NOVEL NEXT Chapter 39 - Acquiring the Chaos Bead!
Chapter 39 Acquiring the Chaos Bead!
After leaving the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, Su Chen followed the map provided by the system and continued flying eastward. 100 years later, Su Chen arrived at the legendary Penglai Immortal Island.
Penglai was renowned as one of the top-tier blessed lands in the Great Desolation. However, it had long since become a ruin, a shadow of its former glory.
Before the Lich Calamity, Penglai Island was occupied by Dong Wang Gong, whom the Dao Ancestor had titled the Foremost Male Immortal of the World. He had established the Purple Mansion Sect there.
It was said that Penglai consisted of three immortal islands—Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou.
When Penglai Island was revealed to the world, it triggered an intense struggle among the powerhouses of the Great Desolation. Several top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and even one of the top ten supreme-grade Innate Spirit Roots were unearthed.
Among them, Xi Wangmu, the Foremost Female Immortal of the World, obtained Fangzhang Island and with it, one of the top ten supreme Innate Spirit Roots—the Yellow Zhong Pear!
Legend stated The Yellow Zhong Pear tree bloomed once every 10,000 years, bore fruit once every 10,000 years, and matured after 10,000 years, meaning it took a full 30,000 years to produce just nine fruits.
If a cultivator could withstand its power, consuming a single Yellow Zhong Pear would allow them to instantly break through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Its rarity and potency were unimaginable.
However, when Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi established the Demon Heavenly Court, they fought against Dong Wang Gong for supremacy over the Great Desolation. A devastating battle erupted on Penglai Island.
Dong Wang Gong set up the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation using Penglai’s spiritual veins as a foundation to resist the Demon Clan, but the power gap was simply too vast. He was no match for Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, the chosen rulers of the Lich Calamity.
In this battle not only did Dong Wang Gong perish, but Penglai’s spiritual veins were completely shattered, turning one of the most prestigious blessed lands into mere ruins.
As for Xi Wangmu being cautious by nature, she did not ally with Dong Wang Gong. Before the battle, she had already relocated Fangzhang Island to Western Kunlun, renaming it Lunar Dragon City.
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Upon setting foot on Penglai Island, Su Chen felt the desolation—not a trace of spiritual energy remained, and no cultivators were in sight. He couldn’t help but feel a tinge of regret.
“According to the system’s map, the Chaos Bead should be somewhere around here.”
With that Su Chen began searching every inch of Penglai Island. The system’s special sensing ability would allow him to detect the Chaos Bead as long as he was within 10,000 kilometers of it. 500 years later, Su Chen had searched the entire Penglai Island but still could not sense the Chaos Bead’s aura.
“It seems the Chaos Bead is actually on the most mysterious of the three islands—Yingzhou Island!”
In ancient times, among the Three Penglai Immortal Islands, Penglai and Fangzhang had already emerged. Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wangmu had each claimed one. However, he most mysterious of the three, Yingzhou Island, had never appeared in history.
It was rumored that Yingzhou Island was the key to unifying the three islands. Only by obtaining Yingzhou could one fully merge all three islands into one.
“According to the map, the Chaos Bead should be nearby. If that’s the case, it must be on Yingzhou Island. But Yingzhou Island must have an extremely powerful protective formation concealing it—so much so that even a Saint like my teacher cannot detect it!”
Having confirmed that Yingzhou Island was hidden nearby, Su Chen patiently continued his search.
2,000 years later, finally Su Chen sensed the Chaos Bead. It was located exactly 10,000 kilometers due south!
“I finally found it! That took long enough!”
After taking a moment to appreciate the moment, Su Chen moved cautiously towards the location of the Chaos Bead. However, the southern region was nothing but an endless ocean. There was no sign of any island whatsoever.
“It seems Yingzhou Island’s protective formation is incredibly powerful. But how do I break through it?”
Even though Su Chen could clearly sense the Chaos Bead right ahead, he could not detect any formation. This left him momentarily at a loss.
“If such a strong formation exists, it must be supported by extremely powerful laws. I just need to use my Law of Strength to analyze it!”
Without hesitation, Su Chen sat cross-legged on a cloud of auspicious energy, closed his eyes, and began sensing the laws of this space.
Buzz!
As Su Chen anchored himself in the Law of Strength and pulled on the surrounding laws, he immediately felt the presence of immense Great Dao forces spread across millions of kilometers.
“This must be the formation protecting Yingzhou Island!”
Su Chen was ecstatic. He immediately activated the Law of Strength to manipulate the enormous Great Dao forces, gradually transforming them into the Law of Strength itself.
Before long, after analyzing and refining the law energies, Su Chen discovered several weaknesses in the protective formation.
Wasting no time he slipped through one of the weak points and entered the concealed space.
Whoosh!
In an instant Su Chen found himself in a paradise—lush with ancient flora, filled with mist-like innate spiritual energy, and exuding the essence of a top-tier blessed land.
“This is Yingzhou Island!”
A broad smile spread across Su Chen’s face. Without delay, he activated Golden Light Traversal and instantly arrived at the exact location of the Chaos Bead.
Boom!
Floating in mid-air was a fist-sized, earthy-yellow pearl. It emitted no aura whatsoever, looking just like a mundane pebble.
Had it not been for the system’s special sensing ability, Su Chen never would have believed that such an ordinary-looking object was actually the legendary Chaos Supreme Treasure—the Chaos Bead!