Pure World White Lotus, Refining the Boundary Stele

However, Yingzhou Island had clearly not yet fully evolved. Pockets of chaotic qi still lay accumulated across the island. Though the passage of endless time had made this chaotic qi far less violent, Dao Xuan's eyelids still twitched at the sight.

A certain thought hidden deep in his heart began to stir.

Still, Dao Xuan suppressed it and headed deeper into the immortal island. After walking for a long while, he collected some rare treasures and exotic herbs he encountered along the way.

Finally, at the center of the immortal island, Dao Xuan discovered a pool radiating dazzling light, filled with Three Lights Divine Water that gleamed gold, silver, and purple.

At the center of the pool bloomed a twelve-rank lotus, crystalline and flawless from stem to petal, like the most beautiful work of art in the world.

Twelfth-Rank World-Cleansing White Lotus.

Dao Xuan's eyes lit up. Just as he was about to wave his hand and collect the lotus, he abruptly stopped and instead cautiously extended his divine sense toward it.

After a while, Dao Xuan withdrew his divine sense and let out a sigh of relief.

Good, good. This Twelfth-Rank World-Cleansing White Lotus did not possess its own consciousness like the Gourd Vine. In other words, he could take this lotus directly.

A Twelfth-Rank World-Cleansing White Lotus! This lotus had fully matured and was comparable to a Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. It contained forty-eight innate restrictions.

Dao Xuan considered it carefully again and ultimately chose not to collect the lotus immediately.

That was because the Twelfth-Rank World-Cleansing White Lotus was special. Though it had already matured, it was still an Innate Spiritual Root. Only by plucking it and severing its vitality would it truly transform into a Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

But doing so would prevent its value from being maximized. If the Twelfth-Rank World-Cleansing White Lotus remained an Innate Spiritual Root, it could continue to grow. While it could no longer increase in rank, it could reproduce.

It could bear fresh lotus seeds, which could then be planted to grow new Pure World White Lotuses.

Thus, after weighing the matter several times, Dao Xuan decided to leave the Twelfth-Rank World-Cleansing White Lotus where it was. He did not even take much of the pool of Three Lights Divine Water.

He left it all behind to nourish the Twelfth-Rank World-Cleansing White Lotus.

Afterward, Dao Xuan simply brought the Gourd Vine out from the Four Symbols Treasure Fan and planted it not far from the Twelfth-Rank World-Cleansing White Lotus.

This way, the Gourd Vine could also absorb the Three Lights Divine Water from the pool. It would accelerate the growth of the two flowers on its vine and allow them to bear gourds sooner.

It was worth mentioning that Dao Xuan had already plucked the five gourds that had formed.

However, the gourds did not directly become Innate Spiritual Treasures simply by remaining on the vine. Even after being plucked, they were only spiritual treasure embryos.

Only by incorporating different laws could they evolve into Innate Spiritual Treasures with distinct abilities.

For the moment, Dao Xuan did not know how to refine these five gourds, so he kept them as they were without shaping them further.

With that calculation, Dao Xuan's fortune was already exceedingly abundant. Setting aside the Gourd Vine and the Twelfth-Rank World-Cleansing White Lotus, the five gourds alone would amount to at least five Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures once refined.

And then there was his treasure for attaining the Dao, the Four Symbols Treasure Fan.

Looking across the entire Primordial World, other than Hongjun, who could possibly be wealthier than him?

After that, Dao Xuan continued searching across Yingzhou Island.

The treasures nurtured on this island were truly numerous. Dao Xuan carefully selected the Innate Spiritual Roots that caught his eye and collected them, intending to cultivate them together later.

Aside from the spiritual roots, Dao Xuan also obtained three Innate Spiritual Treasures: the Void-Splitting Mirror, the Flowing Cloud Ribbon, and the Azure Tide Bottle.

Among them, the Azure Tide Bottle was a High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. It was an ice-blue jade bottle, its surface flowing with patterns of rivers, seas, and tides, while the faint roar of surging waves echoed from within.

The Azure Tide Bottle could contain all waters and transform them into One-Origin Heavy Water. In battle, it could release the water against enemies, or swallow them into the bottle and grind them away with endless One-Origin Heavy Water.

It could be considered a very fine treasure.

The Void-Splitting Mirror and the Flowing Cloud Ribbon, meanwhile, were both mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Though their grades were lower than that of the Azure Tide Bottle, the two treasures had entirely different significance. One contained a portion of the Void Law and could cut and tear through the void, while the other contained a portion of the Time Law and could briefly rewind time within a small area.

After all, time and space were two exceedingly rare laws. With these two spiritual treasures, Dao Xuan might be able to gain some understanding of them.

At last, Dao Xuan returned to the stone stele.

This stone stele was Yingzhou Island's boundary stele. So long as he refined it, he would be able to control the innate grand formation shrouding the island.

Naturally, the entire Yingzhou Island would then belong to Dao Xuan.

Dao Xuan immediately began refining the boundary stele.

This refinement took a full thirty thousand years. During that time, aside from refining the boundary stele, Dao Xuan split his attention and refined the Flowing Cloud Ribbon among the three Innate Spiritual Treasures.

The Flowing Cloud Ribbon's full name was the Light-Trace Flowing Cloud Ribbon. It contained the intertwined laws of time and wind.

It took the form of a plain white ribbon of flowing light that fluttered endlessly in the wind. It could bind and capture enemies, briefly rewind time in a small area, track foes, and assist with flight.

Of course, as a mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, none of these abilities were particularly formidable. Its greatest value was that after refining it, Dao Xuan successfully comprehended a trace of the Time Law.

That was no small gain.

Although Dao Xuan did not intend to attain any profound mastery in the Time Law or Space Law, it was always good to understand a little more and know a little better.

After refining the boundary stele and taking control of all Yingzhou Island, Dao Xuan finally let out a breath.

From this day onward, he had a secure place in the Primordial World. This was his home in the Primordial World!

However, Dao Xuan did not remain on Yingzhou Island for long.

After all, there were three immortal islands in the Eastern Sea. If he did not seize them before anyone else found them, was he supposed to leave them for others?

Thus, Dao Xuan set out once more.

Naturally, this time it was no longer purely a matter of luck. After refining Yingzhou Island's boundary stele, Dao Xuan had gained some sense of the other two immortal islands.

Following that sense, Dao Xuan quickly found another immortal island.

This immortal island was likewise protected by an innate grand formation. However, Dao Xuan no longer forcefully attacked the formation as he had before.

He had studied Yingzhou Island's innate grand formation. For the innate grand formation surrounding this immortal island, which had likewise formed from fragments of chaos, he easily found its similarities.

He then found the formation's weak point, and attacking it became much easier.

With just one move, Dao Xuan opened a crack in the innate grand formation, then entered through it using Wind Release.

Just like Yingzhou Island, this immortal island possessed dense, pure spiritual qi, along with remnants of chaotic qi.