Southeast of the Elf Continent, Fallen Star Ocean, the continent's inland sea.
This was the largest inland sea in the entire world. Its azure waters stretched for thousands of miles, smooth as a mirror. It produced all manner of rare magical pearls and gemstones, making it the most important source of magical resources for the elves of the Elf Continent. A branch of the elf race, the sea elves, had their stronghold here. By taming various powerful aquatic magic beasts, they had formed sea-beast legions with astonishing combat power.
The Chaotic Star Archipelago was the largest island cluster at the heart of Fallen Star Ocean, and also the site of the sea elves' royal court. Fond of extravagance and luxury, the sea elves had built countless grand and magnificent temples across hundreds of islands, worshipping the many deities of the ocean branch of the Elf Divine Clan. Thousands of incomparably powerful giant sea beasts guarded these waters, and any outsider would suffer their merciless attacks.
Legend had it that many of these sea beasts were giant creatures that had survived since the ancient divine war. As a result, apart from the upper ranks of the elves, no one dared approach this forbidden domain of the sea elves lightly. Every outsider who had dared draw near had become prey for those sea beasts. Quite a few of their corpses had been turned by the sea elves into bizarre "coral-man statues" and hung on the desolate islands along the archipelago's edge. Tens of thousands of ferocious human statues were enough to frighten off the vast majority of those harboring ulterior motives.
But today, a secret meeting was being held on a small island at the edge of the Chaotic Star Archipelago, blanketed by lush forest.
Amid dense, verdant rare woods stood an