Over the years, the Demon Beast upheaval sparked by the Brahma Saint True Fragment had continued in the Outer Sea of the Chaotic Star Sea, plunging humanity into untold misery.
The turmoil had also greatly affected the waters around Silver Shark Island. With the Star Palace having closed the teleportation formations to the Outer Sea, cultivators stranded there could only spend their days hiding and fleeing.
Uninhabited, deserted islands with thin spiritual energy were among the hiding places cultivators often chose.
Zhong Liang was a Core Formation elder of a small sect. He had spent many years in the Outer Sea and had extensive experience fighting Demon Beasts.
Over those years, he had also honed formidable skills in escaping for his life. Recently, he had noticed low-level Demon Beasts appearing from time to time in the waters around the small island where he and his disciples were hiding.
He immediately concluded that the Demon Beasts had probably discovered them, so he led his ten disciples away at once, intending to find another place to cultivate.
That day, Zhong Liang and his group arrived on an enormous deserted island. It was scarcely smaller than Tianxing Island, with several peaks soaring tens of thousands of feet high at its center.
Strangely, however, the spiritual energy on this vast island was exceedingly thin. The entire island, including those peaks, was bare, with almost no vegetation in sight.
"All right. This place is so desolate that the Demon Beasts shouldn't come here for the time being. We can hide safely for a while. Martial Nephew Wang, make arrangements to excavate our cave abodes. I intend to refine the Demon Cores from the beasts we hunted recently into medicinal pills for everyone's cultivation." After carefully inspecting the island, Zhong Liang returned to his disciples and