Chen Nianzhi held the Immortal-Refining Furnace in one hand, as though cradling a blazing great sun. He crossed the boundless void all the way until he finally stopped above a stretch of deep sea.
This had originally been a dead, silent sea where no cultivator had set foot for tens of thousands of years. Yet with the arrival of Chen Nianzhi and the Immortal-Refining Furnace, astonishing changes began to unfold.
The surging waters of the Spiritless Sea parted, and an immortal island that had lain submerged on the seabed for tens of thousands of years rose to the surface.
"This is..."
Sacred Lord Dao Yan's expression shifted slightly, revealing a trace of astonishment.
Chen Nianzhi nodded and said calmly, "This is the East Sea Eye—and one newly born within these past tens of thousands of years."
At the mention of the East Sea Eye, Chen Nianzhi could not help showing a hint of surprise as well.
Tens of thousands of years ago, the East Sea Eye had merged with the eastern Yi-Wood Earth Vein and was occupied by Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion, the overlord of the East Sea.
Later, the Abyssal Demon Calamity erupted, and Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion suffered an unprecedented catastrophe.
At that time, the immortals of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion had made preparations. They enlightened the eastern Yi-Wood Earth Vein and gave rise to that Yi-Wood Azure Dragon, but it still proved no match for the Outer Realm Demon God.
In an incomparably brutal battle, the Yi-Wood Azure Dragon perished before attaining immortality, while the East Sea Eye was shattered beyond recognition by the Outer Realm Demon God's methods.
Chen Nianzhi had once returned to the site of the East Sea Eye, but all he found was an Underworld Ghost Dragon and a completely shattered, incomplete Sea