Resurrection

In the depths of the Return to Ruin lay a vast, shadowy lake. At its center stood a large, jagged island, where the outlines of a few houses and buildings could still be faintly seen.

This place was called Merman Island.

Few sea demons were qualified to enter the Return to Ruin to begin with, and fewer still could survive within it. The Return to Ruin was dry, and only the merman clan had the means to build a suitable habitat there.

As the messengers of the Divine Mother, they had always held an exalted status among the sea demons.

It was not difficult to locate this settlement. Wang Xuanling led the two youngsters to intercept a lone sea demon, and after a "polite" inquiry, obtained the answer.

That golden loach had already returned to Xu Ziyang's hands. He released it now, and it immediately darted into the water, spun around in circles, then shot off in a particular direction.

Chu Liang had asked about it earlier. Its grand name was Dragon Seeker, a miraculous spirit beast that relied on spiritual awareness to sense and locate objects. So long as it had seen something up close, it could find it all. Though it looked like nothing more than an unremarkable giant golden loach, fewer than three remained in the world.

Xu Ziyang had discovered this Dragon Seeker frozen in ice within a secret realm, rescued it, and made it acknowledge him as its master. By age alone, this thing was at least three thousand years old.

Not a single whisker had grown for nothing.

After crossing the water to Merman Island, the three of them carefully concealed themselves. Dragon Seeker was not as sensitive once out of the water, and moved forward very slowly. Fortunately, most of the merman clan