Chapter 28: Sealing the Island

  Ye Qing saw that he had already created the Jie Mo Dao, so he didn't rush to cultivate it. He wanted to come out of the Jie Mo Temple and set up a guardian array on the Jie Mo Island first. Otherwise, when he cultivated the Jie Mo Dao and made a huge commotion, some strong practitioners would notice it and get ideas about taking over the island, disturbing his retreat. That wouldn't be good. Although he wasn't afraid, it would still be very troublesome. What if someone disturbed him at a critical moment, causing his technique to backfire? Even killing the intruders wouldn't make up for his own losses.

  Ye Qing thought of this, and opened the grand hall that had been closed for millions of years. He walked out of the grand hall and summoned Feng Wu to inquire about the situation on Jie Mo Island. Seeing that everything was safe on Jie Mo Island, he let Feng Wu inform the people on the island that after a hundred years, he would set up an array on Jie Mo Island and seal it off, so that no one could enter or leave. Therefore, he let them decide whether to stay or go themselves.

  Ye Qing watched as Feng Wu's figure disappeared into the distance, thinking to himself: You all decide whether to leave or stay. If you leave, I have no obligation to protect you. If you stay, I will do my best to protect you and ensure your safety on Demon Island.

  The living beings on the island of Jie Mo, upon hearing that the island master was going to set up an array and close off the island, were hesitant about whether to leave or not. Some of the living beings yearned for the beautiful and unparalleled life in the vast wilderness of Hong Huang, although they were reluctant to part with the island, they still left. However, some living beings felt that life on Jie Mo Island was very comfortable, and they could also listen to the island master's explanations of the Great Dao, so they didn't want to leave and stayed behind. This group of living beings made up more than half of the island's population.

  Before long, a hundred years had passed, and Ye Qing saw that only a small portion of the living beings on Jie Mo Island had left, while a large majority remained. He was extremely pleased in his heart.

  He took out the five-array flags he had refined over the past hundred years. These five-array flags were made from the five branches of the Five Elements Fruit Tree, each representing one of the Five Elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. They were paired with flag faces made from the Five Elements silks Ye Qing had found in Hong Huang, which had been infused with the primordial aura of the Five Elements through his own boundless spiritual power.

  The five-array flags shone brightly, each with its unique characteristics: the earth element was a thick and heavy yellow; the fire element was a dynamic red; the water element was a calm black; the metal element was an icy cold sharpness that seemed to pierce the air; and the wood element was a vibrant green that seemed to pulse with life. The five-array flags, each representing one of the Five Elements, complemented and reflected off each other beautifully.

  The Five Elements - metal, wood, water, fire, and earth - each had its own unique characteristics, yet they harmonized and shone together in perfect balance.

  Ye Qing prepared to use these five flagpoles, the Five Elements diagram condensed from the pre-heavenly Five Elements energy and several pre-heavenly treasures, to form a large Five Elements Annihilation Array. This time, the main purpose of the large Five Elements Annihilation Array was for defense, unlike the previous one that Ye Qing had refined for the human tribe, which was mainly for offense. These five flagpoles and the Five Elements diagram became post-heavenly spiritual treasures after being tempered by Ye Qing's boundless spiritual power. Although they were combined like top-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasures, they were not much different, and could also continuously absorb energy to evolve.

  As the living beings on Demon Island were all ready, those who wanted to leave had already left, and the remaining ones were unwilling to leave. Since they decided to establish a residence here, Ye Qing immediately began to transform this place.

  Only to see Ye Qing first moved several relatively good spiritual veins from near Demon Island, inserted them under Demon Island, and used his divine ability to merge them with the ancestral spiritual vein in Demon Island, forming a large ancestral spiritual vein. Then, Ye Qing linked the surrounding spiritual veins within a radius of billions of miles to the ancestral spiritual vein, forming a cycle that continuously produced innate spiritual energy.

  Instantly, the concentration of innate spiritual energy on Demon Island rose by several levels. Next, Ye Qing found five giant mountain ranges with a height of tens of millions of meters near Demon Island and moved them to Demon Island. Under each giant mountain range was a small ancestral spiritual vein. Ye Qing used his divine ability to link these five small ancestral spiritual veins under the giant mountain ranges to the large ancestral spiritual vein in Demon Island, forming an array that covered the entire island.

  When the array covering the entire island was formed, with Demon Island as the center, countless innate spiritual energies continuously gathered on the island. The innate spiritual energy on Demon Island was almost vaporized, and some places with abundant innate spiritual energy could even see liquid innate spiritual energy. The plants on the entire island grew wildly under the abundant innate spiritual energy.

  Soon, the entire island was full of life, with towering trees and precious materials like ginseng and yellow essence that were tens of millions of years old.

  Ye Qing once again took the newly refined Five Elements Array Flags and inserted them into the five giant mountain ranges according to the arrangement of the Great Five Elements Annihilation Array. The mountain range where the Jie Mo Temple was located served as the center of the five giant mountain ranges, with one flag of earth attribute inserted into each mountain range as the array eye of the Great Five Elements Annihilation Array.

  Using the ancestral veins in the giant mountain ranges to nourish them, Ye Qing inserted a wood-attribute array flag into the giant mountain range where the wood-attribute was located in the Great Five Elements Annihilation Array. He placed the fire-attribute array flag in the giant mountain range where the fire-attribute was located in the Great Five Elements Annihilation Array, and used the ancestral veins to nourish it.

  He placed the gold-attribute array flag in the giant mountain range where the gold-attribute was located in the Great Five Elements Annihilation Array, and used the ancestral veins to nourish it. Finally, he placed the water-attribute array flag in the giant mountain range where the water-attribute was located in the Great Five Elements Annihilation Array, and used the ancestral veins to nourish it.

  Ye Qing looked at the pre-heavenly Five Elements Great Array, which was almost complete, but still lacked one step - placing the array diagram to activate the great array. Ye Qing put the Five Elements Diagram into the mountain range where Jie Mo Temple was located, using the ancestral veins of Jie Mo Island to nourish the Five Elements Diagram, slowly increasing its power. When Ye Qing had placed both the Five Elements Diagram and the five flagpoles well, he performed a great divine ability to start the Great Five Elements Annihilation Array. At the moment when the Great Five Elements Annihilation Array was activated, Jie Mo Island instantly disappeared into the vast expanse of the Hong Huang, leaving behind an empty space where it once stood.

  On the island of Jie Mo, Ye Qing looked at the self-contained world of Jie Mo Island. However, the power of this grand Five Elements Annihilation Array was incomparable to the previous Heaven's Endowment Treasure-level Five Elements Annihilation Array he had cultivated. The two arrays' powers were worlds apart, and the various rules formed in this space were extremely simple, not even on the same level as before. This space only encompassed Jie Mo Island, with a radius of tens of millions of miles, whereas the space created by Heaven's Endowment Treasure stretched for billions and billions of miles. The spatial barrier was incredibly sturdy, and even Ye Qing's current cultivation could only break through it with a full-force strike. Now, this space could be broken through with just an Accurate Saint Realm cultivation, but that would only work within the array. If one were outside the array, they might not even be able to find the location of the array. Because this space had existed attached to the Hong Huang universe since its formation, without a deep understanding of spatial rules, it would be impossible to find this space's existence. It could be said that this space did not exist within the Hong Huang universe but was instead attached to the universe's barrier.

  After this space was formed, Ye Qing felt that this space had become a part of himself, and a sense of controlling the world arose.