Pan Sea.
This sea was vast and boundless, its two extremities hundreds of thousands of li apart, comparable to the Southern Sea. Few living creatures dwelled within it, and its position beyond the junction of the east and south drew great numbers of the Human Race and monsters to settle there.
Chaos Qi had settled within the sea, gathering into a great continent nearly half the size of Great Li's territory. Named [Meng Continent], it was also where Eastern Azure had established its lineage. Palaces lined intersecting roads, and towers stood in forests of buildings. Cultivators clad in azure-cloud, dragon-patterned robes flew or walked among monsters, neither disturbing the other.
Newly established, Eastern Azure had opened its lineage widely, but its requirements for accepting disciples remained quite high. Perhaps a million humans and monsters had poured into Pan Sea in recent days, yet most lacked even the ability to set foot on Meng Continent.
At the heart of the continent stood a colossal azure tree that spanned heaven and earth. Dragon scales covered it, gold and white intertwined, linking above and below and gathering immortal qi in abundance. It seemed like a supreme Immortal Artifact planted there.
Azure leaves as large as stars overlapped and interlaced, rising into the heavens until they jointly upheld an illusory sun of white radiance, illuminating the Heavenly Sea and bestowing grace upon all trees.
[White Scenery]
With the support of this Greater Yang treasure, Pan Sea had remained untouched by the eclipse phenomenon. Its light was unchanged, and the vast sea lay calm.
At Meng Continent's westernmost edge, a Mysterious Palace hung high, spilling silver frost. A plaque bearing [White Moon] hung above its entrance. Profound Greater Yin qi surged, and the silver-cast doors slowly opened a crack.
"The profound wood within your lineage-is