73: The boat puller is in decent condition.

On the deck, there was dead silence.

That light, airy sentence, "Let it pull the boat in front," was like an invisible needle, piercing through the nerves of everyone present, which were already stretched to their absolute limit.

Time seemed to have frozen.

Space, too, seemed to have frozen.

Sun Hai, Divine Boat Chief Steward, mouth agape, stared blankly at the yawning figure in green robes, then looked at the terrifying, mountain-sized head in the distance.

He felt his Divine Soul, along with his century-long knowledge of navigation, being ground into the finest powder at this moment.

Pu... pull the boat?

Use the overlord of this Endless Dead Sea, this taboo existence that lived only in legends, the Leviathan... to pull the boat?

Is this something a human could even think of?

"Im... Immortal Master..."

Sun Hai's lips trembled, unable to utter a complete syllable.

"Ch... chain..."

He wanted to say that never mind a chain, even if they dismantled the keel of the entire sea-crossing divine boat, it wouldn't be enough to bind even one scale of that creature!

But he dared not.

He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, this capricious existence before him would think he was incompetent and casually tie him to the front as well.

"Chief Steward Sun, don't panic."

A mercenary voice broke this suffocating silence.

Wang Duojin climbed up from the ground, limping. He patted his luxurious robes, and somehow, a gold abacus appeared in his hand.

He ran to Sun Hai in a few quick steps, his face full of enthusiasm.

"It's just a chain, what's the big deal."

He lowered his voice, acting mysterious.

"My Myriad Dao Merchant Guild has recently developed a new Immortal-Binding Rope, forged from Nine Heavens Mysterious Iron mixed with Earth Core Divine Gold, hammered for eighty-one days by forty-nine Void Refining Elders."

"Never mind a mere large sea beast, even a True Immortal from the heavens could be bound tight by it!"

"I see we are fated, so I'll give you a twenty percent discount. One price: 99.8 million High-Grade Spirit Stones! Do you want one?"

Sun Hai felt dizzy hearing this.

He looked at Wang Duojin's face, which was smiling like a flower.

What kind of Sect is this, exactly?

One Disciple effortlessly crippled a Prodigy from the hidden dragon ranking with a wave of his hand.

One Disciple slaughtered a Void Sea Demon single-handedly.

Now, even their Sect Master wants to capture a Primordial remnant species to serve as a laborer to pull the boat!

What's even more outrageous is that there's another one right beside him, ready to take advantage of the situation at any time to push their own Immortal-Binding Rope!

Just as Sun Hai was about to suffer a cerebral hemorrhage from Wang Duojin's talk.

At the door of the Heaven-Class Room No. 1, that figure frowned impatiently.

Chu Xuanjin ignored his eccentric Disciple.

He simply stretched out his hand and gently grasped the dead-silent Void Realm.

Hum—

The Laws of the entire world trembled at this moment!

The Law of Water transformed into deep blue chains.

The Law of Metal condensed into incomparably sharp runes.

The Law of Space, like silk threads, wove them together.

In the eyes of everyone, who looked as if they had seen a ghost.

A translucent chain, composed entirely of Laws and shimmering with the divine light of the Dao, slowly extended from Chu Xuanjin's palm.

It did not look thick.

Yet it emitted a terrifying aura that seemed capable of locking down the heavens and earth and suppressing the ages.

Chu Xuanjin tossed it casually.

That Law chain, like a living golden spirit snake, landed silently in front of Sun Hai.

"Use this."

The voice was calm.

Sun Hai's body knelt down uncontrollably.

It wasn't that he wanted to kneel.

It was because the aura emitted from that chain made his Dao fruit of the Great Perfection of Nascent Soul Transformation Stage wail and submit.

He trembled as he reached out to touch the chain.

But the chain flew up on its own.

It ignored the distance of space and instantly appeared before the Leviathan's massive mouth.

"Woo..."

The Leviathan let out a whimper, like a puppy, full of grievance.

Its massive body trembled violently.

It wanted to flee, but the surrounding space had long been completely sealed off by an invisible force.

It could only watch helplessly as that chain, exuding an aura of death, like a shackle, fitted itself into its massive mouth capable of swallowing the sun and moon.

The chain tightened rapidly.

Countless Dao runes lit up, and then, deeply, branded themselves into its Soul Origin.

A master-servant contract, absolute and impossible to resist, was instantly established.

"Let's go."

Chu Xuanjin yawned, turned around, and returned to his room.

As if he had only come out to swat a noisy mosquito.

On the deck, the Leviathan's massive body suddenly stiffened.

Its invisible "gaze" turned toward the divine boat.

Then, it slowly turned its body.

The movement carried a trace of tragic despair.

It began to swim.

Boom!

An indescribable, terrifying force came from the bow of the boat!

The entire sea-crossing divine boat, like an arrow released from a string, shot forward violently!

Everyone on the deck was knocked to the ground by this sudden acceleration.

Only a few people, such as Ye Chenfeng and Su Linger, barely managed to steady themselves.

"Oh my god!"

Wang Duojin hugged a pillar, feeling as if his internal organs were about to be thrown out.

"This speed!"

The scenery outside the window was no longer slowly moving landscapes.

Instead, it was streaks of blurry light flashing backward at high speed!

The pitch-black, deathly silent sea surface was forcefully plowed by the bow of the divine boat, creating a bottomless white chasm!

The divine boat was no longer a boat.

It was a divine sword, pulled by a Primordial giant beast, breaking through everything!

It galloped wildly toward the Central Continent Sacred Domain at a speed that transcended the physical Laws of this world!

...

The Endless Dead Sea, a ten-thousand-foot abyss.

Those few pairs of ancient eyes that had been awakened slowly opened once again.

They sensed the aura of submission belonging to their own kind.

They also sensed that terrifying existence on that boat, which made them unable to even conceive the thought of resistance.

Fear spread deep within their Souls.

They slowly closed their eyes.

Retracting their aura to the extreme.

As if they had never awakened.

This sea of death, which had been known for its danger and taboos since the Primordial era.

On this day, it actually became the safest and calmest path to the heavens.

...

Three days later.

When a ray of golden sunlight, full of vitality and completely different from the Eastern Wastelands, pierced through the clouds and shone on the deck.

Everyone was awakened.

"We've arrived?"

"So fast? It's only been three days!"

"I feel like I've had a dream."

The Disciples of the Myriad Dao Divine Sect rushed out of the cabin, crowding at the bow, looking into the distance.

They saw that at the end of the sea, it was no longer gray mist.

Instead, it was a golden coastline that seemed to touch the sky.

The air was filled with Spiritual Qi so dense it was almost viscous.

Just taking one breath made the spiritual energy within their bodies cheer and leap for joy.

The boy named Ergou had actually relied on this Spiritual Qi and the medicinal power of that Foundation Establishment Pill over these three days to forcefully break through his blocked Meridians and step into the first level of Qi Refining.

"Look! What is that!"

Someone pointed to the sky in the distance and exclaimed.

They saw that above the golden coastline, floating immortal mountains were faintly visible.

There were immortal cranes clad in five-colored clouds flying in flocks through the sea of clouds.

There were Cultivators wearing gorgeous Daoist robes, riding swords, moving as fast as light, leaving behind brilliant trails in the sky.

They even saw a huge city paved with white jade that reached straight into the sky!

That city was more magnificent and spectacular than any city they had ever seen!

This is the Central Continent Sacred Domain!

A paradise for cultivation that is completely on a different dimension from the Eastern Wastelands!

"Central Continent... I, Lin Yi, have arrived!"

The inner Sect chief Disciple Lin Yi looked at the magnificent scene before him, and the sword in his hand let out an excited hum.

The other Disciples also clenched their fists, their eyes burning with a raging flame called ambition.

Just then.

The Leviathan, which had been pulling the boat for three days and had lost a circle of weight, seemed to sense the scent of land.

It let out a joyful roar of relief.

Then, pulling the divine boat, it rushed toward the white jade giant city at an even faster speed.

...

Heaven-Class Room No. 1.

Chu Xuanjin stretched, stood up from the rocking chair.

He pushed open the window, looked at the brand-new world, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Central Continent Sacred Domain, huh..."

"The dungeon has been updated."

With a thought.

[Ding! Host has led the Sect Disciples to successfully arrive at the Central Continent Sacred Domain!]

[Main Quest 'First Entry into Central Continent' has been activated!]

[To ensure the Host and Disciples can better adapt to the new environment, special rewards: Central Continent Faction Distribution Map * 1, Universal Currency 'High-Grade Spirit Stone' * 1 million, Temporary Identification 'Traveling Merchant Pass' * 107 copies!]

[Detected that the Host's cultivation is about to reach the peak of the Lower Realm.]

[To prevent the Host from ascending too early and missing the fun of nurturing Disciples, special reward: Divine Artifact · heaven-shading umbrella * 1!]

[[heaven-shading umbrella]: Can obscure heavenly secrets and shield against Heavenly Tribulation sensing. Note: This item can only be used in the Lower Realm.]

Chu Xuanjin looked at the ancient oil-paper umbrella on the System panel, which seemed to be woven from starlight, and the corners of his mouth curled into an arc.

"It really is... getting more and more thoughtful."

He put away the heaven-shading umbrella and tidied his robes.

It was time to go and experience the local customs of this Central Continent.

And by the way, see if there are any unpolished gems here waiting for him to pick up.