Just as building a foundation and raising a home was a major undertaking for mortals, establishing a cultivation sanctuary was also a rare and significant event for immortals.
After Chen Nianzhi occupied Fire Mulberry Mountain, he selected an auspicious day and sent word to the major immortal islands nearby, informing them that he intended to settle here and cultivate.
The Demon Race and the gods had yet to make any moves, but many of the human islands in the Red Dragon Sea had already responded.
On this day, Chen Nianzhi held a grand mountain-opening banquet. Before the major human immortal islands had even arrived, Primordial Spirit cultivators from over a hundred spirit islands had come days in advance, each bearing gifts of extraordinary value.
Fire Mulberry Island had also long since taken on an entirely new appearance.
The once distinctly styled Demon Race immortal island had now become a place of immortal grandeur. Immortal mist coiled around the mountains, while pavilions and towers rose from the ground, fashioned from wondrous materials.
Even the bricks beneath their feet faintly glimmered with the light of white jade, clearly not things of the mortal world.
Compared to the mortal realm, the Immortal Realm was nourished by immortal spiritual qi, so ordinary spirit objects were not uncommon. Many rocks and stones found everywhere here would count as fine spiritual treasures if placed in the mortal world.
Ore of even slight value, or even the commonplace plants and trees, would be enough to make Foundation Establishment and even Purple Mansion cultivators fight until their heads bled if thrown into the mortal world.
Yet in the Immortal Realm, to immortals like Chen Nianzhi, these spiritual objects were of little use.
After taking Fire Mulberry Mountain, Chen Nianzhi used immortal methods to gather materials locally. In merely