According to ancient legends, there were three divine mountains situated in the sea to the east of Cathay, namely Yingzhou, Fangzhang, and Penglai, which were also referred to as the three immortal mountains.

None of those mountains were in set locations. Qin Ye didn't know much about the other two mountains, but he had seen a passage written about Yingzhou in a book from the library for history professors. It was said that the vessel that carried Yingzhou on its back was none other than the divine beast, Gui Xu!

Qin Ye mused to himself, "Gui Xu is one of the four divine turtles, ranking alongside the likes of Xuan Wu, Shen Bie, and... what was the final one again? Forget it, that's not important."

He looked on at the island with an awestruck expression. This was the physical embodiment of an ancient legend!

"It was said that Xu Fu's intended destination for his final voyage was none other than one of the three divine mountains, Penglai, which is home to the elixir of immortality. However, it's Gui Xu and Yingzhou that have appeared here instead... Does that mean that what he discovered during his final voyage was actually Yingzhou rather than Penglai?"

Qin Ye was very perplexed, but this wasn't the time to be pondering something like this.

It was extremely quiet here, eerily so, and it was exactly because of this that Qin Ye was more focused and on-edge. As a result, he noticed that...