Wangtian Port lay in the north of the True Spirit Domain. It was one of the major ports from which one could enter the sea and reach the Outer Sea of Death, and it was the most famous among them.
Venturing into the Outer Sea of Death was something only martial artists with formidable cultivation were qualified to do. It was an undertaking open to very few.
For the vast, boundless Outer Sea of Death, those martial artists wishing to put out to sea urgently needed to exchange intelligence and share information. Gradually, these peak experts capable of entering and leaving the Outer Sea of Death gathered at Wangtian Port.
As time passed, this small circle became increasingly fixed, and Wangtian Port became the sole port through which martial artists of the True Spirit Domain entered the Outer Sea of Death.
The other ports had essentially dwindled into cargo ports. Martial artists heading into the Outer Sea of Death to seek their fortunes were rarely seen there.
Sadly, although every martial artist who ventured into the Outer Sea of Death possessed high cultivation and formidable combat strength, fewer than half ever returned alive.
These experts who ventured through the Outer Sea of Death often had families—three wives and four concubines—and among the sons and daughters of the martial world, affection ran especially deep and loyalty weighed heavily.
Some women of the martial world, long awaiting husbands who never returned, would anxiously rush to this port to gaze out over the sea. Day after day, they looked toward the horizon where sea and sky met, hoping for their beloved to come home.
One year, three years, ten years, decades...
Their faces aged, their beauty withered, their tears ran dry. Day after day, they stared out at the sea until they nearly