The fleet slowly sailed into Giant Harbor on the eastern side of Cangming Island.
The harbor was astonishingly large, a full hundred li long and wide. Its docks were paved with fine obsidian and could accommodate over a hundred treasure ships or over a thousand spirit ships and flying boats at once.
Over three hundred warships of all kinds already filled the harbor, packed densely together, from first-tier flying boats to third-tier treasure ships.
The treasure ship docked, and its iron anchor sank into the water.
Thud-
The dull sound seemed to strike everyone squarely in the heart.
On the docks, three thousand cultivators of the Condensed Jade Sect stood in utter silence.
At their head, over a dozen Golden Core True Persons stood bowed, their bearing so respectful it bordered on servility.
Grand Elder Wan Hun wore black robes, his hair white, faint black mist floating in his eyes as he lowered his head and stared at the obsidian beneath his feet. With the Condensed Jade Sect's territory expanding greatly and its resources multiplying, his cultivation had now reached peak Golden Core.
Yuji True Person wore azure robes, his face lean, his white beard trembling slightly. His aged eyes were lowered, concealing the fear deep within them. His cultivation remained at peak mid Golden Core. By a reckoning of his age, he was already over five hundred years old, while the lifespan of someone at the middle Golden Core stage was five hundred and fifty years.
Beside him stood Heavenfire True Person, rather small and thin, his beard and hair still entirely red, though his cultivation had already reached the late Golden Core stage.
Of course, the man in the very center was Chi Xuntian. His ink-black hair was bound beneath a jade crown, his brows sharp as sword