Like Strangers, Each Living Well!

Above the Eastern Sea, waves surged and churned, and mist hung thick over the water.

Tongtian stood high in the sky. With a shift of his will, the island-protecting grand formation hidden deep within the island's core rose in answer.

From the seabed of the Eastern Sea, silent for countless Eons, came a dull tremor.

The illusory silhouette of an incomparably vast island slowly solidified in the dark depths, then began to ascend.

With a tremendous crash as it broke through the water, Golden Ao Island reappeared in the Primordial Wilderness.

The island-protecting grand formation began to turn, and the long-dormant formation patterns lit up one after another.

With a casual motion, he sent out several strands of pure Hunyuan laws. Azure light sank into the formation eyes.

The grand formation that had ceased to operate lit up once more, and a screen of light shot straight into the clouds, enveloping all of Golden Ao Island within it.

A vast qi mechanism was released without the slightest concealment, proclaiming to the entire Primordial Wilderness that the master of this island had returned.

Tongtian walked up the white jade steps and stood with his hands clasped behind his back before Jade Palace, looking at the scene before him—both familiar and strange.

The palace remained as it had been. The mountains and stones remained as they had been.

But the flourishing scene of those days—Ten Thousand Immortals Paying Homage, the Saint expounding the Dao, countless living beings gathered here to listen to the Great Dao—could never be found again.

In the air, only the salty tang of the sea breeze and loneliness remained.

A trace of melancholy quietly rose from the bottom of his heart, only to be chopped to pieces in an instant by his pure sword intent.

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