"Heavenly Star Island."
Just three simple words.
At the Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal's words,
Ji Yuan's eyes widened.
"Before your master left, she specifically told me that if the day ever came when you were capable of traveling the world, you could set out for Heavenly Star Island to find her."
The Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal looked at Ji Yuan, his tone carrying a note of gravity.
"She said she would wait for you there."
Ji Yuan opened his mouth, but before he could speak, the Ghost Envoy's voice rang out deep in his Sea of Consciousness.
The Ghost Envoy could not conceal his shock. He even sounded rattled.
"Heavenly Star Island? Prison Lord, your master actually came from Heavenly Star Island? Th-this can't be possible!"
Ji Yuan frowned almost imperceptibly. Rather than answer the Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal, he asked within his Sea of Consciousness, "Why not? What's so special about Heavenly Star Island?"
The Ghost Envoy fell silent for a breath, as though gathering his words.
"Prison Lord, you may not know this, but although Heavenly Star Island has 'island' in its name, its territory is no smaller than our Abyssal Continent.
"It isn't some lonely speck of land in the sea. It's an island the size of a continent."
"More important is its location. Heavenly Star Island lies between the Central Continent and the Demon God Continent, like a wedge driven into the very center of two giants."
Ji Yuan's heart sank.
"Then both sides would fight to control it?"
"Exactly."
There was a bitter edge to the Ghost Envoy's voice.
"And Heavenly Star Island is not unclaimed land. Shortly after the Immortal Court collapsed, three mighty Rogue Cultivators at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage joined forces to land there. They founded a sect on the island called