Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, Inviting the Wolf into the House

"Is Profound Rock Island within the area ahead?"

Above the Nine Heavens, clouds blanketed the sky. Black clouds spread everywhere, and the wind and rain were about to come.

A dark cloud lurked within them.

Luo Chen stood atop the clouds. The shrunken Heavenly Pivot Gull stood beneath his feet and nodded like a chick pecking at grains.

A sea chart landed in his hand. Luo Chen studied it carefully, pursing his lips thoughtfully.

The Profound Rock Sea Area was vast—so vast that it even far surpassed the Jade Cauldron Domain he knew. Strictly speaking, it was as expansive as two or three Jade Cauldron Domains.

Yet Profound Rock Island, from which the area took its name, was actually not very large.

Through his Spirit Eyes, he gazed down into the distance. On the azure sea, island after island was scattered nearby like stars strewn across the heavens.

At the very center was a small island.

Taken as a whole, the islands seemed to form a maze.

One, two, three... seventy-two!

After counting carefully, he found that there were actually seventy-two islands of varying sizes, arranged in orderly rows around Profound Rock Island.

Comparing the sea chart with what he saw before him, Luo Chen suddenly let out a soft exclamation.

"A formation?"

With his current attainments in formations, he could already discern a few clues.

The islands below, combined with the water veins and reefs, vaguely formed a natural great array.

However, Luo Chen could only see its general outline.

He immediately took out the Myriad Souls Banner and awakened Han Zhan.

After Luo Chen stated his guess, Han Zhan examined the area carefully before finally giving his answer.

"It is indeed a formation, but it was not naturally formed. Human intervention is involved, and it was personally arranged