Penglai Immortal Island.
It was not in the mortal world, not in the celestial realm, nor in any dimension that could be located by coordinates.
It hung in a gray-white void without boundaries in any direction. Clouds lay underfoot and overhead, and light flowed deep within them like an invisible river.
Exotic flowers and rare plants grew everywhere.
Wangchuan stood on a stone platform in the center of the island.
He Xiangu stood beside the platform, holding a lotus, dressed in plain white, her face beautiful and ethereal.
She looked at Wangchuan and nodded slightly.
"This is the most suitable place."
"Penglai lies outside the Three Realms and the five elements. The success rate for Trigram Fusion is highest here."
Wangchuan swept his purple Lunar Phase Eyes around and nodded.
"Good."
As soon as he finished speaking, the system's voice sounded in his mind.
[Ding!] [Current environment detected: Penglai Immortal Island (floating island in higher-dimensional space)] [Trigram Fusion success rate: 99%] [Confirm performing Trigram Fusion here?]
Wangchuan responded in his mind.
He Xiangu looked at him and gently twirled the lotus in her hand.
"Then here's to a pleasant collaboration."
As she finished, her figure began to fade, as though merging into the surrounding gray-white mist.
"I'll return in three months."
Her voice lingered, but she was already gone.
Wangchuan stood on the stone platform, his long silver-gray hair streaming behind him in the invisible currents of the higher-dimensional space.
He closed his eyes.
Then his body began to glow.
Silvery-white light shone out from within him, growing brighter and more dazzling until it illuminated the entire island.
Within the light, his form began to change.
His human shape fell away.
A moon emerged.
It was a living moon.
At its core was a glowing sphere, its surface