Continental Affairs

Three hundred fifty-seven, three hundred fifty-eight, three hundred fifty-nine...

When the three hundred fifty-ninth stone settled safely into the water, Fu Henghua was already surrounded by piles of stones, large and small. Spiritual energy swirled, and four brand-new Immortal Ascension Isles shone brilliantly within the Spirit Pool.

"Only the last one remains."

Heng Hua leaped up and placed the basket, together with the final pebble, where he had originally been standing.

"Transform!"

An exquisite immortal mountain connecting the hubs of the four continents rose abruptly.

The hub of five continents, the gateway of a hundred sects.

After repeated negotiations, the Central Region sects still chose the more transcendent Taiji Immortal Mountain. To soothe—or rather, reward—these sects, the representatives of Yan Shui's various powers, led by Fu Henghua, signed a jade tablet contract with them.

So long as a faction's inheritance endured, every sect recorded upon the jade tablet would be guaranteed a continuation of its orthodoxy at Taiji Immortal Mountain. Even should its lineage be severed, there would be an obligation to restore its orthodoxy.

Naturally, the hundred Central Region sects gained several additional responsibilities as well: guarding the hub of the Four-Gate Subduing Dragon Formation, providing a venue for the Five Continents Conference, overseeing prisoners, and so on.

Heng Hua returned to his seat and watched the four Immortal Ascension Isles operating within the pool.

Another five jade plaques appeared in his hand. He tossed them toward Four Auspicious Continent, joining that Immortal Ascension Isle's qi veins with those of the other four continents.

After considering it, he formed another jade plaque and threw it toward Five Elements Mountain.

Outside the new five-continent configuration of Yan Shui, Five Elements Mountain stood to the northeast, where five-element qi was now flowing inward. It was a valve, and also the control