Cultivators Gather, Task Assignments

As the sky at the horizon turned pearly white, a sliver of dawn rose from the edge of the sea, bathing the rolling waves in shimmering gold.

Purplewood Island was clearly far more prosperous than it had been many years ago.

As one of the three Purple Palace powers of the Skycloud Archipelago, the Purplewood Sect had grown stronger with each passing day in recent years.

Whether it was the island's size, the number and height of its purplewood trees, or the Purplewood Sect's cultivators, all had increased tremendously over the years.

Even its spiritual vein had now reached the upper third rank.

It continuously exuded spiritual energy, nourishing the entire island.

Ye Jingcheng stood quietly at one side of the island, taking in everything before him. The most eye-catching sight was undoubtedly Purplewood Hall atop Purplewood Peak on Purplewood Island.

The entire hall had been built with majestic grandeur, like a palace facing the sun, overlooking the entire sea region.

Yet at this moment, the area outside Purplewood Hall was unusually deserted.

In the past, whenever dawn arrived, quite a few cultivators practicing the Purplewood Sect's core techniques would gather before Purplewood Hall to absorb the first wisp of purple qi from the morning light.

Yet not a single one was present today. Ye Jingcheng quickly guessed that the family had already begun making its arrangements.

The Ye Family had always acted with caution as its foremost principle.

This time would naturally be no exception.

He even felt that the Ye Family might abandon the Azure Cloud Sea Region.

After all, once this beast tide ended, the Demon Race would certainly launch a major counteroffensive. By then, not only would the Azure Cloud Sea Region be impossible to hold, but perhaps even more than half of the Heavenly Horse