While Wu Xuege led the Liu household cultivators in a fierce battle against high-tier sea monsters, the work of refining a second Island-Guarding Grand Formation was nearing completion in the Artifact Refining Hall of the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
After refining the final formation disc, his tense expression finally eased a little, and he let out a soft breath. Two straight months of refining without sleep or rest had strained even an integrated body great perfection cultivator like him. His eyes were bloodshot, and his face showed traces of exhaustion.
After putting away the finished formation discs, Liu Changxu did not leave the Ruyi Lotus Palace immediately. Instead, he brewed a pot of spirit tea, intending to rest for a while before leaving.
He had just drunk a cup of spirit tea, its refreshing flavor still lingering on his lips and tongue, when his wife Su Jinxiu rushed into the refining hall like a gust of wind.
Her delicate brows were tightly knitted, her face full of anxiety. She hurried up to Liu Changxu and said urgently:
"Husband, something terrible has happened! Sister Su took our clansmen out to sea to fight the sea monsters. Everything was going smoothly, but who would have thought that so many seventh-tier sea monsters would suddenly appear in that boundless ocean? Sister Wu is holding them off to cover our clansmen's retreat. Husband, hurry and take a look!"
"Oh! I'll go right now!"
At the news, Liu Changxu's heart clenched, and he could no longer sit still.
His gaze instantly sharpened, and his aura surged around him like a volcano on the verge of eruption. Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Changxu transformed into a brilliant streak of light and vanished in an instant.
When Liu Changxu appeared outside Penglai Island, he saw that his wife