Changhua Island lay in the Cambang Realm of the Li Sea, one of the Twenty-Eight Realms of the Seven Seas.
Because its island lord, Qu Baimei, had already broken through to the Grandmaster realm and was a renowned powerhouse in the surrounding area, and because of his protection, Changhua Island had become a trading island second only to the Ten Absolute Islands of the Cambang Realm of the Li Sea.
The Ten Absolute Islands were the core of the Cambang Realm of the Li Sea, as well as the island containing the only teleportation array leading to the other realms. One of the Five Elders Immortal, Yin Ancestor Xu Bei, was also stationed there.
The Heavenly Dao Alliance, jointly formed by the Five Elders Immortal, was the strongest force in the Twenty-Eight Realms of the Seven Seas.
Xu Bei had attained the Dao as a Yin Ghost. Though he had only reached the Human Immortal realm, his combat power rivaled that of an Earth Immortal.
Yet the Myriad Tribulation Heroic Spirits found it difficult to enter sainthood, so his path had more or less reached its end there.
It was precisely because of this that he had been among the first to choose to join Golden Ao Island, becoming a secret external affairs envoy.
In the normal course of events, more than a decade later, he would learn through Golden Ao Island that Qu Baimei was a member of Immortal Traces. He would then wipe out Qu Baimei's entire family, intending to lure out more Immortal Traces members through entrapment.
But this time, the Purple Bamboo Island incident that would expose Qu Baimei had yet to occur. Thus, Qu Baimei remained a senior member of the Heavenly Dao Alliance and the island lord of Changhua Island.
He lived an exceptionally