Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

Then the three sages made their move simultaneously.

The power of the three sages descended upon the earth simultaneously.

Under the great power of the sage, the vast continent roared, and about 70% of the land slowly rose up, enveloped by countless heavenly runes. Then, amidst a violent earthquake, it merged with Jin'ao Island.

Jin'ao Island experienced severe tremors.

The island's boundaries extend outwards, expanding its area several times over.

From the air, Jin'ao Island is no longer an isolated fairy mountain in the East China Sea, but has truly become a continent floating on the sea.

The island was filled with surging spiritual energy and permeated with Daoist charm. The already extraordinary sacred site was now even more profound, making it worthy of the grand spectacle of ten thousand immortals coming to pay homage.

All the disciples of the Jie Sect felt the island beneath their feet tremble and become heavier and larger, and their fortune as the Shangqing lineage rose accordingly.

The remaining 30% was divided into landmasses of varying sizes. With a wave of his hand, the Primordial Celestial Venerable sent them into the clouds by beams of Jade Purity Immortal Light, from which they fell and crashed onto the surface of the East China Sea.

Once those landmasses landed on the sea, they merged with the East China Sea, took root and settled in the sea, transforming into countless fairy mountains and spiritual islands floating on the sea.

In an instant, tens of thousands of unclaimed immortal islands, brimming with spiritual energy, appeared in the East China Sea. These islands were covered with undulating mountains and naturally formed spiritual veins.

You can vaguely see spirit birds flying out of the island, circling and calling out around the fairy island. The figures of cranes and spirit birds shuttle back and forth between the islands, creating a lively scene.

After doing all this, Yuanshi Tianzun casually waved his hand, and the twelve-petaled Pure World White Lotus drew a beautiful arc of light in the air before flying back into Huanglong's hand.

Huanglong reached out and took it; the white lotus entered his body, and the gentle power re-gathered deep within his primordial spirit.

He glanced down at his palm and felt a little relieved.

Although the process of lending the Pure White Lotus to the Primordial Celestial Venerable was brief, during that short time, the purification laws within the white lotus and the power of the sage briefly merged, resulting in immense benefits.

After he retrieved the white lotus, he stepped aside and turned his attention to the center of the square.

Because he knew that the final step was for the Three Pure Ones to test their disciples.

Just as everyone was still marveling at the tens of thousands of newly appeared immortal islands, the Tongtian Sect Leader suddenly raised his hand and removed the protective array that covered the entire Jin'ao Island.

The great formation slowly dissipated, and the severed connection with the Heavenly Dao was re-established.

The moment Jin'ao Island reappeared between heaven and earth, those powerful beings of the primordial world who had been watching the changes here, including even the saints who were meditating in their respective dojos, all felt a vast fluctuation of the Heavenly Dao before they could even see the changes on Jin'ao Island.

In the void above Jin'ao Island, the sound of the Dao resounded, auspicious clouds rolled, and countless golden points of light shone from the clouds like stars, illuminating the entire island.

An endless expanse of auspicious clouds of merit appeared out of thin air, like an inverted golden ocean, enveloping the entire Jin'ao Island.

The Daoist voice resounded throughout heaven and earth, clearly touching the hearts of everyone, carrying a power to cleanse the mind and spirit.

That was a vast and pure merit of the Heavenly Dao.

Golden light descended from the clouds, like rain and waterfall, precisely striking the disciples who had slain demons in the demon realm.

Some disciples only received one or two strands of golden light of merit.

Most of those people were besieged by monsters shortly after the trial began, and had to activate their jade tokens to withdraw early.

Meanwhile, the golden light of merit above the heads of another group of disciples was so dense that it almost solidified, and the pillars of light poured into their primordial spirits like a golden waterfall.

Those were disciples who persisted to the end in the Demon Realm and killed a large number of demons.

Among those figures brimming with merit, Xuandu stands out the most.

As a quasi-saint, he was not excluded because of his high cultivation level. On the contrary, he gained the most merit in the entire trial by capturing the demon king alive.

Huanglong looked up at the top of his head and saw that merit points were also falling, but they were clearly not as generous as those of Xuandu.

He touched his nose, thinking to himself that capturing them alive was indeed more valuable.

As for Duobao and Guangchengzi, they obviously killed many demons outside the formation while protecting the formation flags!

Each person received merit and their contributions were recorded, and the amounts were all substantial.

However, it seems that the Three Pure Ones are not planning to give any additional rewards to Huanglong, Xuandu, and other disciples who are at the quasi-saint level.

The gazes of Yuanshi Tianzun, Taiqing Shengren, and Tongtian Jiaozhu all fell upon the disciples of the Daluo and Taiyi realms.

The Tongtian Sect Leader chuckled as he stroked the Qingping Sword, his gaze sweeping over the area below, his eyebrows dancing with delight.

Among the disciples of the Great Luo Realm, the one with the most abundant merit is not the Golden Spirit Mother, nor the Chi Jingzi, who is recognized as the strongest fighter in the Chan Sect, but rather Wu Yunxian, one of the Seven Immortals who serve under the Tongtian Sect Master.

Wu Yunxian was dressed in a black Taoist robe, with a rugged face, but his eyes were surprisingly bright.

The golden light of merit above his head almost swallowed his entire figure.

Everyone was astonished by the result.

This Wuyun Xian is one of the seven attendant immortals of the Tongtian Sect Master. He appears unassuming on the surface, but unexpectedly, he has shown great prowess this time. Judging from the amount of merit he has accumulated, he must have killed several Great Luo Realm Immortals in the Demon Realm.

Following them were Jinling Shengmu and Zhao Gongming; surprisingly, none of the Daluo disciples of the Chan Sect made it into the top three.

The smile on the face of the Tongtian Cult Leader was unstoppable.

He turned his head and looked at Yuanshi Tianzun with a very obvious sense of pride, the meaning of which was clear: Look, this is my disciple.

Wu Yunxian remained calm and composed, bowing respectfully.

The Tongtian Sect Leader laughed heartily, waved his hand, and sent out a beam of spiritual light that landed in front of Wuyun Xian. It was a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, a dark cyan water-splitting dagger with innate water patterns flowing across its surface and a radiant light.

Wu Yunxian accepted the gift with both hands and respectfully kowtowed to express her gratitude.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable remained unfazed, showing no reaction whatsoever to the Tongtian Sect Leader's boasting.

He raised his hand and waved, and a beam of spiritual light flew out, landing on the Golden Spirit Mother, who was ranked second.

Everyone stared intently, and in the spiritual light was a jade hairpin that was entirely green, also ranked in the middle grade of the Innate Realm. At the top of the hairpin were twisting Daoist runes, exuding a natural Daoist charm.

The Holy Mother of Golden Spirit quickly bowed in gratitude.

The Sage Taiqing, who had been keeping his eyes half-closed, saw that Yuanshi and Tongtian had both given rewards, and slowly released a beam of spiritual light, which gently landed in front of Zhao Gongming.

After the light dissipated, what remained was a gold ingot the size of a human head.

That gold ingot wasn't of a high grade; it was only one level below a Primordial Spiritual Treasure, making it a low-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure.

But when Zhao Gongming saw the gold ingot, he trembled with excitement, his eyes almost glued to it.

He suddenly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly to the Supreme Saint, muttering, "Thank you, Grand Master! Thank you, Grand Master!"

He looked ten times more excited than when Wu Yunxian obtained a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure.