That expanse of Azure Waters and Blue Sky had long since vanished without a trace.
Beneath the dim heavens, the waters had likewise been tainted by demon aura, taking on several shades of scarlet.
As far as the eye could see, it resembled a vast lake of blood. Amid the shimmering waves, demons of every shape and form flickered in and out of sight beneath the water, while a thick stench of blood spread through the air. Chu Mu stopped at the shore, surveying this familiar yet unfamiliar scene, unable to help but sigh with emotion.
When he had first entered the cultivation world, it had been here in the East Lake Waters. After reaching Foundation Establishment, he had also whiled away his days here in the East Lake Waters.
The ignorance and vigilance of his earliest days on the immortal path had, by now, become a world where all things had changed.
After sighing for a moment, Chu Mu calmed himself. Treading upon the waves, he silently approached the East Lake Spiritual Vein at the heart of East Lake.
Before long, the East Lake Islands at the center of the lake came into view.
The ancestral grounds of the former East Lake Xie Family had stood here.
A single Fourth-Order Spiritual Vein had given rise to hundreds of subsidiary spiritual veins, forming these intricate and sprawling East Lake Islands.
At the heart of the islands naturally lay the main island, where the central Fourth-Order Spiritual Vein was located. Most of the Fourth Order Demons in the East Lake Waters were stationed there as well.
After observing for a while, Chu Mu did not rashly infiltrate the islands. Instead, he chose an underwater reef at the outskirts of the archipelago and sat cross-legged upon it. His already restrained aura fell