Chapter 685

"So, you need to gather the Purple Carp Clan and the Li Jiao Clan in Donghai; they have great potential. You must teach them the True Dragon Way!" Ye Qin said to Ao Ling.

"Hmm, Carefree Wanderer Brother, are you leaving? I..." Ao Ling originally wanted to say she would travel with Ye Qin, but then she remembered her own aspiration and the reason she first set out to wander; for a moment the words were on her lips but she couldn't speak them.

"Hehe, Ling'er, don't worry. Once I find Yingzhou Island, I'll return to Carefree Wanderer Island. Then I can build a spatial passage to the Carefree Wanderer Realm here, and I can come back anytime. Moreover, once the True Dragon Realm of the Carefree Wanderer Realm is opened, you'll be able to come to my side anytime through the Carefree Wanderer Realm!" Ye Qin comforted.

"Ah, really? That's great! I will diligently cultivate the True Dragon Way; wait and see, next time we meet I'll become even stronger. The True Dragon Way—I've only cultivated less than one ten-thousandth of it!" Ao Ling said happily.

Before Ye Qin left, he summoned Xuan Kong and Xuan Ling to his side.

"Master, hug me!"

Xuan Kong and Xuan Ling—one is a highly spirited spirit monkey, the other is an innate fire crane. By fortunate coincidence they heard Ye Qin's Way of Transformation and awakened early. But for countless years they have never cultivated any technique, merely letting the Honghuang spiritual qi temper their bodies.

This was Ye Qin's deliberate arrangement. Because back then his own Carefree Wanderer Supreme Dao foundation had not yet formed, and the Grand Dao he had absorbed was incomplete. He intended to give Xuan Kong and Xuan Ling a powerful cultivation method, and now he finally has a technique he can present.

"Haha, hey, come down! Master has something important for you!"

"What is it?" Xuan Kong mischievously scratched his face and asked curiously.

"These years I haven't let you cultivate any technique because your potential is great. Xuan Kong is innate metal attribute, suitable for cultivating metal-attribute techniques; this I grant to you. Xuan Ling is innate fire attribute; this is for you. No matter what being cultivates which Grand Dao, the foundation is crucial. These two Grand Dao methods are precisely the fundamental Dao for enhancing the foundation; they can make your bloodline evolve into Chaos Spirits. Only then will you have the potential to contend for the Grand Dao!" Ye Qin said solemnly.

"Great, great, we can finally cultivate! We also want to become strong and beat up bad guys!" Xuan Ling happily clenched his fists and waved them.

Xuan Kong was even more jumping up and down, having a blast. He innately possesses a combat consciousness.

The cultivation method Ye Qin gave Xuan Kong, which he created based on the Metal Origin Grand Dao, can enable Xuan Kong to cultivate into a Chaos Gold Spirit with limitless potential. Only Xuan Kong, this pure metal-attribute being, can cultivate it.

As for the cultivation method Ye Qin tailor-made for Xuan Ling, it stems from his insight into the Fire of Civilization. He absorbed countless flames before creating this method.

"Alright, stop playing; you need to cultivate seriously!" As soon as Ye Qin finished speaking, his figure flashed and he left Creation Island.

The Heaven Earth Three Powers Formation—Ye Qin had witnessed it before when he was in the Tianlong Mountain Range. It contains the three positions of heaven, earth, and man, encompassing countless mysteries.

Ye Qin continually roamed the boundless sea between Carefree Wanderer Island and Creation Island; his Spell-breaking Divine Eye never ceased exploring, penetrating many mysterious places.

The sea is vast and boundless; Ye Qin searched for over a hundred years, entered countless secret realms, and obtained many innate spiritual materials.

Finally, he found a mysterious place whose aura is close to that of Carefree Wanderer Island and Creation Island.

The reason it took so long to find is that this place moves at a speed akin to instantaneous teleportation.

Ye Qin could only keep up by constantly teleporting after it, locking onto it with his soul power, lest he lose track.

"How long will you keep running? But this Yingzhou Island is too strange, almost as if it had become a spirit. How could that be? Surely there must be a great power nurturing on Yingzhou Island, just like Carefree Wanderer Island's Qingyi and Creation Island's Chaos Ice Dragon. What spirit is Yingzhou Island nurturing, then?" Ye Qin thought to himself.

Ye Qin employed Spatial Divine Ability; even teleporting within a small range consumes a great deal of soul power. Moreover, he continually used his Spell-breaking Divine Eye to break the innate grand formation on Yingzhou Island.

This innate great formation also has the effect of the Chaos Heaven-Shrouding Formation, escaping the eyes of many powerful beings. But it differs from the Ten Directions Eight Sides Lock Dragon Formation of Creation Island and the Twelve Ultimate Extinction Great Formation of Carefree Wanderer Island. This great formation contains an intensely hot aura, like the true fire of the sun. Yet it is stronger than the true solar fire unleashed by Emperor Jun and Donghuang, as if it is the source of the true solar fire.

It both contains the destructive nature of the true solar fire and the creative function of the true solar fire.

Within the formation, it seemed as if tens of thousands of golden crows were flying about, constantly devouring Ye Qin's soul power. The tens of thousands of golden crows continually destroyed and reborn, causing Ye Qin, just as he figured out the formation's rune composition, to instantly shift into another scene.

"Holy cow, this formation is definitely under the control of a powerful being, containing endless changes. How do I break it? Even if I exhaust my soul power, I can't solve it; do I have to break it with force?"

Ye Qin closely pursued Yingzhou Island, seeing that the formation was hard to breach, he simply went all out, unleashing the first style of the Myriad Beast True Martial, condensing a mighty fist force capable of destroying heaven and earth.

With a booming roar, countless scorching white flames burst forth on Yingzhou Island, flowing incessantly, actually swallowing and transferring Ye Qin's tremendous fist force. Immediately thereafter, a source power of the true solar fire surged from within the island, swiftly replenishing the formation's consumption.

"Myriad Beast True Martial second style, Open Heaven and Cleave Earth!"

Ye Qin let out a loud shout, and an axe to cleave heaven suddenly took shape, the Carefree Wanderer's will becoming the blade; he poured his mighty bodily strength into it and fiercely chopped at the formation.

Rip! A dull thud sounded as space was split open a long fissure, like an abyss. Yet this formation was extraordinarily tenacious; countless true solar fires turned into golden crows, flying over the abyss, re-linking the formation. A strong coalescing force opposed Ye Qin.

Soon, the formation returned to its original state.

But Ye Qin's face showed no dejection or loss; instead, it bore an expression mingling shock and ecstasy.

What did he see?

In the fleeting moment when the spatial fissure flashed past, Ye Qin caught sight of a boiling hot spring valley and a towering tree drenched in true solar fire. He also saw that upon this great tree, spirits of the true solar fire were frolicking. At times they transformed into suns, circling the tree rising and falling, simulating the motion of the sun star; at times they became golden crows perching on the tree; at times they flew into the hot spring valley to bathe.

That hot spring valley was filled not with ordinary water, but with liquid true solar fire condensed into a fluid state. Only the source of the true solar fire, the nurturer of the true solar fire, could create such a wondrous sight.

And this nurturer is none other than the Fusang Divine Tree, one of the supreme innate spiritual roots.

In Ye Qin's impression, the Fusang Divine Tree was a treasure of Emperor Jun and Donghuang. But now he realized this information was both true and false. For the true Fusang Divine Tree could not be inhabited by Emperor Jun's ten children. Perhaps the Fusang tree of Emperor Jun and Donghuang is merely a branch node that grew from the true Fusang Divine Tree.

"I don't believe it can't be cleaved! Myriad Beast True Martial second style, Open Heaven and Cleave Earth!"

Ye Qin again unleashed the ultimate skill of the Myriad Beast True Martial, this being his greatest power, pure strength!

Rip! The formation was again split open a large fissure. Yet, as always, amidst the dancing golden crows, the formation swiftly recovered whole. But Ye Qin discovered that each time the formation repaired itself, it consumed a great amount of true solar fire, making the formation somewhat weaker.

Ye Qin repeatedly performed Open Heaven and Cleave Earth, gradually feeling utterly exhausted. Both body and soul fell into extreme fatigue; a sense of emptiness arose between his bones, flesh, and blood, and the Carefree Wanderer's will also waned.

With such formidable cultivation level, how could his body feel weary?

For a powerful being of Honghuang, continuously using divine abilities at most results in primordial spirit weakness. But Ye Qin is different; his Myriad Beast True Martial relies entirely on bodily strength and soul will. Repeatedly using the second style of Myriad Beast True Martial naturally leads to fatigue.

However, his efforts were not in vain. Finally, when he split the formation for the last time, the spatial fissure did not close again.

However, just as Ye Qin felt weakened, a fierce, soul‑scorching mighty will suddenly descended into his sea of soul.

It was a leaping flame, from which a benevolent voice came.

Ye Qin did not immediately dispel this will, but instead observed it calmly, wishing to see who this powerful one was.

"Little Daoist friend, I discovered this island at the very beginning of Heaven and Earth's opening and made it my dojo. Moreover, the Fusang Divine Tree on the island is my old friend; he is gravely injured, leaving only a remnant spirit. Now he has just given birth to a complete true spirit. Fellow Daoist, please do not harbor designs on this island; shall we form a good karmic bond? This poor Daoist will be eternally grateful!" said the voice.

Ye Qin stared at the flame, his heart growing heavy.

This flame appeared ordinary, seeming merely a common Li fire. Yet Ye Qin sensed within it an aura of 'Carefree Wanderer'. This Carefree Wanderer ambience differed from his own Carefree Wanderer Supreme Way; it aimed for wandering free under heaven, lacking Ye Qin's grand ambitions.

Ye Qin had already guessed the visitor's identity in his heart. This is someone he greatly admires, even surpassing Patriarch Hongjun. Patriarch Hongjun's schemes are peerless, using heaven and earth as a chessboard and all things as pieces; Ye Qin admires him. Yet this person before him acts freely, not participating in any Honghuang strife, being both an insider and an outsider of the 749 Bureau.

"Good! Daoist friend, being able to guard an old friend for a hundred million years truly makes you a person of character; this poor Daoist admires you! However, this island is the 'Heavenly Position' of the Heaven-Earth-Man Three Talents Formation, which is far too important to me. Do you have a solution, Daoist friend?" Ye Qin asked. He had long planned to gather the three great innate islands to serve as his future dojo in Honghuang, lacking none of them. Even if this person before him is that mighty being, Ye Qin dares to contend with him.

"Hmm?" The powerful one seemed to be pondering something, the flame flickering again: "As it turns out, Daoist friend has already obtained those two islands—what good fortune, what great creation! Your ambition is unmatched. Heaven, Earth, and Man Three Talents, possessing the ability to conceal the heavens and cross the sea, within this formation one naturally forms the Heavenly Way, Earthly Way, and Human Way, becoming a singular Dao. Since that is so, I cannot but fulfill Daoist friend, forming a good karmic bond. Hmm, I have a method!"

"What method?" Ye Qin asked.

"The Fusang Divine Tree, source of the true solar fire, is both the source of destruction and the source of creation, containing regenerative creation. This island's ability to become the Heavenly Position of the three great innate islands is precisely for this reason. I can, on behalf of my old friend, give you a Fusang branch and a bowl of the hot spring's water. Fellow Daoist, you yourself seek spiritual soil to nurture; when the Fusang wood grows, the Heavenly Position will form naturally. What do you think, Daoist friend?"

"That is excellent! Then many thanks, Daoist friend!" Ye Qin said.

The reason Ye Qin agreed so quickly was not only his unwillingness to clash with that powerful being, but also another important factor.

He plans to establish the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Talents Formation between the three islands, forming a secluded realm within the Honghuang Heaven and Earth, and establishing his Carefree Wanderer Dao lineage within the Honghuang Heaven and Earth. The current Abyssal Island is not the best choice, because the aura of the Supporting Mulberry Great Dao here is too strong, which will dilute the Carefree Wanderer aura.

This Dao lineage must have no further ties with the Honghuang Heaven and Earth, existing in a state of neither leaving nor staying.

Only the Heaven, Earth, and Human three positions nurtured by oneself are the most suitable.

Carefree Wanderer Island, Ye Qin had long occupied it and renamed it Carefree Wanderer Island. It is the human position of the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Talents, the center of Heaven and Earth, and also the most important position.

Creation Island is the earth position, now belonging to the Donghai Dragon Palace. So-called earth pulse is the dragon vein. As for the heaven position, only a treasure such as the Supporting Mulberry Divine Tree can correspond to the will of Heaven.

"Hahaha, Abyssal Island will soon sink into the Donghai Sea; I hope fellow Daoists will look after it in the future. I'm leaving! By the way, if you encounter my two useless disciples in the future, show no mercy! A rainbow flies to the sky, I depart from Carefree Wanderer!" That flame turned into a long rainbow, instantly vanishing at the horizon.

"Indeed, as the Essence of Departing Fire, this Rainbow Transformation Technique is unprecedented!" Ye Qin praised.

This Rainbow Transformation Technique has already merged into the Great Dao, turned into law; in a thought it can cross infinite distance, its speed so fast that Ye Qin cannot keep up.

Ye Qin carefully exerted Divine Ability, wrapping that branch of the Supporting Mulberry Tree and that bowl of Tang Valley Broth.

He knew well that these two things could scorch his soul, therefore he dared not be careless in the slightest.

Hiss!

The power of Divine Ability seemed to be ignited by this scorching hot object.

Ye Qin began seeking an ordinary small island, then exerted the Move Mountains and Fill Seas Technique, moving it to the heaven position of the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Talents Formation.

Next, he took Star Dust Mud from the Carefree Wanderer Realm; this is the best spirit soil he currently possesses, capable of nurturing a Star Fruit Tree.

He poured a grain of Star Dust onto the small island; the island instantly expanded, like a giant tree, rising ten thousand zhang, its area increased more than a thousandfold.

Ye Qin again exerted Divine Ability, moving spirit veins and Immortal Jade Earth Veins from the Carefree Wanderer Realm to remodel this island.

Earth veins crisscrossed on the island, spiritual aura lingered, furthermore containing the artistic conception of Carefree Wanderer.

The Tang Valley Broth in hand, which is True Sun Water, after falling into the island's center, continually absorbs fire qi, gradually expands, and turns into a white-hot fire pool. The Supporting Mulberry Tree branch flies up, takes root in the fire pool. (End of chapter)