Moonlight, soft as gauze, drifted over the endless azure sea. Li Ye sat inside a massive seashell, enjoying the caress of the sea breeze and the gentle touch of moonlight.
Nights in the Eastern Yang Sea were not dark to begin with. Besides, the Moon Goddess's gift hung brightly in the heavens. Countless spirit beasts and spirit plants that yearned for moonlight emerged—
Flying fish clad in scales, giant turtles carrying coral reefs upon their backs, and pearl clams of every size secretly floated to the surface. They opened their shells toward the moonlight, drawing in and exhaling spiritual power to nourish the pearls they nurtured within.
The entire sea was as bright as day.
Countless small shells floated beside the giant shell Li Ye reclined in. The Beavers lay inside them with their round bellies exposed, swaying with the waves as though resting in cradles, utterly content.
"Hah."
"This feels amazing."
Li Ye folded his hands beneath his head and gazed at the boundless blue sea and the bright silver moon above. His somewhat tangled thoughts instantly settled.
He had already drifted here for three days. After all, the situation over there had been rather...
Remembering what he had seen earlier, he could not help glancing into the distance.
That single glance crossed ten thousand miles of sea.
He saw more than a hundred Nascent Soul Merfolk wielding divine abilities beneath the moonlight, condensing the moonbeams into translucent Spirit Stones before using them to build an incomparably grand island in the sea.
Every inch of land on that island was piled from all manner of rare treasures. Even the steps leading to its summit were made of the fifth-rank Spirit Material, Laurel Spirit Jade.
Its foundation was formed from jade mud mixed from countless precious jades.
Those Merfolk, who