The Death Sea!
In the void, Hongjun gazed down at the boundless sea, his impassive face darkening.
When he first arrived in the Great Thousand World, he had swept his divine sense across the Death Sea. But there had been no powerful beings there, so he had paid it little attention.
Only now.
After Qin Shujian assigned him the Death Sea as his sanctuary, Hongjun finally realized just how barren it was.
Water!
Water as far as the eye could see!
And yet.
There were fierce beasts in the sea, but none had developed sentience. Never mind teaching them the Dao—he could not even communicate with them.
By this point.
How could he fail to realize that Qin Shujian had duped him?
But.
Even if he had been duped, there was nothing he could do.
After all, he had already agreed earlier.
Of course.
The most important reason was still that Qin Shujian was too powerful. Falling out with him now would do Hongjun no good.
He reached the depths of the Death Sea.
This was the region where Yang had once resided.
Although Yang had already left, his lingering dao resonance remained, as though it would endure for all eternity.
"The solar rule!"
The moment Hongjun saw that dao resonance, he recognized its origin.
The solar rule!
He had also met the incarnation of the solar rule himself.
With a wave of his hand.
A mysterious aura descended.
Before that aura, the lingering solar rule vanished without a trace.
Immediately afterward.
Hongjun waved his hand again, and an enormous rock appeared out of the void. With a thought, he summoned flames in the void that enveloped the rock.
Time passed.
The rock melted.
Then it took the shape of a palace, which settled above the sea.
The seawater beneath