—At last, the timeline had more or less caught up. Mm, a transitional chapter, as usual nearly four thousand characters.
Ten thousand years drifted by; white clouds and gray dogs changed in an instant.
Yuyu Heaven, Eastern Sea territory, Three Islands Sea Region.
Indigo seawater rose and fell in waves. Gusts of sea wind carried a faint fishy tang, yet against this boundless ocean, they gave one a sense of high skies, broad clouds, freedom, and an open heart.
A tall, massive seagoing vessel sailed with remarkable steadiness across the water. Countless seabirds wheeled around it, crying out in clear, pleasant chirps.
Cultivators clad in garments of every color came and went across the deck. The oldest among them were no more than thirty or forty, while most were young men around twenty, in the full bloom of youth and high spirits. Some even still bore childish expressions, seeming no older than twelve or thirteen.
What they shared most was the faint look of anticipation on their faces, as though their ambitions filled their breasts. Yet from time to time, anxiety, worry, and doubt still surfaced.
Shi Yixing stood at the bow, staring blankly at the indigo sea before him, jewel-like and seemingly endless, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Brother Shi? Brother Shi!" A slender little hand waved before Shi Yixing's eyes, rousing him from his thoughts. "You're spacing out again?"
Shi Yixing turned his head and saw that it was Liu Yueting, a beautiful and slender sixteen- or seventeen-year-old fellow cultivator he had met aboard the ship these past few days. He chuckled. "So it's Yueting and Brother Liu."
A tall, handsome man stood behind Liu Yueting. With a composed bearing, he smiled and said, "Fellow Cultivator Shi, could it be that the closer we get to