Rabbit Island Archipelago.
The moment Heng Hua appeared, the Seven Sons of Cloudflame came forth to greet him, calling him "Teacher."
Back then, Heng Hua had left Coiling Dragon and headed north to Luo Tortoise, where he chanced upon the Cloudflame Immortal Book along the way and gave the first public lecture of his life. It was through that fated encounter that the Seven Sons of Cloudflame inherited the lineage of Cloudflame Immortal Palace. Three hundred long years had passed, and most of the Seven Sons of Cloudflame had formed Golden Cores. One of them had even been among the thirty-three Golden Cores present when Heng Hua attained the Dao.
Facing his students, Heng Hua spoke gently. "No need for such formalities. Go back and set up the formation at once. This place will soon become a battlefield."
The Seven Sons withdrew. Heng Hua then looked from afar toward Bao Mufeng, Wang Mao, and the others. After nodding in greeting, he silently stood above the sea.
Before long, waves surged across the water, crimson flames rising with the spray.
Five thousand iron cavalry parted the waters and rode the waves, gradually assembling beyond the Rabbit Island Archipelago.
These iron riders wore dark-blue armor, and beneath them were seahorses with all four hooves treading fire.
These seahorses were not the tiny ocean-dwelling fish of the same name, but derivative variants of spirit horses that lived in the sea.
"Azure-Tide Flame Horses? Star Luo Sea actually has an iron cavalry army?"
Looking again at the riders on the seahorses, they were not aquatic demons or spirits, but Water Ghosts who had died at sea and been enlightened into the Dao through dragon power. At the center of this ghostfire iron cavalry stood a burly man riding a three-headed flame horse.
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