Chapter 33 - Heaven and Earth Reversed, the Immortal Continent of the Purple Palace!
Chapter 33 Heaven and Earth Reversed, the Immortal Continent of the Purple Palace!
“Let’s go!”
“The matter of the Ferocious Beast Battlefield is now concluded. With our merits fulfilled, it’s time to continue seeking a true sanctuary for cultivation and enlightenment.”
From the earliest moment of sensing the Dao aura from the Water Spirit Pearl, to rescuing the merfolk, and now—within the short span of several thousand years—Chu Yuan’s strength had soared, rivaling that of a newly ascended quasi-saint. This was fate!
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After leaving the Ferocious Beast Battlefield, Chu Yuan, along with Nuwa and Feng Ling, continued their journey across the vast and boundless Eastern Sea in search of a suitable place to settle. The Eastern Sea was far more expensive than they had imagined.
Along the way, they encountered many spirit-rich immortal isles, even discovering several decent postnatal spiritual roots and rare mineral veins.
Yet Chu Yuan always felt that something was missing. None of these places truly satisfied him—none could serve as a permanent sanctuary for his Dao. Time passed swiftly—nearly two hundred years flew by.
One day, the trio arrived at a remote, mist-shrouded region of the sea, rarely touched by travelers. The surroundings were unusually quiet, with even ordinary sea beasts scarcely to be seen.
Just as Chu Yuan was about to move on, thinking there was nothing unusual about the place, his divine sense suddenly caught a trace of an extremely faint spatial fluctuation.
“Hmm?”
Chu Yuan halted mid-flight, his brows slightly furrowed as he concentrated his senses. Upon probing with full focus, he finally discovered that the seemingly empty area of ocean ahead was actually shrouded by a highly sophisticated natural illusion formation—so refined it was almost one with the heavens and earth!
This illusion formation not only distorted light and blocked divine sense, but it also continuously shifted its spatial coordinates—drifting through the void like a phantom.
If not for the fact that Chu Yuan had already reached the realm of Taiyi Golden Immortal, with a powerful soul and deep mastery of formation arts, he probably wouldn’t have even noticed its existence, even if he had passed right by!
“What an exquisitely subtle natural formation! There must be something extraordinary hidden behind this!”
A flash of light sparked in Chu Yuan’s eyes—his interest piqued. Focusing his gaze, he could faintly make out the outline of an enormous immortal island beneath the illusion array.
Spiritual energy swirled above the island, auspicious clouds rose into the sky, and there seemed to be countless jade pavilions and celestial palaces, with divine mountains towering—an awe-inspiring sight!
More importantly, Chu Yuan sensed from the island a strange and unique aura—one that did not seem to belong to this realm of the Great Desolation. It carried faint traces of chaotic energy, mysterious and profound!
“An immortal island formed from a fragment of Chaos!”
Chu Yuan’s heart stirred, and he immediately recalled a legend from later generations. It was said that three immortal islands existed beyond the seas, formed when fragments of the outer Chaos fell into the Great Desolation at the dawn of creation.
They were named—Penglai, Fangcun, and Yingzhou!
Within the Way of Heaven, these three immortal islands were destined to become sanctuaries for rogue cultivators to gather and cultivate. Everything matched perfectly with the island before him. However, within the Way of Heaven, great destinies are unchangeable, and such minor fates are of little consequence!
At most, one would only bear a small karmic burden. If he could claim this island as his own cultivation ground, it would be nothing short of perfect!
But to enter the island, he must first break through the naturally formed protective array outside. Chu Yuan carefully examined the formation. Within it, the Yin and Yang energies flowed endlessly, Heaven and Earth flipped and transformed, at times forming a bewildering illusion, and at others causing spatial dislocation—subtle and unfathomable, endlessly shifting and changing!
“The Reversed Heaven and Earth Two Extremes Maze Formation!”
Chu Yuan recognized the origin of this formation. This array was born from the innate power of Yin and Yang, combined with the laws of space. It was especially adept at confusing the senses, trapping enemies, and distorting direction. Once caught within it, even a Great Luo Golden Immortal would find it extremely difficult to escape!
Had it been in the past, Chu Yuan would have had no choice but to sigh in frustration when faced with such an innate grand formation. But now, Chu Yuan’s cultivation had advanced greatly, and he had also gained insights into both the Innate Four Symbols Grand Array and the Innate Yin-Yang Grand Array atop Buzhou Mountain!
Through analogy and cross-referencing, his understanding of the Dao of formations had completely transformed!
“Perfect — I’ll use this to test my mastery of formations!”
A confident light flickered in Chu Yuan’s eyes. He chose not to break the formation by force — that would consume immense energy and might damage the array itself, possibly affecting Liman Island.
Instead, he instructed Nuwa and Feng Ling to wait at a distance, while he sat cross-legged before the array. Closing his eyes, he sent his primordial spirit into the array, fully focusing on deducing the laws governing its operation and locating its weaknesses!
Yin and Yang!
Heaven and Earth!
Inversion!
Confusion!
Space!
Countless profound formation runes flowed, collided, combined, and evolved within his sea of consciousness…
Time ticked by.
One year… Two years…
In just a few years, Chu Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, a knowing smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.
“So that’s how it is! Though this formation is mysterious, it ultimately cannot escape the transformations of Yin and Yang! I’ve found the Gate of Life!”
He stood up and called for Nuwa and Feng Ling to follow him. Then, following the path he had deduced, he stepped into what appeared to be an illusory formation. Each step landed precisely on the formation’s nodes, skillfully avoiding all illusions and spatial traps.
The scenery around them constantly changed—one moment a mountain of blades and a sea of fire, the next a bewitching immortal realm, then chaotic space currents—but Chu Yuan remained steady and composed throughout.
Finally, after taking the eighty-first step in the ninth cycle, the scene before them suddenly cleared!
The all-encompassing mist completely dispersed, revealing a vast immortal island filled with spiritual energy, beauty, and a divine atmosphere.
At the front of the island stood an ancient, simple stone stele—
“Purple Mansion Isle!”
This was none other than the legendary Penglai Immortal Island of later generations!
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