A few days later!
Rumors such as "a mysterious powerhouse punishing evil cultivators," "villains vanishing without a trace," and "justice descending from heaven"...
began quietly spreading among small circles of cultivators.
Especially among low-level cultivators and small factions.
They added a topic of conversation tinged with awe and hope to the chaotic Outer Sea.
Of course!
Some speculated that it had been the work of a passing high-level cultivator who had taken offense and acted.
Opinions abounded, yet no one could glimpse the truth.
As for Cheng Buzheng, the instigator behind it all...
it was merely a small diversion on his journey home.
What concerned him more was the steadily growing team of "sparring partners" within his internal space.
Several hours later.
A familiar sight entered his view...
Islands scattered like stars across a board; large spirit boats weaving back and forth; escape lights streaking through the sky from time to time, bearing the unmistakable emblems of sects or clans;
and, in the distance, the faint silhouette of a colossal island shrouded by a massive formation—
one of the Sea Suppressing Alliance's core major cities in the Treasure Sun Sea Region.
Cheng Buzheng had finally returned to the Sea Suppressing Alliance's sphere of influence—the Treasure Sun Sea Region.
He alerted no one, nor did he head for that prosperous major city. Instead, relying on his familiarity with these waters, he quietly flew toward the edge of the sea region, to a desolate lone island that appeared utterly unremarkable, thin in Spirit Energy, and rarely visited.
This lone island was the Cheng Immortal Clan's sole stronghold linking their Secret Realm to the Boundless Sea.
Shortly afterward!
Cheng Buzheng, standing in the air above the lone island, flickered and vanished from the void where he stood.
Secret Realm, Ping'an City!