In the days that followed, Xu Chunniang traveled northwest, passing through twenty or thirty islands of varying sizes.
And indeed, it was just as the young man had said.
The farther northwest she went, the more violent the surrounding spiritual energy became, and the fewer Dharma cultivators she encountered along the way.
Xu Chunniang had asked other cultivators about the cause of the violent spiritual energy, but had only received some rather unreliable guesses and legends.
Some said that, long ago, a mighty figure in Juku Continent had angered the Heavenly Dao, causing Heavenly Punishment to descend and turning the spiritual energy throughout Juku Continent violent.
Others said that the West Sea was the source of chaos, and that Juku Continent's proximity to it was why its spiritual energy had become violent.
Of course, these were merely claims and conjectures. No one knew the true reason.
It seemed that ever since Juku Continent had come into being, it had always been this way.
More than ten days later, Xu Chunniang finally reached the northwesternmost island within Juku Continent.
This island was called West Sea Island, and was famous for bordering the West Sea.
The moment she stepped onto the island, she sharply sensed that its spiritual energy was both violent and dense.
As spiritual energy wandered between heaven and earth, a portion of it entered cultivators' bodies, silently scouring every meridian and internal organ, thereby tempering the body.
However, this slight body-tempering effect was practically useless to Xu Chunniang.
She had once tempered her body in the deep sea and had even fused with Primordial Heavy Water. Her physical strength was no weaker than that of demonic beasts at the same stage.
West Sea Island was a small island. Due to the unique nature of its spiritual energy, Golden Core