Pan Sea.
Walls of golden-green light stretched endlessly across the heavens, shutting out every calamity and corruption and protecting this sea region, where countless living beings had come to seek refuge and survival.
Vast Wood possessed the mysteries of evading calamity and sheltering living beings. With Greater Yin absent, only places illuminated by Water Transformation, Shock Thunder, or Gen Earth could compare.
Moreover, Constructive Wood stood here, and Jia Wood had been granted the powers of the various Yang paths, greatly benefiting spiritual energy. Thus, Meng Continent, standing amid the sea, had become immortal soil, capable of sustaining the cultivation of every living being that arrived!
"This place grows ever more wondrous..."
Golden Xi light flickered as Xu Fayan, taking the form of a black-robed Daoist, stepped into the Great Void. He discovered, however, that the wondrous light of Vast Wood barred True Lords from outside, preventing anyone from trespassing.
Divine Dao radiance flashed within Constructive Wood, and an Azure Wood deity emerged, the scenery of the four seasons shifting ceaselessly behind him.
A Divine Core.
"Which fellow Daoist might you be?"
This Divine Core stood amid gemlike emerald light, his voice peaceful, seemingly already certain of the visitor's identity.
"True Lord Ominous Portent. I have come to visit [Eastern Azure] on behalf of [Mystic Unity]."
"So it is the Xi Deity. Please enter."
Assistant Deity Chuming parted the golden-green wood-producing light, opening a path. "Your escape from the great calamity and renaming of the path as Nurturing Earth were tremendous achievements. Eastern Azure and Mystic Unity have always been on friendly terms, but since Taiyou vanished, our lineage has faced many difficulties and seldom ventured into the world."
"The Mystic Lord will return eventually."
"Of course. The might of that sword strike... shook the whole world."
"I have come