When the Crescent Moon Flying Boat smashed through the final layer of the starlight barrier, its bow gave a mournful groan.
White Snow was flung belly-down, her plump, white-feathered rump sliding three feet across the deck. She flapped her wings and scrambled up, cursing, "Damn it, this lousy formation's harder than my master's iron wok!"
Fragments of the Star-Locking Formation rained down. The dark gold flecks of light fell onto the sea, stirring up faint hisses like countless snakes flicking their tongues in the water. White Snow craned her neck to look, and her pupils abruptly contracted-she saw a continent unlike any she had ever seen.
The coastline wound like a dragon's spine, and three hundred and sixty-five Starlight Lanterns floated above the harbor. They shone silvery white in the daylight, shrouding the entire wharf in a cold radiance. The sea breeze struck her face, carrying a salty tang and the unfamiliar smell of mineral dust, making White Snow sneeze three times in a row.
"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! What's that smell? It's worse than the Seventh Elder's feet!"
"That's star source stone dust." Azure Phoenix Fairy reached out and scooped her up, smoothing her tousled head with her palm. "Don't go wandering. The spiritual energy here is more than three times as dense as at the Azure Profound Sect. Your body needs time to adjust."
White Snow pursed her beak, secretly enjoying the attention, though her tongue remained merciless. "Sis Qing Feng, what hasn't Grandpa White Snow seen? Back on Myriad Beast Mountain, I single-handedly..."
"Back then, a third-tier python chased you all over the mountain, and you finally squeezed into a tree hollow and got stuck for an hour." Red Dragon Girl strode past, her red hair billowing like flames in the wind. "Still making trouble even in a