In the waters of the Crimson Blood Territory, the once-quiet Crimson Blood Cave Mansion was now a hive of activity. Inside and out, millions of former members of the Crimson Blood Cave Mansion, along with demon cultivators from the Azure Dragon Palace and Clear Water Mansion, were hard at work. Some hauled spirit jade weighing tens of thousands of pounds, others polished formation flags engraved with intricate patterns, while still others carved formation nodes into the seabed around the mansion. Everywhere, there was a sense of orderly bustle.
After Yun Ce merged the Crimson Blood Cave Mansion, Azure Dragon Palace, and Clear Water Mansion into the Star Pavilion, he immediately ordered a complete renovation of the Crimson Blood Cave Mansion, using the Minor Heavenly Star Formation he had provided as its foundation. Though merely a simplified version of the Heavenly Star Formation, the Minor Heavenly Star Formation was already one of the Mortal Realm's top defensive formations. Once activated, it could draw upon the power of the stars and lay a net across the heavens, both resisting attacks from enemies and gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to aid the pavilion's disciples in their cultivation.
Yun Ce knew that, in the entire Mortal Realm, only the God King Jiang Lan—currently living in seclusion somewhere beneath the sea—could set up the complete Heavenly Star Formation. With his current meager cultivation at the peak of the late Emptiness Realm, actively searching for Jiang Lan was little more than a pipe dream. The gap between a God King and a Mortal Realm cultivator was like the distance between heaven and earth. Even if Jiang Lan stood right before him, Yun Ce might not recognize his true identity.
Yet Yun Ce had never imagined that someone he could hardly hope to reach