The Bohai Sea.
These waters lay in Eastern Yan, ringed by shores on three sides and rich in resources. They received the Ji River and connected to the Hidden Sea, and had always been an essential passage for those sailing out to seek immortals. Now, however, they were far from peaceful.
Waves raged, and Azure Forest broke through the sea.
Within the Great Void, azure blood poured like a tilted ocean. A sky-blotting body leaped and rolled, making the entire eastern firmament tremble. Upon the Vast Sea, a tiny black boat bobbed in the swell.
A man clad in mystic azure immortal robes sat aboard it. He had a young man's build and an indistinct face, and sat cross-legged, his broad sleeves patterned with the eastern azure heavens and Flood Dragons coiled through forests. He watched the dragon body battling Li Fire in the sky, and the corpse's hand obscuring Origin Net, his eyes indifferent, as though none of this concerned him. "I am."
He spoke, and the azure dragon in the heavens roared, sending out a furious bellow.
"Eastern Yu."
[ Mengzhang Yu Wood Ancient Xun True Lord ]
A faint human face appeared upon his abdomen, encircled by a golden forest and burning in Li Fire, crying out in agony.
"Qin Wanggu."
[ Heavenly Forest Intertwined Branches Clear Fan True Lord ]
"No. Neither is right."
The young man's voice overlapped in three layers, each different-one muffled, one clear, one icy. At last, he began tearing at his own face, peeling away glistening azure scales to reveal a human countenance.
"I am Pang Fujia, of the bloodline passed down by the Thunder Palace. I am human."
[ Coiled Jia Cultivator Vast Yu Mystic Opening Lord ]
"Who are you trying to fool?"
A derisive laugh came from the