After hearing Li Guxian's confirmation, I naturally developed a keen interest in this Rift-Splitting Ray and immediately said, "Then let's go see if we can catch it... But I heard it's incredibly difficult. This thing isn't merely big—it's terrifyingly huge."
"Creatures like 𫚉 have always been enormous. How about this? I've already instructed several valley masters to handle everything that needs doing these past few days, so I should stay with you for a few days. Otherwise, you wouldn't be happy, would you?" Li Guxian looked at me with a beaming smile, leaving me awkwardly grinning. Jiang Ruoyin and Li Ciyin, meanwhile, knew nothing about our relationship and had no idea what to say.
"This... Of course. I'll have to trouble the Island Master to give me some pointers on the Way of the Sword..." I hurriedly smoothed over the awkwardness.
Li Guxian burst out laughing, then patted me on the shoulder and said, "Then let's ride your Blood Vigor Lotus. You can recover properly on the way."
The moment she finished speaking, Ziqing Yun drifted into the courtyard from the outer side room, standing atop the Blood Vigor Lotus. Once we boarded, we soon set off toward the location Li Guxian had indicated.
Looking down from the sky at the Immortal Island below, I saw that the entire island had changed drastically. The former sight of rolling mountains and shimmering lakes had vanished without a trace. Everywhere were pits and hollows blasted out by the tribulation-surmounting immortals, along with countless scars left by spatial rifts. The changes to the terrain had reached a shocking degree.
Once we left the central region, huge lakes of seawater could be seen everywhere across the Immortal Island. They had formed from the water collecting in the depressions created by the shifting island and