Lu Yun moved at great speed and travelled five hundred thousand kilometers with every breath, but it still took him a full day to traverse the East Sea and reach its end.

According to legend, this was where the Fusang Purewood grew and the sun in the primordial world of immortals rose. It also marked Empress Myrtlestar’s territory—the East World of Immortals. However, a question had always floated in Lu Yun’s heart: Why would Empress Myrtlestar become the empress of the East World of Immortals when her Imperial Star was of the north?

“This clearly isn’t the East World of Immortals in the past, where countless immortals made their pilgrimages.” Lu Yun stared off into the...