Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

The Da Chun Realm is a world with more land and less sea, rich in Spiritual Energy. This realm is mainly composed of three continents, with the Divine Continent accounting for seventy percent of the land area,

while East Meng State and Xili State, the two smaller lands, take up another twenty percent, leaving the remaining ten percent to be evenly divided among four major overseas archipelagos.

On this day, the Heavenly Vault was as clear as if it had been washed, and the azure blue resembled the vast Spirit Rhinoceros Ocean below it.

At this moment, a massive Dark Disc Boat with a diameter of a thousand feet, resembling a ghostly apparition, silently fled towards the Outer Void.

The flying speed of the Disc Boat had already surpassed three times the speed of sound, yet it continued to accelerate, as if a terrifying adversary might catch up at any moment.

"Palace Master, why do we not surrender to Lichen Island? Your decision to retreat today is no different from abandoning the Jinghai Palace's foundation built over thirty thousand years and a thousand spirit islands, along with billions of island citizens. After today, the Jinghai Palace's reputation in the Spirit Rhinoceros Ocean will be completely lost!"

In the top-level control room of the Disc Boat, the elderly Ancestor Leng Huan pleaded with Palace Master Yu Chan, heartbroken.

Yet Yu Chan was unmoved. Her beautiful face was as cold as frost, and she suddenly interrupted coldly, "Transmission Elder, there's no need to say more; my decision is made. If you are dissatisfied, you are free to surrender to that person. For the sake of our millennium-long camaraderie, I will not stop you."

It's worth noting that before that person emerged out of nowhere, Jinghai Palace was the foremost force overseas, with Lichen Island ranked under Jinghai Palace, barely second.

This ranking had persisted for nearly ten thousand years, until recently, when that person single-handedly stormed Jinghai Palace, destroying three Divinity Transformation Ancestor Corpses in a row and grievously injuring the Jinghai Monarch, leaving his life and death uncertain.

As the chief disciple of the Jinghai Monarch, Yu Chan naturally harbored a deep hatred for that person.

Yet absurdly, no one knows that person's name or origin to this day, only that he calls himself the Island Master of Lichen Island.

Yu Chan vaguely suspected that this person might come from the Outer Void and had early on realized that he intended to establish his might using Jinghai Palace, so she dismissed any thought of surrendering.

However, that person's power was too overwhelming; Jinghai Palace exhausted all its resources to barely repel him.

Recently, that person has been showing signs of restlessness, seemingly intent on launching another attack.

Yu Chan was acutely aware of this person's unfathomable strength, and that Jinghai Palace could no longer withstand his next assault.

Faced with such a dire situation, Yu Chan decisively decided to gather the palace's treasures, leading some of Jinghai Palace's most outstanding disciples to flee to the Outer Void, ultimately taking refuge in the "Rabbit Cave" that had been established for millennia outside the realm.

Most of the "ordinary" disciples of Jinghai Palace, on the other hand, yielded to the Great Elder Saint Yu Sheng's leadership, opening the gates wide as a sign of submission.

"Alas, since the Palace Master is so determined, I have no words to offer. However... with the True Monarch missing for so long, his chances of survival seem slim. Should the True Monarch fall, I hope the Palace Master prepares in advance."

With these words, Saint Yu Sheng left, his face full of despondency and his steps staggered.

Yu Chan watched his retreating figure, slowly withdrew her gaze, and muttered to herself, "I hope the Great Elder's 'Peace Consolidation' strategy will have some effect. That... that person seems to have ambitions to unify the overseas territories, and should not resort to utter annihilation."

At the moment when this unpleasing debate ended, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air dozens of miles ahead of the Disc Boat.

Zhao Sheng steadied himself, habitually releasing his Divine Sense to scout for any dangers around him.

Thus, a coincidental scene occurred; both sides discovered each other almost simultaneously.

"Huh? There's actually a boat below. How unlucky!" Zhao Sheng looked down and saw a gigantic black Disc Boat speeding towards him.

He, unfortunately, stood in the flight path of this boat.

"Wu wu~"

At the same time, inside the control room of the Disc Boat below, an extremely piercing bell suddenly rang, and the detection Array immediately caught a target appearing out of thin air.

In that instant, Yu Chan's expression changed dramatically, and her figure suddenly disappeared from where she stood.

As the strongest combat force on the Disc Boat, Yu Chan had already reached the Nascent Soul Ninth Layer.

However, compared to that person, her cultivation was insignificant.

But this wasn't the reason she was afraid of battle; to preserve the final heritage of Jinghai Palace, Yu Chan had already mentally prepared to go down together in mutual destruction.

In fact, it was a "great misunderstanding." Yu Chan mistook Zhao Sheng for that person.

A breath later, Zhao Sheng, very alert, looked at the suddenly appearing woman opposite him, ready to flee at a moment's notice.

At this time, a few miles away, Yu Chan's expression showed slight astonishment, extremely puzzled by his sudden "appearance."

But in the next second, Yu Chan discarded all distractions, and murderous intent surged in her heart.

Boom~

With a tremendous pressure as vast as the ocean enveloping the Void for a hundred miles around, the invisible icy aura instantly froze everything within a hundred miles, atmosphere, Gang Wind, light... including Zhao Sheng's flesh.

Zhao Sheng was caught off guard, and his Divine Soul and consciousness were nearly frozen by this suddenly erupting icy aura.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Will Field delayed the intrusion of the icy aura for a moment.

In that moment, Zhao Sheng vanished from where he stood.

"Huh, this person could actually escape from under my palm?" Yu Chan was utterly surprised, unable to fathom how a Little Golden Core could possess such an uncanny escape ability.

As this thought slipped through her mind, the Dark Disc Boat arrived in an instant, continuing its swift flight towards the Outer Void.

Seeing this, Yu Chan's entire body glowed with azure light as she prepared to return to the boat.

Yet... from the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught sight of a silhouette.