One hundred thousand li of sea territory!
And it was not a lease, but an enfeoffment.
In other words, this place permanently belonged to Li Ye.
Within these waters, no one could enter without his permission. Even after entering, they would have to abide by his rules—the most important thing being that even the "laws" within the sea domain would be written by him.
For example, if he chose to be extreme, he could even alter the amount of time sunlight shone upon these waters each day. Once the time limit he set had passed, no matter how scorching the sun, not a single ray could penetrate.
—This was the origin of the many special sea domains within the Eastern Yang Sea. By altering the celestial laws within a sea domain, one could bring tremendous changes to the ocean.
For instance, reducing the time of sunlight and increasing the time moonlight shone would make the moon essence and yin energy within the sea domain denser. Naturally, the aquatic creatures living there would also become more inclined toward the Yin Attribute.
Or, by reducing the concentration of mineral veins and spiritual energy within the sea domain, one could turn the sea into special domains such as a metal-spirit sea, a wood-growth sea...
Within the Eastern Yang Sea, there was a renowned "Heaven-Rising Sea Domain," painstakingly cultivated for several thousand years by a legendary Nascent Soul True Person of the Four Seasons Sect. The blend of all kinds of spiritual energy within had already reached a nearly perfect state.
It was said that cultivating there allowed cultivators of any path or divine ability to advance swiftly. There were even rumors that the Nascent Soul cultivator had been harmonizing the power of the five elements, attempting to turn that sea domain into the