This place had once been the official residence of the Menagerie. The Ancient Cultivators had possessed considerable mastery of the Array Dao as well, using it to lay restrictions and defenses against invaders.
Li Chen calculated that, after sinking into chaos, this residence had drifted for a full million years before accidentally touching the void around Guangyun and finally running aground.
During that time, no outsiders had entered, much less taken actual control of it.
And a million years was enough to grind away every trace of order here.
The Sea Emperor's former subordinates, along with whatever descendants they might have produced, had vanished into nothingness. Strange beasts had become the masters of this place.
Yet back then, they had very likely been nothing more than food for Kun.
Li Chen felt the faint pressure suffusing his surroundings, then examined the results transmitted by the Detection Mechanism Device. He knew there were at least thousands of powerful strange beasts here, each claiming its own mountain as king, with countless Demon Beasts and Nature Spirits scattered among them.
But so far, they had found no trace of any surviving humans or intelligent beings. They must have gone extinct long ago.
"It really is spotless, without a trace left behind. Still, this makes it clear that the Grand Formation here is still working."
"Grand Formations that maintain sect grounds generally repel dust and clean the surroundings. Over all these years, the bones would have rotted into powder and been expelled long ago."
This was undoubtedly excellent news. It meant their exploration would face far fewer obstacles.
But it was also bad news.
Because it meant the defensive Magic Arrays here were still operating normally.
"We can only pin our hopes on the Blue Sea Water Realm's own defensive system. In principle, defenses