Backflow Sea lay in the northwestern part of the Tracing Star Sea Region.
This sea region covered an enormous area, with many small islands scattered around it like stars across the sky.
It was called Backflow Sea because its waters turned slowly all day long, as though some invisible force were secretly controlling them.
The people of the nearby islands all knew that once the waters of Backflow Sea began to rotate faster, mirage-like illusions would often appear upon its surface.
That meant the once-in-a-thousand-years Star Tracing Backflow was about to emerge.
When that time came, Backflow Sea would draw a great number of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators from throughout the Illusion Star Sea, creating an extraordinarily grand spectacle.
North of Backflow Sea lay a small island called White Cloud Island, home to more than a hundred thousand ordinary people, as well as several small and medium-sized sects.
Deep within White Cloud Island stood a small mountain called Black Dragon Mountain, upon which sat a small sect known as Black Dragon Temple.
Black Dragon Temple had only one master and three disciples. Its ranks were truly pitifully thin.
Its master, Li Liang, was not particularly highly cultivated either—merely at the first level of the Golden Core Realm.
All three disciples under him were in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Beneath a large locust tree within Black Dragon Temple, two disciples were enjoying the shade and chatting.
The second disciple, Meng Xian, gazed in the direction of Backflow Sea, envy shining in his eyes. Smacking his lips, he said, "Senior Brother, I heard the Star Tracing Backflow is about to begin! Who knows how many Nascent Soul Realm seniors will come this time? We're really going to feast our eyes!"
"Indeed."
The eldest disciple, Han Jiang, nodded with a smile. "This is