The Eastern Isles.
A vast island more than six thousand li across stood amid the churning Blood Sea. Millions of marine demon beast skeletons rose and fell with the tides, forming an apocalyptic vista of mountains of corpses and a sea of blood.
Strangely, despite the terrifying corrosive power of the Blood Sea, many cultivators still stood along the island's shores, completely unaffected!
"As expected of an ancient sect with a legacy spanning over two thousand years. It can withstand even a world-ending catastrophe like this!"
"Within a million li of here, only the Spirit Turtle Sect remains unharmed by the Blood Sea's corrosion. The other islands are no longer habitable. Those second-rate sects' protective sect formations practically collapsed at the first touch. The Blood Sea is too savage!"
"They say the Spirit Turtle Sect has survived since Primordial Antiquity. It changed its banner during the Primordial Era. I think it used to be called... the Black Tortoise Sect?"
"That's right, the Black Tortoise Sect. It only became the Spirit Turtle Sect after the Black Tortoise Sacred Beast ascended!"
"Although it wasn't a true Black Tortoise Sacred Beast, it was still a supreme spirit beast with the Black Tortoise bloodline. No wonder the Spirit Turtle Sect has such deep foundations..."
Along the island's shores, the cultivators watching the Blood Sea spoke quietly among themselves, making no attempt to conceal their reverence for the Spirit Turtle Sect.
Among all the first-rate powers in the Eastern Isles, the Spirit Turtle Sect ranked in at least the top three. From its highest ranks to its lowest, everyone in the sect was a body refinement fanatic with an exceptionally powerful physique.
Notably, any cultivator who joined the Spirit Turtle Sect could form a contract with the Sect-Guardian Spirit Turtle and receive a bonded spirit