, they obtained either top-grade innate spiritual treasures or top-grade innate spiritual roots.

After learning what they had obtained, Bai Jing thought, Judging by the treasure light, the Three Pure Ones should have obtained a top-grade innate spiritual object.

The other five larger innate restrictions contained top-grade innate spiritual objects, while the remaining thirty small and medium-sized innate restrictions should contain mid- and low-grade innate spiritual objects.

By that calculation, Penglai Immortal Island should have one top-grade innate spiritual object, five high-grade innate spiritual objects, and thirty mid- or low-grade innate spiritual objects.

My Yingzhou Immortal Island, on the other hand, has only eighteen innate restrictions. Sixteen of them contain spiritual roots—sixteen in total, three of which are high-grade.

There was only one restriction containing a spiritual treasure: the place where my true body, the Twelfth-Grade Pure World White Lotus, was located. After I took form, that innate restriction dissipated on its own.

The final innate restriction was where that Creation Jade Disc Fragment was located.

There is indeed a difference in quantity, but in terms of value, I myself plus the Creation Jade Disc Fragment should be roughly equivalent to all the spiritual treasures on Penglai Immortal Island combined.

Thinking of this, Bai Jing became increasingly curious about Fangzhang Island, the last of the Three Immortal Islands.

Leaving aside everything else, the Xuanyuan Water-Control Banner, which had never appeared in the Primordial World, and the Five-Needle Pine, one of the ten great innate spiritual roots, were most likely on Fangzhang Island.

It did not matter whether the Five-Needle Pine was there, but the Xuanyuan Water-Control Banner could be used to repair Bai Jing's origin.

"Rumble—" The sudden thunderclap interrupted Bai Jing's thoughts.

Bai Jing looked toward the source of the tremendous sound and discovered that Tongtian had clashed with Minghe.

"Fellow Daoist Minghe, do you recognize my Shangqing Thunder Method?" The moment Tongtian finished speaking, a divine thunderbolt descended from the heavens.

Minghe stood atop the Twelfth-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus and lightly tapped the twin swords on his back with his right hand. A heaven-shaking sword light immediately slashed forth, meeting Tongtian's Shangqing Divine Thunder head-on.

After another tremendous explosion, the Shangqing Divine Thunder collided with the sword light, transforming into countless specks of golden light before vanishing.

Among the great powers present, few dared to challenge the Three Pure Ones, but Minghe was certainly one of them.

To put it bluntly, before the Three Pure Ones became Saints, Minghe truly did not fear them. Minghe was a being nurtured within the boundless Blood Sea, formed from Pangu's tainted blood. He possessed a great divine ability, having cultivated four hundred and eighty million Blood God Sons that could merge into the Blood Sea.

With this divine ability, as long as the Blood Sea did not dry up, Minghe would not die. Yet the Blood Sea was where living beings went after death, filled with endless resentful souls and karmic force. Setting aside whether anyone possessed the ability to evaporate it, even if they did, how much karmic backlash would they suffer afterward?

Even Saints had to think twice when facing karmic force on such a scale. That was why Minghe could survive until the end through the countless great calamities of the Primordial World.

Regardless of whether his cultivation and magical power could match the Three Pure Ones, Minghe was unquestionably someone who dared to confront them head-on.

Of course, under normal circumstances, even Minghe would not casually offend the Three Pure Ones. After all, the Three Pure Ones possessed thirty percent of the merit from opening heaven. Whoever offended them would surely pay dearly.

Yet this Minghe had clashed with the Three Pure Ones. Could there be some other treasure on Penglai Immortal Island worth fighting over?

Clearly, Bai Jing was not the only one thinking so. The others had similar thoughts, and the great powers on the island converged on the place where the two sides were located.

Bai Jing examined the immortal materials and ores he had gathered and felt that he was still far from having enough. After hesitating for a moment, he decided not to go over and join the excitement.