Primordial Era: Innate gourd vine, self-dismemberment

Chapter 36 Three Immortal Islands

However, suddenly, Yuan Yan recalled a story and legend about the Three Immortal Islands overseas:

Legend has it that the three immortal islands overseas were not originally native islands of the primordial East Sea, but rather fragments of chaos that fell into the primordial world and transformed. They drifted in the chaotic void for countless years, only briefly manifesting themselves above the East Sea once every incredibly long period of time when they intersected with the spacetime of the East Sea. This legend is likely not entirely unfounded.

Then, he thought of the Yin-Yang Grotto-Heaven. This grotto-heaven was not fixed on the summit of Mount Buzhou, but was hidden deep in the endless void. It was just that the connection point with the prehistoric world was set at Mount Buzhou.

Yuan Yan gradually understood and began to have his own ideas!

"Whether it will succeed or not, we'll find out soon enough!" Yuan Yan's expression turned solemn, and the power of the Great Dao surged around him, crashing towards the sensed location like a tidal wave.

"Boom!" The terrifying and unparalleled power of the Great Dao directly tore through the void, forcefully opening a stable passage in the boundless void.

"Buzz!" In the next instant, a vast and boundless giant island appeared in his perception.

That island was far larger than ordinary islands, almost an independent continent, large enough to accommodate countless creatures to multiply, thrive, cultivate, and attain enlightenment.

The entire immortal island was tightly shrouded by a magnificent and vast ancient array filled with endless mysterious array patterns, its spiritual light restrained and its aura unfathomable.

"Just as I thought!" Yuan Yan's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Without further hesitation, he took a step forward and plunged straight into the boundless void.

He first summoned the Nine Heavens Breath Soil. The primordial divine soil was initially only about ten feet in size, but it expanded rapidly in the wind, radiating thousands of golden rays and auspicious energy. In an instant, it transformed into an incomparably thick golden earthen wall, firmly protecting his body within, making him impervious to all magic.

Immediately afterwards, he summoned the Hunyuan Wandao Gourd. With a slight opening of the gourd, an extremely condensed Yin-Yang divine light burst forth.

"Whoosh!" The great array enveloping the immortal island rippled with layers of spiritual light, and a gap was forcibly torn open by the Yin-Yang Divine Light.

Yuan Yan seized this fleeting opportunity, transformed into a dazzling divine light, and plunged into the gap, disappearing into the boundless void in an instant.

As Yuan Yan's figure disappeared, the void rift that had opened above the East Sea slowly closed, and the great formation returned to calm. After a slight flash of spiritual light, it vanished without a trace along with that mysterious immortal island, as if everything that had just happened had never occurred.

At this moment, Yuan Yan, who had already stepped into the protective formation, dared not be careless or relaxed in the slightest.

Previously, he was afraid that delay would lead to unforeseen changes, and worried that the commotion caused by his actions of tearing open the void and locating the immortal island would attract powerful figures hidden in the East Sea. Therefore, he did not calmly comprehend the operating rules of the great formation at all, and directly forced open a gap to break into the formation.

But this does not mean that he can directly step into the interior of the immortal island and explore the opportunities within. The protective array of this overseas immortal island is not so vulnerable.

He is currently trapped in the inner layer of the formation, and it will probably take a lot of effort and time to truly enter the interior of the immortal island.

Suddenly, Yuan Yan's expression changed as he clearly sensed the chaotic gale sweeping towards him.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yuan Yan instantly activated the Nine Heavens Breath Soil to its limit. The Nine Heavens Breath Soil was surrounded by a thick and majestic Great Dao of Earth, and its golden earthen wall shone brightly, firmly resisting the erosion of the chaotic gale.

The chaotic gale is incredibly powerful, capable of eroding a cultivator's physical body and annihilating the true spirit of any living being. It is an extremely terrifying and dangerous thing for any cultivator in the primordial world.

Of course, there are different levels of chaotic gales: ordinary chaotic gales evolved from the laws of chaos can only threaten cultivators below the Taiyi Golden Immortal level; however, top-level chaotic gales evolved from the origin of the Great Chaos Dao can at least injure a Daluo Golden Immortal, and even a powerful Hunyuan Taiji Golden Immortal (Heavenly Dao Realm/Chaotic Realm) may encounter a great calamity if he is not careful.

The chaotic gale blowing towards him now, although not as powerful, is still quite strong and enough to pose a threat to a Great Luo Golden Immortal at the peak of cultivation.

Fortunately, Yuan Yan's cultivation had already broken through to the late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and he was also protected by the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. Otherwise, even with his strength, he would have found it difficult to easily deal with such chaotic gales.

While fully activating the Nine Heavens Breath Soil to steadily resist the constant erosion of the chaotic gales, Yuan Yan also focused his attention on carefully observing the protective array of this immortal island, trying to comprehend its operating rules and find a path to enter the interior of the immortal island.

After observing and studying the formation for over a century, Yuan Yan finally gained a preliminary understanding of its operational principles and made a precise judgment: "To enter the Immortal Island, one must first break through this layer of chaotic gales and reach the edge of the formation's barrier. Then, whether by finding a weakness in the formation or by using brute force, as long as a gap can be created in the barrier, one can smoothly enter the Immortal Island!"

With a clear judgment and plan in mind, Yuan Yan did not hesitate for a moment. He poured his own power of the Great Dao into the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, pushing the power of this top-grade innate spiritual treasure to its limit. While resisting the erosion of the chaotic gale, he used the Yin-Yang Escape Technique to induce the exchange of time and space. With one step, he crossed an endless distance of time and space.

At the same time, he continuously activated the Hunyuan Wandao Gourd, actively gathering the surrounding chaotic gales and degrading them into pure Yin-Yang source power. In a short while, he successfully reached the edge of the chaotic gales layer.

At this moment, between the chaotic gale layer and the immortal island, there is an extremely tough array barrier that completely isolates the interior of the immortal island from the chaotic gale layer.

To truly enter the interior of the Immortal Island, a gap must be torn open in this array barrier.

After a brief probe, Yuan Yan quickly ascertained the defensive strength of the array barrier. Without any hesitation, he immediately chose to break through the barrier by force.

Although forcibly breaking the formation would have a slight impact on the protective formation, the impact would be negligible. Moreover, this approach would be the most time-efficient and would not require further expending of power to activate the Nine Heavens Breath Soil to resist the chaotic gales.

"Boom!" Yuan Yan pushed his Yin-Yang Dao to its limit, fully activating the Hunyuan Wandao Gourd. An unparalleled divine light containing the profound meaning of Yin-Yang transformations burst forth, instantly creating a gap in the array barrier that allowed passage.

Taking advantage of the moment, Yuan Yan transformed into a stream of light and instantly rushed into the interior of Yingzhou Immortal Island. In an instant, the dense innate spiritual energy, mixed with pure primordial energy and profound Daoist charm, rushed towards him.

"Finally inside!" Yuan Yan felt a slight sense of relief, secretly marveling, "Such rich innate spiritual energy and Daoist charm! I wonder which of the three overseas immortal islands this is?"

When he previously broke into the Immortal Island Formation, he tried to deduce the secrets of heaven, but the formation had the ability to shield the secrets of cause and effect and destiny, so he was unable to deduce them.