Crossing the Sea
Yu Ci woke from deep meditation. The Dao Scripture Master Treasure Seal in his hand emitted a gentle white glow, illuminating a radius of thirty feet. Zhang Yan stood beside him, quietly directing the Tu family brothers. "Don't let up. Watch the flow."
After steadying himself and fully extricating himself from the wondrous world of the Inner Void, Yu Ci felt his body sway slightly. Stripped of Zhang Yan's voice, all he could hear was the soft rush of water by his ears. The bamboo raft beneath him rose and fell gently upon it.
Beyond the white-lit area lay a pitch-black expanse. Yu Ci moved his Spirit Transformation intent and drew in the light of the Dao Scripture Master Treasure Seal. Darkness fell over this side, while a hazy blue radiance emerged from the darkness beyond—boundless, stretching to the very edge of sight.
This was a blue sea.
Yu Ci had never seen the ocean in this life. He did not know whether the legendary scene of endless waters meeting the sky bore any resemblance to this. But they had not come here for the view.
This was the lower level of the Fa Tian Secret Realm.
The Fa Tian Secret Realm was divided into upper and lower levels. Yu Ci, the Tu family brothers, and the others had secluded themselves in cultivation on the upper level. In truth, everyone knew that the lower level could also be used for cultivation. The purity of its spiritual energy was no less than that of the upper level, and its concentration was so great that it condensed into liquid droplets, becoming a boundless ocean of spiritual energy—the place where Yu Ci and the others were now drifting on a raft.
Yet this was also one of the foundations supporting