Beneath an endless expanse of blue sky, emerald seawater surged slowly, sending waves rolling with a rushing roar...
Amid those waves stood pillars tens of thousands of feet tall, stretching straight into the heavens. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but these pillars, a magnificent sight. Countless astonishing golden immortal figures adorned them, radiating brilliant golden light and sending powerful waves of light rippling into the sky. Golden light poured down from across the heavens, making the entire pearl pulse with dazzling radiance that reached all the way to the seabed...
Tens of thousands of feet beneath the sea, boundless golden light formed a light barrier thousands of miles across. Within it stood a sprawling complex of white palaces. Judging by the countless golden immortal figures decorating the buildings, they had clearly been constructed by the Immortal Race of the Immortal Star Realm...
Security throughout the complex was extremely tight. Numerous Immortal Race cultivators in golden armor and white cloaks patrolled the grounds...
Within one sealed chamber in the complex, every surface was made of silvery-white metal. A transparent, crystal-like pane of some unknown vitreous material divided it in two. One half was vast, spanning tens of thousands of feet, and contained countless metal artifact-refining machines. They vibrated slowly without making the slightest sound. Each machine had dozens of metal tubes, all different, evidently serving different purposes. Their components were forged from some unknown metal and covered in incomparably profound golden immortal figures. Some of the machines operated at astonishing speeds, yet remained utterly silent...
However...
Among these metal machines were more than a dozen transparent glass vessels of varying sizes, filled with liquids. A closer look revealed that most contained Demon-Sealing Divine Milk. Several others held purple-gold liquid that appeared to be the blood essence