Deep in the Chaos Void, a region of chaos adjoining the Earth Immortal Realm suddenly rippled with unusual fluctuations.
Hongjun sat amid a chaos storm, purple qi swirling around him as the Heavenly Dao Laws flowed between his fingertips.
His power was like an invisible brush, sketching the outline of a new world within the chaos.
"Mountain and Sea Realm, open!"
Hongjun murmured and formed seals with both hands. A beam of purple-gold light shot from his palms and plunged into the depths of the chaos.
The Chaos Qi there began to churn, condense, and separate.
Clear qi rose while turbid qi sank, like a miniature reenactment of Pangu cleaving heaven and earth apart.
Mountains, rivers, oceans, and the firmament slowly took shape within this chaos. A brand-new world was being born from nothingness.
The Mountain and Sea Realm was drawn into being with chaos as its paper, the Heavenly Dao as its ink, and Hongjun as its brush.
Unlike the Earth Immortal Realm, where Buddhism and Daoism stood side by side, this realm did not follow the orthodox Great Dao of Pangu practiced in the Primordial Wilderness either.
This was a world centered on strange beasts, wondrous mountains, spirit herbs, and ancient gods.
Nine-tailed foxes, Zheng, Gu Diao, Qiongqi, and other strange beasts roamed among its mountains and rivers.
Chi Dragons, Kunpeng, Jiu Ying, and other ancient creatures lurked in its deep seas.
Bi Fang, Azure Luan, golden crows, and other divine birds soared through its skies.
The Mountain and Sea Realm also had a distinctive cultivation system.
Its cultivators neither cultivated their Primordial Spirits nor refined golden cores. Instead, they focused on "body refinement."
By consuming the Essence Blood of strange beasts and merging with wondrous herbs and spiritual roots, they continually transformed their bodies, ultimately becoming half-human,