Intervention

A moment earlier.

Inside Vast Sea Heaven.

A figure appeared in blue robes, his features refined. It was Fang Qing!

"Just as I thought—thanks to the Dao-Born Pearl's Omnipresence and my [Ji Water], which carries some of [Zhen Water]'s traits, slipping in here as a [Zhen Water] True Lord wasn't difficult—"

If his [Ji Water] Golden Seat were exposed to the outside world, it might shake heaven and earth.

But inside a Grotto-Heaven, he was spared a great deal of trouble.

Emerald light flashed through Fang Qing's eyes. His Spiritual Sense spread across the heavens and earth, taking the whole of Vast Sea Heaven in at a glance.

The Grotto-Heaven was vast, almost as large as a province in the outside world, and most of it was sea.

Azure waters rolled on without end. Deep below, many spirit waters seemed to be taking shape.

An immense sea eye breathed in and out, harboring no shortage of Purple Mansion-grade spirit treasures—

But none of them interested Fang Qing in the slightest.

His gaze shifted to the largest island in the Grotto-Heaven.

Nearly the size of a commandery in the outside world, the island had no inhabitants but plenty of buildings. A mountain gate stood atop its highest peak, with couplets on either side.

"Clouds hang over seas that rise through three thousand worlds; waters wind around mountains in the foremost heaven—quite a boast."

Fang Qing took a step and arrived before the gate.

He glanced at the plaque inscribed "Vast Sea Heaven," then walked straight through.

The buildings within Vast Sea Heaven were lofty and imposing, with a distinctly oceanic style. Shells, pearls, and coral adorned them.

The ever-present [Zhen Water] aura sent surging waves through the place.

It looked less like an immortal estate than a dragon palace.

The moment