Nine years later.
In the southeastern waters of the Five Spirits Sea lay a special region of great marshland known as Golden Water Marsh. It covered a vast area, stretching several thousand li in every direction.
It was called special because Golden Water Marsh had formed from the fusion of two Spirit Abysses: the Metal Element Spirit Abyss and the Water Element Spirit Abyss.
Although there were nearly a hundred Spirit Abysses of various kinds in the Five Spirits Sea, they were generally mutually repellent. It was normal for them to lie far apart, with only a single Five Elements attribute in the vicinity of each Spirit Abyss.
Yet the two Spirit Abysses within Golden Water Marsh had not only appeared at almost the same time, but had also been located close to one another.
After the two Spirit Abysses were born, they began to interact violently.
More than a century later, the two Spirit Abysses merged directly together, forming the vast Golden Water Marsh.
This place could be called a treasure land. It contained not only numerous spirit veins of the metal and water attributes, but also many precious spiritual materials of both attributes. It was a land where heaven's treasures gathered and riches abounded.
At the center of Golden Water Marsh stood a spirit mountain—Golden Water Mountain.
This mountain could be said to have gathered the essence of Golden Water Marsh. Every so often, it produced an extremely precious spiritual liquid known as Golden Spirit Profound Liquid.
For cultivators with metal or water spiritual roots, this spiritual liquid was an invaluable treasure.
Even simply absorbing this liquid could greatly advance one's cultivation. If cultivators below the Core Formation realm consumed it, it even possessed the heaven-defying effect of improving their cultivation aptitude.
It could also serve as the