After surveying the area for several days, Chen Lin discovered that it was actually an island.
It was no small island, either, spanning dozens of miles.
However, the island was very barren. He saw almost no high-grade spirit flowers or spirit herbs, and its only small spiritual vein was low-grade. Even so, this confirmed that cultivators likely existed in this world.
With spiritual qi, a spiritual vein, and spirit plants, an environment like this could certainly nurture cultivators. He simply did not know how powerful they were, though judging by how complete the Heaven and Earth Rules were, their level would not be too low.
Yet there were also things that puzzled Chen Lin.
The seawater surrounding the island was black and seemed to contain some strange energy. Moreover, in all these days, he had not seen the sun, moon, or stars here. The sky remained dim, with neither day nor night, creating an intensely oppressive atmosphere.
Clearly, this world was not normal.
Landing on the small mound where the spiritual vein lay, Chen Lin took out a flying sword and began excavating an immortal cave.
Since there were no dangers on the island, he decided to enter seclusion for a while.
He would fully restore his body and also attempt to advance his cultivation to the Void Refinement mid-stage.
With the Thunder God Sword unusable and his soul seed destroyed, his strength had been greatly diminished. He had to improve his cultivation to ensure his safety.
The simple immortal cave was soon finished, and Chen Lin set up several formations.
A single small spiritual vein certainly could not support his cultivation needs, so he used spirit crystals to set up a Spirit Gathering Great Array, followed by a Defense Array, an Isolation Array, and a relatively high-level Illusion Array.