385: Tianluohai

The Tianluo Sea, vast and boundless, with endless blue waves, resembled a giant mirror, reflecting the azure of the sky and the lightness of the white clouds.

Sunlight spilled upon the sea, creating shimmering ripples, as if countless fragments of gold were dancing.

In the distance, the sea and sky met, forming a magnificent horizon, occasionally a few seabirds flew by, emitting crisp calls, adding a touch of vitality to this tranquil sea region.

Xu Qing was currently sitting on the deck of a ten-thousand-zhang sea ship, admiring the beautiful scenery before him.

After leaving Star Moon Grotto-heaven, Xu Qing did not rush into seclusion but came to the Tianluo Sea, intending to go to the Sea God Hall.

However, he inquired and found that the Sea God Hall was a power from before the Ancient Era; it had mysteriously disappeared after the Ancient Era, and the Lord of Stars and Moon, after experiencing the Darkness Upheaval, never appeared in the outside world again, so she was also unaware of the Sea God Hall's mysterious disappearance.

The Sea God Hall's strength was not weak; it emerged in the Primordial Era, and its Martial Artists were mainly Human Race and Sea Race, jointly worshipping the Sea God.

This Sea God was one of the many Sea Gods from the Sea Department of the Ancient Heavenly Court during the nine heavens era; his Cultivation reached the Early Stage Dao Lord Rank, and during the Heaven-Shattering War, he betrayed the Heavenly Court, hiding in the Tianluo Sea, thereby escaping the reckoning of the Myriad Clans.

Later, during the Primordial Era, he suddenly emerged and established the Sea God Hall, but the Human Race and Myriad Clans were busy with a great war, which allowed the Sea God Hall to grow.

During the Darkness Upheaval, the Sea God Hall experienced explosive growth; after the Tianluo Continent was shattered, countless living beings were displaced, and the Sea God Hall took the opportunity to gather these living beings, making the Sea God Hall one of the strongest Supreme Powers after the war.

The Lord of Stars and Moon also noticed the Sea God Hall at that time because some of the Sea God Hall's secret techniques had traces of Xuantian; although the Sea Department back then was under Xuantian's rule, and the Sea Gods within it had more or less Cultivated Xuantian's secret techniques, this still aroused the Lord of Stars and Moon's suspicion.

She suspected that this Sea God's betrayal was very likely orchestrated by Xuantian, and the purpose was simple: in the Heaven-Shattering War, Yang Heaven had already calculated a bit of heavenly secret and made preparations for the Nine Heavens in advance, and Xuantian must have also made preparations at that time.

Xu Qing also agreed with this statement; after all, anyone among the Nine Heavens had a Cultivation no lower than a Four-Step Dao Ancestor, and such figures, if no accidents occurred, could eventually achieve the possibility of Rebirth.

It's a pity that after the Darkness Upheaval, due to Dark Heaven's matter, the Lord of Stars and Moon never left Star Moon Grotto-heaven again and no longer paid attention to external affairs.

Naturally, she didn't know where the Sea God Hall went!

However, no matter how mysterious the Sea God Hall was, it could not escape the System's Dharma Eye.

After the Ancient Era, this Sea God Hall went to the Myriad Race Territory in the Ancient Land of Dao and was hidden in an extremely dangerous Forbidden Zone within the Ancient Land of Dao—the Tianpin Forbidden Zone!

Tian Pin, meaning a sea as vast as the sky.

The Tian Pin Sea Region is one of the four great sea regions of the Ancient Land of Dao, its area is comparable to twenty-four Behemoth Domains, and it borders hundreds of Myriad Clans Dao Domains, and the Tianpin Forbidden Zone is located in the center of the Tian Pin Sea Region, hiding many extremely terrifying Sea Race, even an Immortal Dao Lord entering it would be in danger of losing his life.

Xu Qing would go to the Tianpin Forbidden Zone, but he also had to visit the Tianluo Sea, because the place where Xuantian fell back then was none other than the current Fifth Forbidden Zone, the Tianluo Ruins.

He had to go and see; if the Key of Xuantian was in the Tianluo Ruins, he wouldn't need to go to the Tian Pin Sea Region.

It's a pity that the System is limited by its Rank and cannot detect the whereabouts of the Nine Heavens or even Dao Ancestors, otherwise, why would Xu Qing go through so much trouble?

However, the Tianluo Ruins are there, and ordinary living beings cannot enter its depths, so Xu Qing simply found a sea ship and enjoyed the sea scenery along the way.

He was not in a hurry; he treated it as a vacation for himself during his Cultivation journey, eating seafood and admiring the beautiful scenery of the Tianluo Sea these days, and his mood was surprisingly much calmer.

Cultivation is all about having a balance of intensity and relaxation!

However, this tranquility did not last long.

Suddenly, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and a fierce wind howled, stirring up monstrous waves.

The originally calm sea instantly became turbulent, with waves rising like mountains and crashing down heavily, emitting deafening roars.

The entire sky was obscured by dark clouds, with lightning and thunder, as if heaven and earth were enraged at this moment.

A moment later, the entire world was engulfed in a storm.

Xu Qing frowned; the surrounding wind and rain did not affect him in the slightest, an invisible force isolated everything.

He had seen such situations many times in the past few days, but this time it was different from before; this time, there was a Prodigy at work, and deep beneath the sea, a big fellow was controlling the storm.

Xu Qing did not make a move, because this fellow was nothing more than an ant to him, and the person guarding this ship was enough to deal with this fellow.

He chose this ship because he valued the strong power behind it, capable of dealing with most dangers in the sea.

At this moment, the Mountain Sea Ship was struggling to move forward amidst the raging waves.

This Mountain Sea Ship, with a hull ten thousand zhang long, was entirely crafted from top-grade sacred materials, deep-sea profound iron, its surface covered with intricate runes, emitting a faint glow, its bow towering like a majestic mountain, breaking through layers of giant waves.

However, even so, in this violent storm, the hull still shook constantly, as if it could be swallowed by the giant waves at any moment.

“These dark clouds are not right, there must be a Prodigy at work! Quick! Activate the ship protection array!”

A middle-aged steward in a green robe on the ship shouted loudly, his voice tinged with urgency.

“Yes!”

Thousands of crew members, all above the Great Saint Rank, quickly sprang into action, forming hand seals, and streams of sacred power were injected into the runes on the hull.

Immediately, the runes on the hull's surface lit up with brilliant light, and a huge light screen rose from the hull, enveloping the entire sea ship.

“Boom—”

Just then, a giant wave crashed against the light screen, emitting a deafening roar, the hull shook violently, and the Cultivators inside the ship grabbed onto fixed objects around them, their faces filled with panic.

“This storm is too terrifying! Will we be capsized?”

A young Cultivator's face was pale, his voice trembling slightly.

“Don't panic! This is the Hai Family's Mountain Sea Ship, with a Quasi-Emperor Rank great figure guarding it, we will be fine!”

Another older Cultivator comforted him, his face showing no sign of panic, clearly having experienced such things many times before.

The Hai Family is the strongest Family in Tianluo City; not only does it have hundreds of Saint Monarch-Rank magnates, but also dozens of Quasi-Emperor-Rank magnates, and their Family's strongest Old Ancestor has a Seven-Step Quasi-Emperor Cultivation.

Therefore, the Hai Family is one of the three renowned Super Powers among the thirty-six islands near Tianluo Sea.

Sure enough, with the activation of the ship protection array, the hull gradually stabilized.

The Cultivators inside the ship slowly regained their composure, all breathing a sigh of relief.

However, just then, the sea surface suddenly churned violently, and a huge dark shadow slowly rose from the seabed.

It was a three-thousand-zhang Deep Sea Demon Whale, entirely black as ink, its skin covered with ancient patterns, as if containing endless power.

What was most captivating were its eyes, like two blood moons, emitting a cold light, staring fixedly at the sea ship.

“Roar—”

The Deep Sea Demon Whale let out an earth-shattering roar, and the sound wave swept over like a tangible force, causing the light screen of the ship protection array to tremble slightly.

Fortunately, the array was strong enough to neutralize the sonic attack within it, otherwise, most of the guests on board would have been injured, or even died.

And Xu Qing had already unknowingly moved away from the deck and returned to his room.