Ever since the Endless Sea Aquatic Clans of the Southern Sea Dragon Palace had laid siege to Azure Underworld Cloud City, the largest Human Race settlement in the surrounding waters,
the city had not fallen into decline because of the siege.
Instead, it had grown even more prosperous after an expert from the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Sect drove back the Southern Sea Dragon Palace's demons.
Countless Treasure Ships, shimmering with light and color, sailed through the waters near the Azure Cloud Layer. From time to time, cultivators radiating formidable auras streaked past in flashes of light.
Compared with the Tianyan Sect Luo Yi had left behind, this place was so prosperous that even the Tianyan Sect could only gaze after it and eat its dust.
After all, the current Azure Underworld Cloud City Lord was Ning Xiuzhu, an Inner Sect elder of the Sunshine Sect, one of the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea.
Ning Xiuzhu rarely showed his hand, but rumor had it that his strength ranked among the top three Inner Sect elders of the Sunshine Sect.
He was only slightly weaker than You Jinghong, the first in line to inherit the Sunshine Sect's Dao-Merging Grounds.
Meanwhile, a dashing young man in white, folding fan in hand, slipped silently into Azure Underworld Cloud City.
Once inside, Luo Yi did not rush to find a Cave Abode where he could stay, as he had before.
Instead, he walked alone down the city's bustling main street, past its dazzling array of shops and wares.
Watching the crowds come and go, he felt a sudden, powerful sense that something was amiss.
Compared with the chilly quiet of the Tianyan Sect, he still preferred places like this, alive with the warmth and bustle of ordinary life.
That realization brought a sharp pang