Storms on the Outer Seas

He Ping, Xie Chongsheng, and Mystic Elder were all old foxes. He Ping was the sort who never rose early without profit to be had, fond of doing business with no capital. He would never be absent from anything that could net him benefits;

The Dragon Worship Sect Master, Xie Chongsheng, was famous in the cultivation world for his eccentric, unorthodox nature. He was also the quintessential thrill-seeker. Whenever he had nothing to do, his mindset was: "Boring. I want to see rivers of blood." The moment he learned that Mystic Elder was about to cause a major incident, his enthusiasm for joining the spectacle instantly surged to its peak;

As for Mystic Elder, he appeared kind and benevolent, smiling warmly at everyone, but in truth, he was a great villain who seemed loyal, a great hypocrite who seemed good—a man whose outward appearance belied his heart, with a dagger hidden behind every smile.

Once the three of them put their heads together, a scheme deadly enough to bury people alive emerged. All three were shameless scoundrels, their bellies full of foul water. When they came together, they stank of the same odor, colluded in cunning, and hit it off at once.

Xie Chongsheng's true body was still in the northern lands, but he had already prepared to set out for the overseas regions. At the same time, he ordered the Dragon Worship Sect to spread rumors that the Mysterious Mysterious Palace on Nine Slaughter Island in the outer seas had reappeared, and that the passage to the Nine-Bend Heaven-Origin Great Treasury Sumeru Realm was about to open.

Meanwhile, He Ping also released the two Rogue Cultivators he had captured and arranged for Yuan Donghai, disguised as Zhang Jiubao, to lay the groundwork overseas. The rumor was that the Nine