Mysterious Traces of the Star Sea

Turn-Back Bay was the entrance to Vortex Strait, a perilous region of the Boundless Sea. Its name urged people to turn back, for the Great Vortex Strait was far too dangerous. Under-currents crisscrossed its depths, maintaining an eerie calm. Once outsiders entered, the slightest disturbance could easily trigger a chain reaction and give rise to enormous vortices. These vortices displayed the wild fury of water to the fullest; the more powerful ones could even churn the void. Once caught within one, even Purple Mansion cultivators would come to no good end. Many had once attempted to explore this dangerous region, suspecting that some rare treasure was being nurtured within, but most met no good end. Later, a Purple Mansion True Person entered it and, after overcoming countless perils, finally completed an exploration of the Great Vortex Strait. Yet apart from a body full of wounds, he brought out no precious treasures. Over time, the cultivators of the Boundless Sea gradually began avoiding Vortex Strait.

Of course, this did not mean Vortex Strait produced no spirit treasures at all. In fact, it contained not only first- and second-rank spirit treasures, but even third-rank ones. However, they were not particularly precious. Those who needed such treasures lacked the strength to force their way through Vortex Strait, while those with such strength disdained them and saw no need to risk their lives for them. They were little more than chicken ribs—tasteless to eat, yet a pity to throw away.

It was precisely because of this that those predecessors who had learned their lesson named the entrance to the Great Vortex Strait Turn-Back Bay, intending to warn those who came after them. Once one passed this place, one truly entered Vortex Strait. Given the peculiar nature of Vortex Strait, by then, even if one