The Star-Devouring Sword Tree was very strange. Within dozens of li around it, it absorbed all the starlight, but after it left, the starlight reappeared, much dimmer than before.
Thus, everyone who entered the Starfall Sea believed the Star-Devouring Sword Tree swallowed starlight and absorbed its power.
There were many rumors about the Star-Devouring Sword Tree. Some said it was everywhere, while others said there was only one.
Yet whatever the rumor, it only deepened people's fear of that thousand-zhang-tall Star-Devouring Sword Tree.
After hearing the Eel Thunder Emperor describe the Star-Devouring Sword Tree, Fang Yun felt a sense of familiarity. Strangely, at first thought, he seemed to have seen it after the Dragon Gate Ascension, in the Heavenly Tree, at Dragon Cliff, and elsewhere. But when he searched his memories carefully, he found that the Star-Devouring Sword Tree had existed in none of those places.
Time passed slowly. One day, two days, three days...
They were almost constantly on the move, and under the Eel Thunder Emperor's guidance, they encountered no danger.
The Eel Thunder Emperor did most of the talking along the way, until everyone began to think of him as a loose-lipped, chattering eel. Yet they all felt that what he said was useful.
After several days of long travel, the seven team members gradually grew familiar with one another. They chatted now and then, growing ever closer.
On the seventh day, while everyone was chatting, Fang Yun glanced ahead, then went back to listening.
Several breaths later, the Eel Thunder Emperor said, "Slow down. We're almost at Emperor Land."
Complex expressions crossed the faces of the four veteran members, but they immediately went on full alert.
The three newcomers-Fang Yun, Yungen King, and Emperor Xiangyi-were also wary, but curiosity and excitement outweighed their caution.
Gradually, their