Setting Sail

"Brother Lu, you're too polite. I wish you a bountiful harvest on your journey into the secret realm." Steward Qian smiled as he personally escorted Lu Chen to the stairway.

After leaving Sea Heaven Pavilion, Lu Chen did not return directly to Tide Listening Pavilion. Instead, he made several more rounds through the city, visiting discreet places that dealt in intelligence to cross-check the information he had obtained from Sea Heaven Pavilion.

He also gathered additional updates on the latest movements of the Sky Wolf Sect and the Ye Family remnants within Coastal City.

Taken together, Turbulent Current Reef was the final complex reef zone before one entered the Mist Sea and reached the entrance to the Return to Ruins Secret Realm.

Its currents were chaotic, its hidden reefs densely scattered, and savage sea Demon Beasts often appeared there. It was the perfect place for an ambush.

The Soul-Losing Whirlpool, meanwhile, was a natural danger zone deep within Turbulent Current Reef. It was shrouded year-round in a strange mist that could disrupt divine sense. Countless whirlpools and undercurrents lay within, making it easy to lose one's bearings.

The Ye Family had truly put thought into choosing that place for their ambush.

As for the Falling Star Sea, there was far less intelligence available. All he knew was that it was an exceptionally perilous region deep within the Return to Ruins Secret Realm. Rumor had it that fragments of stars had fallen there, creating a unique yet violently hostile environment. Space was unstable, Demon Beasts were formidable, and few had ever managed to venture deep inside.

Upon returning to the small courtyard at Tide Listening Pavilion, Lu Chen immediately entered seclusion and carefully studied the information within the three jade slips.

Combining the coordinates of the Celestial Star Disk fragment already