The Three Realms, South Sea.
The Crested Ibis Demon Monarch gazed across the boundless sea before her. Watching the curtain of water meet the distant sky and the islands scattered like stars across its surface, she recalled what she had learned about the South Sea before coming here.
The South Sea was so vast that even a Great Thousand World could scarcely compare. It was divided into many Sea Realms. Though nominally under the South Sea Dragon Palace's rule, less than a third of it lay within the palace's actual reach.
The Buddhist Sect, the Daoist Tradition, and the Heavenly Court controlled the remaining two-thirds. Their territories interlocked like a dog's teeth, and the Liuyu Sea Realm was one such place.
Nothing in the Liuyu Sea Realm was more famous than the Little Penglai Immortal Realm.
As the most visible expression of the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect's power in the South Sea, the Little Penglai Immortal Realm covered twelve million li. Its One Hundred and Eight Islands comprised seventy-two outer islands and thirty-six inner islands, each stocked with resources.
The outer islands formed a square around the circle of inner islands. Mirroring the stars, they followed the circuit of heaven in two interlocking formations, the Heavenly Dipper Formation and the Heavenly Dipper-Baleful Formation. No trace of their formation eyes could be seen.
When the Crested Ibis Demon Monarch and the Flame Owl Demon Monarch arrived, the first thing they saw was the One Hundred and Eight Islands arrayed across the sea, the faint glow of their formations shining like glazed crystal.
Countless peoples coexisted in the Little Penglai Immortal Realm. Humans, Nature Spirits, and members of the Demon Race could all be found on its islands. Precious materials lay everywhere: heavenly treasures, spirit herbs, immortal rarities, wondrous birds, and exotic