Borrow Heaven and Earth

Aboard the giant ship.

The Only Esteemed Gourd shot forward with all its might and soon reached the bow.

The place was indeed heavily guarded. Numerous powerful demons prowled back and forth, while others cast spells to shield the space and prevent anyone from spying on it.

The Only Esteemed Gourd passed straight through layer after layer of checkpoints, pressing on without pause.

Not a single demon noticed the Gourd Jade Pendant as it passed.

It flew deeper and deeper into the ship, finally catching up just before the small boat set off.

There weren't many demons aboard the small boat—only the Lord of Twisting All Things and a few demons closest to him.

The Only Esteemed Gourd circled the boat once, then leisurely hovered above the Lord of Twisting All Things' head.

It remembered Gu Qingshan's words well: it mustn't land on anyone's head.

—So it could only hover.

The Lord of Twisting All Things remained completely unaware.

"Set sail," he ordered.

The small boat shot forward like an arrow, cleaving through the waves toward Mu Xu Land.

An hour later.

The sea was blanketed in fog.

The small boat came to a stop, drifting up and down with the waves.

"Is it time?" the Lord of Twisting All Things asked.

"It is," one of his subordinates replied.

"They shouldn't be late—good, they're here."

As the Lord of All Things spoke, he rose to his feet.

He walked onto the deck and gazed out into the depths of the sea.

A figure gradually appeared in the distance.

The person stood on the surface of the water, walking step by step toward the boat.

"Let's go to them."

The Lord of Twisting All Things gave the order.

The boat drew closer and closer to the figure.

As the two sides