Time flowed like water, and a hundred years passed just like that. One day, Yuan Tian rose and said to the two Green Willows beside him, "Children, your father is about to go to the Primordial Continent to gain experience. Cultivate well on Penglai Island, understand?" Though the two Green Willows could not bear to see Yuan Tian leave their side, they knew their father must have business on the Primordial Continent. They could not delay him, so they both answered obediently, "Understood, Father."
"Good, good children. When Father returns, I hope to see your cultivation advance another step. I will now pass on the cultivation method I practice to you. You two can discuss it with each other in your spare time. Better yet, use this method as a foundation to create one that belongs to yourselves." As Yuan Tian spoke, he pointed a finger and transmitted his cultivation method to the two Green Willows.
"Thank you, Father, for imparting the method. We will cultivate diligently. Take care on your journey, Father!" the two little fellows replied in unison.
"Good. Father is leaving." Once Yuan Tian finished speaking, he vanished, leaving only the two little Green Willows behind.
In truth, Yuan Tian had not left the island. He merely wished to inspect Penglai Island. This island was originally called Penglai Island, and speaking of Penglai Island, it was quite renowned. Legend had it that when the great god Pangu split Primordial Chaos with his axe, several fragments of Primordial Chaos drifted into the Eastern Sea and transformed into the five immortal mountains of Daiyu, Yuanjiao, Fanghu, Yingzhou, and Penglai. Of them, the two smallest immortal islands, Daiyu and Yuanjiao, had been worn away over the long years. Only Fanghu, Yingzhou, and Penglai remained, the three islands forming an Innate Three Talents configuration with one another.
The immortal island Yuan Tian currently occupied was Penglai Island, later known as a gathering place for Loose Immortals and a famous blessed land of immortals. In later generations, Qin Shi Huang would send Xu Fu to Penglai Island in search of an immortal elixir. But where in this world was there such a thing as an undying elixir? Even immortals themselves could not claim to be deathless. How could they give anyone an undying elixir? Thus, Qin Shi Huang was destined for disappointment—and death.
Come to think of it, since being reborn into the Primordial Wilderness, Yuan Tian had never properly observed his birthplace. Ah, this place could now be called his old nest. A famous immortal island of later generations—he truly should not have neglected it.
Before leaving, Yuan Tian planned to thoroughly explore this Penglai Immortal Island, famed in later generations. First, he feared there might be something dangerous on the island, so he wanted to eradicate every unstable factor and provide the two little Green Willows with a good environment to grow in. Second, Yuan Tian himself was curious about what treasures Penglai Island might contain. After all, it would become exceedingly famous in later generations.
What Yuan Tian did not know was that the Penglai Island of later generations was not the Penglai Island on which he now stood. To be precise, the later Penglai Island was merely a part of this Penglai Island, less than a tenth of its current size. The reason was that after the Primordial Wilderness passed through the Dragon-Han Tribulation and the Witch-Demon Tribulation, two Major Tribulations, although both centered on the Primordial Continent, the Eastern Sea—the foremost of the four seas of the Primordial Wilderness—was also affected. This reduced the Penglai Island of later generations to merely a tenth of its present size. But that had nothing to do with Yuan Tian at the moment.
At this time, Penglai Island spanned ten million li in every direction. One glance could not reveal its full extent; Yuan Tian could only learn its size through his Divine Sense. Through it, Yuan Tian discovered that the outer perimeter of Penglai Island was surrounded by Primordial Chaos Qi. Even with Yuan Tian's current cultivation, he was deeply wary of Primordial Chaos Qi. The entire island had only one place not occupied by it: the place where Yuan Tian and the two Green Willows resided. Moreover, that place could slowly transform the surrounding Chaos Spiritual Qi into Innate Spiritual Qi. Fortunately, that was the case. Otherwise, Yuan Tian could forget about Transformation until Penglai Island was destroyed. Though if Penglai Island were destroyed, Yuan Tian would have even less hope of achieving Transformation.
After inspecting the island, Yuan Tian found nothing that could threaten the two little Green Willows. If there was anything, it would be inside there.
Penglai Island had several dozen mountains of varying sizes. The smaller ones covered less than a hundred square li and stood only a dozen or so meters high, making them no more than little hills in the Primordial Wilderness. The largest could be called a mountain range, stretching for dozens of li and rising thousands of zhang high.
Within that largest mountain range stood five especially massive peaks, arranged in the pattern of the Five Elements. Yuan Tian discovered that these five mountains vaguely formed the configuration of an Innate Five-Element Formation. He was certain there had to be a spiritual treasure within the Five-Element Formation, and its grade could not be low. It was highly likely to be a high-grade magical treasure possessing the Five Elements, or a divine beast with a Five-Element attribute. Nonsense—if it were low-grade, could it enjoy the protection of an Innate Five-Element Formation? Yuan Tian had actually enjoyed the protection of an Innate Formation himself. Before he achieved Transformation, that formation had protected him. It was called the Breath-Concealing Formation. Though its name was unimpressive, its function was excellent. It possessed only one function: concealing every trace of aura within the formation so that no one could divine anything inside it—not even the Heavenly Dao. Its aura-concealment was practically heaven-defying, but it had neither defensive nor offensive power. As a result, when Yuan Tian underwent his heavenly tribulation during Transformation, it was finished off by a "gentle" touch.
But the Innate Five-Element Formation was different. The five great mountains had been surrounded by Primordial Chaos Qi for countless years, yet the formation's momentum still arched like a rainbow. That alone showed how extraordinary the Innate Five-Element Formation was. It could even transform Primordial Chaos Qi into Innate Five-Element Spiritual Qi, though the conversion speed was somewhat slow. Once the formation was activated, even a Sage could be trapped within it. Fortunately, the Innate Five-Element Formation had not yet been activated. Mainly because no one controlled it. Otherwise, Yuan Tian could forget about obtaining the magical treasure inside; after entering, he likely would not be able to get back out.
Yuan Tian was fairly familiar with Five-Element Formations. Part of the inheritance Yuan Tian constantly received contained knowledge of formation arts, and Yuan Tian's first life—introduced in Chapter Two—could be called that of a formation grandmaster. Though he had no way to set up an Innate Five-Element Formation himself, with Yuan Tian's attainments in formations, he could still come and go freely through this uncontrolled formation before him.
In less than a hundred years, Yuan Tian thoroughly studied this uncontrolled Innate Five-Element Formation. If he were given five Five-Element Innate Treasures, Yuan Tian could also arrange an Innate Five-Element Formation. Naturally, the formation's power would vary according to the power of the treasures used to set it up. To create a top-tier Innate Five-Element Formation, the best choice would be Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures of the Five-Element attribute, such as the Innate Five-Element Banners. An Innate Five-Element Formation arranged with the Innate Five-Element Banners could absolutely be called one of the top formations in the Primordial Wilderness, standing alongside the Witch Clan's Twelve Heavenly Gods Baleful Formation, the Demon Race's Great All-Heavens Star Formation, and Tongtian Patriarch's Immortal-Slaying Formation. Unfortunately, ever since the five leaves of the Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Green Lotus, transformed into the Innate Five-Element Banners, those five top-grade Innate spirit banners had never gathered together again. Not even the Dao Ancestor had collected all five banners. Could Yuan Tian do it? Perhaps. Maybe. It might be possible. Everything still depended on fate and his own efforts. When opportunity arrived, coupled with his own hard work, perhaps Yuan Tian truly could succeed. It was something no one could say for certain, was it not?
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