Just as the Chaos Divine Ark entered a stretch of reef-strewn waters...
Behind several jagged rocks hundreds of miles away, more than a dozen concealed presences lay quietly in ambush.
They were prodigies from the local Royal Clans of the Myriad Heavens North Sea, along with several outstanding members of the Imperial Houses.
Rather than venturing deep inside like Ao Yuan and the others, they had chosen to intercept lone cultivators here, murdering them for their possessions.
"Is that... the Chaos Divine Ark?!"
A sinister-faced young man with wings sprouting from his back gasped softly. He was the Young Master of the Silver-Winged Yaksha Clan, a Royal Clan, and his cultivation stood at half-step True God.
"Look at that flag. It's Ye Tian! The ruthless monster who supposedly wiped out the Black Feather Divine Dynasty!"
Another burly man with a single horn on his head spoke in a muffled voice, a trace of apprehension flashing through his eyes.
"What are you afraid of?"
The man at their head sneered. He wore blue-and-gold battle armor and held a divine trident, dense water laws swirling around him.
He was a collateral-line prodigy of the Sea God Ape Clan, an Imperial House of the Northern Sea. Though inferior to an Imperial Clan heir, he was still immensely conceited.
"Rumors are just rumors. Wiped out the Black Feather Divine Dynasty? Hmph, that was probably the work of those two Dao Protectors behind him.
Now that we're in the Boundary Sea Trial, Dao Protectors can't enter. He's nothing but a junior in the True God Realm."
"Besides, look at him. He's resting with his eyes closed. He seems to have entered a deep state of Dao enlightenment, completely defenseless against the outside world."
A greedy green gleam flickered in the Sea God Ape Clan prodigy's