Star-Shattering Strait.
Turbid waves surged into the sky, and gang winds cut like knives.
This was already the end of the Southeastern Circuit's mainland territory in Great Jin. Beyond lay the boundless Gouwu Sea, its islands scattered like stars.
In truth, the portion humanity had explored and settled was not large.
Gray-black mist shrouded the strait year-round, with thunderbolts, hurricanes, demon beasts, freezing rain, and fog lurking within. Ordinary cultivators dared not cross it lightly.
Today, however, this perilous strait seemed unusually tame.
Boom-!
A fleet of twenty Demon Lotus Treasure Ships plunged straight into the gray mist without any flourish!
The ghostly flames in the eye sockets of the enormous beast skull on the high-grade ship's prow suddenly blazed, firing a thick beam of light. Wherever it shone, the gray mist scattered, thunderbolts faded, and hurricanes were forcibly stilled.
Five Mountain-Carrying Treasure Ships ground through the air with deep rumbles. Light flowed through the fourth-tier mid-grade Nine-Leaf Overturning the Sea Formation, wrapping the entire fleet tightly within it. No matter how the gang winds howled or turbulent currents slashed outside, the formation's interior remained as steady as a mountain.
At the bow of the Cangming Ship, Qing Chen's gaze pierced the mist. He could already see the dark silhouettes of scattered islands far away, where sea and sky became one.
There lay his true foundation, the starting point of the Demon Lotus Sect-Gouwu Sea!
"Master."
Behind him, Lin Changsheng's voice sounded, carrying a trace of weariness.
He strode forward, holding a Cold Jade Slip Ledger in his hands.
The jade slip was clearly newly made.
"Over these past days, Su Zixuan, Xu Jiuling, the others, and I have worked day and night on the accounts. We have finished tallying the remaining spoils from a century of conquest, the gains