Outside Elephant Earth Island, the Azure-Gold Warship hung high in the sky, confronting the island's formation from afar. Dark green magical light shimmered, falling like rippling water.
Roads had already been built across the island, paved with coral, jade, pearls, and agate. Aquatic clansmen had been stationed along the shore to play ceremonial music. Colored light interwove beneath glowing clouds, making for a truly magnificent display.
The Mistlight Treasure Ship slowly descended from the sky. Clouds gathered into a stairway, and serpentfolk clad in azure armor stood guard on either side, weapons in hand. Fire Crows led numerous feathered clansmen in sweeping aside the scattered light of gen earth overhead, tracing streaks of fire through the sky.
Xu Xuan emerged from the ship first, his bearing imposing. Lightning coursed over his jade horns, and his deep purple flood-serpent eyes gleamed as he surveyed the scene below.
A man in azure robes immediately stepped forward, riding the wind to the foot of the cloud stairway. He bowed and said:
"Han Qingfeng of the Han Household of Elephant Earth greets Lord Youdu."
The man had a resolute face and a steadfast gaze. He trod upon bright yellow gen earth radiance, his cultivation already at the foundation establishment late stage. Now that Xu Xuan was pureblooded, reaching Purple Mansion was all but inevitable, so Han Qingfeng addressed him directly as "Lord."
"Han Qingfeng, are you the head of the Han Household?"
Xu Xuan looked at the man before him. He had already investigated the situation in the Great Wilderness Sea. The Han Household was the strongest faction, possessing a Purple Mansion Spirit Artifact and a Purple Mansion patron in Heaven Pool. The other two islands, Star-Prison and Cloudmist, could hardly compare.
"Yes. Your visit to Elephant Earth Island is a blessing for our