Yingzhou.
One of the three islands of the Eastern Sea.
It was also known as one of the Overseas Immortal Mountains.
On the island.
Verdant peaks rose one after another, shrouded in swirling mist.
Ancient trees towered into the sky, vines hung down in curtains, and strange flowers and exotic herbs covered every corner of the island. From time to time, Immortal Cranes flew down from the immortal mountains upon the island.
On this day, the sky had originally stretched blue for thousands of miles, clear and bright.
Then suddenly, a streak of golden-silver radiance tore through the sky from above the distant azure sea.
One moment it had still been on the far horizon; the next, it had already penetrated deep into Yingzhou.
Jiang Ning's gaze locked firmly onto the island at the very center of Yingzhou.
That Blood God—the final lingering trace in the Eastern Sea—was on that island.
"Yingzhou, Penglai, and Abbot. It is said that Immortals stand behind the three islands of the Eastern Sea, which are also called the Overseas Immortal Mountains." The thought flashed through Jiang Ning's mind.
The next moment.
He shot straight into the sky above Yingzhou's tallest island.
In an instant.
Ripples spread through the void, followed by roiling winds and surging clouds as ink-black storm clouds gathered.
"There's a Formation!"
His heart settled.
"I have to end this quickly!"
Boom—
Just as the thought crossed his mind.
He landed in a remote spot atop the mountain.
"Who dares trespass into the Forbidden Ground of my Yingzhou immortal mountain?"
"Activate the grand Formation—" voices also rang out from afar.
And at that moment.
Jiang Ning raised his hand and threw a punch at the utterly unremarkable Divine Statue abandoned amid the wilderness ahead.
As the punch flew forth, the Five Elements