Primordial Era: Innate gourd vine, self-dismemberment

Chapter 35 Taking Over the East China Sea

"This opportunity is not easy to seize!" Yuan Yan and the other three first deduced and investigated the details of several areas that needed to be repaired, and then gathered in the void again, which made them hesitate.

Don't assume that this is a good job just because he benefited greatly from cleaning up and repairing the battlefields of the three races that needed cleaning and repair.

In fact, it was basically a tough job!

He managed to clean up and repair the battlefields of the three races that needed cleaning and repair. Although his overall efficiency in comprehending the Dao and cultivating was not as high as when he devoted himself to cultivation, the difference was not too great.

There are many other gains that can completely compensate for the decline in cultivation efficiency, and the benefits far outweigh the losses.

By occasionally using and consuming some merit to assist in enlightenment and cultivation, they can make their enlightenment and cultivation efficiency no less than, or even exceed, that of continuous dedicated cultivation.

However, cleaning and repairing other places would be time-consuming and laborious if there weren't enough resources. Even if one could gain merit from the Heavenly Dao, it wouldn't be a loss but also not a gain.

For example, when repairing the earth's veins, if he has enough resources, such as the Yin-Yang Source Power he has forged using his own Yin-Yang Dao, he can easily repair the cracks and fissures in the earth's veins and restore them to their original state.

However, if there is no power, then one can only repair it with the power of one's own Great Dao. This requires expending one's own power many times and spending a lot of time to absorb and restore one's own power in order to repair it. The time and energy consumed are more than dozens of times greater.

The efficiency of enlightenment and cultivation drops drastically over a long period of time, and it may even be impossible to achieve enlightenment and cultivation at all. Even if one can obtain some Heavenly Merit, it may not be able to make up for the problem of decreased cultivation efficiency.

Moreover, even if it can be made up for, if it is only barely made up for, rather than the gains are significant enough, who would be willing to spend a long time and effort?

Instead of focusing on spiritual practice?

After a moment of contemplation, Yuan Yan decided to accept this opportunity and continue to diligently clean up and repair the prehistoric world.

He had a premonition that the opportunity he sensed this time was extraordinary, and it was very likely to be a top-grade innate spiritual treasure or a top-grade innate spiritual root.

Currently, neither Yuanjie nor Yuanling possesses a single top-grade innate spiritual treasure. This temptation is simply too great, making it impossible for him not to be tempted, let alone easily refuse.

Moreover, even if I accept this opportunity, it doesn't matter if I need to continue cleaning and repairing the prehistoric world in the future.

They did not make a vow to Heaven that they must continuously clean and repair the primordial world; they could take breaks at different times.

Moreover, he's not the one doing the work. He has three Dao bodies, which he can make them work diligently while he enjoys his freedom and reaps the benefits.

He originally intended to go to the Western Continent to clean up and repair it, seize the Western fortune, and strive to obtain the holy position. This seems to coincide with his plan!

As for letting Yuanjie, Yuanlun, and Yuanling do the work while he enjoys his freedom, wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?

Of course not!

If the Dao body isn't allowed to do the hard work, does the true self have to do it himself? What use is the Dao body then?

Moreover, if Yuanjie, Yuanlun, and Yuanling don't want to do their own work, they can learn from him!

He also possesses a simplified version of the "Severing Three Households Technique," which allows them to cultivate and sever three households' Dao bodies, enabling these bodies to live in their place.

With his mind made up, Yuan Yan no longer hesitated. He immediately tore through the void together with Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling. The four figures followed their own intuitions and headed towards the location of the opportunity.

Ripples spread across the void of the East China Sea. Yuan Yan slowly stepped out of the void and descended directly onto the East China Sea. Standing on the vast blue waves, he looked out over the boundless East China Sea. Even with his eyesight and divine sense as a Great Luo Golden Immortal, he could not see the end of it.

"This is the East China Sea! My destiny lies in the East China Sea? Could it be the legendary Three Immortal Islands overseas?" Thinking of this, Yuan Yan's eyes lit up.

The Three Immortal Islands Overseas refer to Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou. Legend has it that Penglai was acquired by the Eastern King Duke and served as the main base of his Immortal Court. After the Immortal Court was destroyed, Penglai became a gathering place for wandering immortals overseas. As for Fangzhang and Yingzhou, they seem to be ownerless and also seem to have been acquired by the Eastern King Duke.

Moreover, many people speculate that the three overseas fairy islands possess great treasures, such as the Pure White Lotus, the Yellow Plum, the Primordial Measuring Ruler, and the Five-Needle Pine, which may be located on the three overseas fairy islands.

And because the abbot and Yingzhou had never appeared in the world, these treasures had also remained hidden.

Although it's unclear whether this is true, if it is, then he has made a huge profit this time.

Even if it's not true, the Three Immortal Islands overseas must have nurtured top-grade innate spiritual treasures or top-grade innate spiritual roots. Moreover, the Three Immortal Islands overseas are the most outstanding grotto-heavens in the world and an excellent place for cultivation.

"We'll know once we find it!" Yuan Yan thought to himself.

After pausing for a moment, following that faint sense of opportunity, they continued flying deeper into the East China Sea.

The East Sea was originally the stronghold of the Dragon Clan, one of the three innate races. At its peak, the Dragon Clan was incomparably domineering and never allowed creatures from other regions to set foot there easily.

But now, having experienced the Dragon-Han Calamity, although some powerful dragons remain, most of them are unable to move easily and have long since fallen into obscurity, no longer what they once were. They can only cower in the seabed of the four seas, licking their wounds. They are powerless to control even the scaled and armored races that broke away from the dragon race and became independent. Naturally, they have neither the confidence nor the ability to prevent outsiders from setting foot in the East China Sea.

In addition, Yuan Yan deliberately released the aura of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, which enveloped the surrounding area. Along the way, all the sea creatures that sensed this pressure hid and gave way, and no one dared to step forward to stop him. In less than a month, Yuan Yan successfully arrived at the destination he had sensed.

But as soon as he stopped, Yuan Yan frowned slightly, and his expression suddenly hardened.

He was shocked to discover that the location he had sensed earlier had shifted; the wisp of opportunity seemed to have moved to another location instead of here.

Despite his doubts, Yuan Yan didn't dwell on them too much. He immediately changed direction and continued flying toward the new sensing point.

But when he arrived at the location he sensed, he was astonished to find that the place where the opportunity was located was still moving and elusive.

He immediately spread his divine sense and repeatedly explored the surrounding hundreds of millions of miles of sea, but found nothing.

He even activated the Yin-Yang Divine Light, splitting it into billions of rays of light that enveloped the entire sea area spanning hundreds of billions of miles. He tested it with his divine power, but there was still no reaction. No innate array could block the divine light, and no treasures or spiritual light were revealed.

Fortunately, his Yin-Yang Divine Light could change at will, capable of destroying a region in a year or generating endless vitality. When it fell into the East Sea, it not only did not slaughter the creatures of the water, but also added endless vitality to this sea area. Otherwise, this test would have created countless karmic debts of killing out of thin air.

"What's going on?" Yuan Yan wondered.

He clearly sensed that the opportunity lay in this sea area, so why was the aura so erratic and constantly shifting? He searched the area thoroughly several times, even using his great supernatural powers to cover and probe, but why couldn't he find a single trace or detect any reaction?