Beyond Emperor-Receiving Prefecture, atop the pitch-black Forbidden Sea, there were endless rolling waves and a mist full of cold mutagen. Even in the middle of the day, the burning heat of the sun couldn’t disperse that mutagen, much less illuminate the depths of the sea. That was why, over the countless years that had passed, there were many legends on the Forbidden Sea about godly entities lurking in its depths. Only the species native to the sea, or other high-level cultivators, could possibly know how strong those godly entities actually were, and whether or not it was possible to defeat them in combat.6

The broken face wasn’t the only god in existence. In other words... the most terrifying entities in the Forbidden Sea weren’t godly entities, they were actual gods. Gods could sleep in suns and moons. Gods lurked in palaces in places like Forbidden by the Immortal. Gods existed in Cruelmurk. As such, it was only natural to expect gods to be resting in the Forbidden Sea that surrounded the Revered Ancient mainland.17

For one thing... the Forbidden Sea was just too immense. The sea region between Emperor-Receiving Prefecture and South Phoenix was massive, and that wasn’t even to mention the fact that the sea extended far beyond South Phoenix.3

Truth be...1