In Da Qing 288, you became the king of this continent. Whenever the mood struck, you would wipe out a city, massacre a village, or simply sit in quiet contemplation.
You only knew that Grandmasters could Solidify True Energy into Substance and forge a Qi and Blood Furnace within their bodies. As for what came after that, you had no idea.
After all, you had inherited at most Martial Dao Knowledge at the level of a Martial Master from your previous life. For someone with a Martial Master's perspective to know the manifestations of the first few Grandmaster stages was already no easy feat.
Whether the next step after turning qi and blood into a furnace was another path, or a breakthrough into the "second step of martial arts" Zhu Baowen had mentioned, you had no way of knowing.
You traveled across this land and discovered that it was an isolated Giant Island, unconnected to the continent where the grasslands, deserts, and Three Kingdoms lay. In the time that followed, you roamed everywhere.
You decided to call this place the "Giant Island Region" from then on.
In Da Qing 290, you discovered an underground ecosystem within a massive natural sinkhole. In myth, this sinkhole led to the realm of the dead. You leaped a thousand zhang down and found a Grandmaster cultivating in seclusion.
Unfortunately, his progress was inferior to yours. He did not even know that a stage called the "Qi and Blood Furnace" existed. He was an ascetic exploring martial arts alone. Disappointed, you crushed him to death and began considering whether to return to the Three Kingdoms.
The only problem was that the sea was far too vast. You vaguely remembered drifting at sea for more than a year, and you had no desire to endure that