Eastern Zhongtu.
The Eighty Thousand Miles Cloud Water Marsh stretched across Lanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuanqiongzhou, and Cangyezhou, spanning four entire provinces.
Demonic beasts roamed the Cloud Water Marsh, and poisonous mists hung thick in the air. Countless unknown dangers lurked within, making it a place of peril at every turn. It was a notorious forbidden land in Zhongtu, and one of the Five Great Forbidden Lands!
Even accomplished cultivators dared not enter lightly. Rumor had it that powerful Body Integration cultivators—and even Tribulation True Monarchs—had ventured deep inside, only to never emerge alive.
Yet around an entrance to this Absolute Land, on the Yuzhou side of the Cloud Water Marsh, thousands of cultivators had gathered. The crowd buzzed with voices, and the area was unusually noisy.
"Hey, isn't that Brother Xu? You're here too..."
A man in fine clothes, with a jade belt around his waist and his hair bound beneath a crown, had an air of distinction. Spotting another man nearby, a resolute-looking man in a blue robe, he smiled and walked over to greet him.
The man in blue smiled faintly at the newcomer. "So it's Brother Ji. It's been a long time. I hope all has been well."
"Brother Xu, you're too kind. I've been well enough lately. I just didn't expect to run into you here. I take it you're planning to explore the Cloud Water Marsh too?"
The well-dressed man smiled as he spoke, glancing toward the entrance to the Cloud Water Marsh not far ahead.
The man in blue smiled. "Of course. With the Three Great Holy Lands joining forces to attack the Cloud Water Marsh this time, how could I not come and see the spectacle?"
After a pause, he added, "No one has dared to venture deep into this eighty-thousand-mile marsh for ages.