The island itself seems like a giant, natural array eye.
The wild Astral Qi and the cold Sha Qi bizarrely intertwine and collide here, creating a unique "Qi Field." This Qi Field nourishes countless extraordinary creatures:
Strange grass with metallic sheen leaves, dwarf trees bearing vermilion fruit, rich in pure Wood Spirit Qi, and even spiritual liquid flowing with a milky-white fragrance from the crevices of rocks.
But simultaneously, it is also the lair of fierce beasts.
Poisonous spiders, the size of a grinding plate, lurking within giant webs, with strange lizards bearing bone spikes on their backs, spewing toxic mist, and raptors with astonishing wingspan and hook-like claws circling in the sky.
Every breath has a hint of the battle between life and death.
As the newly born giant python, its youth was spent in endless hunting and evasion.
Instinct drives it to seek grass and fruit that contain abundant Spiritual Energy.
It learned to use the island’s complex terrain to hide its enormous body in shadows, with its tongue flicking to take away a soon-to-ripen vermilion fruit; it strangled the strange lizard guarding the Spiritual Spring with brute force, greedily sucking the milky spiritual liquid that could strengthen muscles and temper its scale armor.
Every time it devoured, its scales grew darker, and its strength increased.
Once, while chasing prey to the seaside, the icy seawater enveloped it, awakening a tremor deep in its bloodline. "He" instinctively twisted his body, with the scales opening and closing as if they could affect the water flow, making his massive body no longer clumsy but instead darting through the water like an arrow leaving the string.
——This was the embryonic form of the Water Escape Divine Power.
It began leaving the island to swim in the wider depths of the sea...
When it whipped up towering waves, easily overturning the Earth People’s simple dugout canoes, or shredding rebelling Earth warriors along with their spears, fear rooted in the hearts of the Earth People from nearby islands.
What they saw was no ordinary sea monster, but a being that commanded wind and waves with unfathomable might.
The rituals began.
The crude altar was piled with fish catches and fruit, sometimes even live livestock.
The Earth People’s witches, draped in feathers and beast bones, danced wildly by the bonfire, summoning its "God name" with indistinct syllables—Baku Nawa...
"...Hiss!" Li Yan suddenly opened his eyes, drawing a sharp breath.
The rough felt ceiling of the tent came into view, and the familiar scent of herbs and leather crept into his nostrils.
But the cold, primal barbaric feeling from the dream belonging to "Baku Nawa" almost overpowered reality.
He panted heavily, cold sweat soaking his undershirt, sticking to his skin.
The greed of the giant python when devouring spiritual objects, its ferocity while strangling prey, its wildness while controlling the waves, and its icy arrogance when worshipped as a god, all these bloodstained, cruel scenes surged through his mind like a tide, assaulting his consciousness sea.
It was the memory of the Southern Ocean Evil God!
Li Yan instantly understood.
"Unexpectedly, this Hook Paper has such capabilities... devouring the Evil God, taking its memory fragments along?" Li Yan’s heart trembled.
Although filled with primitive slaughter and bloodshed scenes, the Southern Ocean is far across endless waves, but the enchanting sea landscapes in the memory fragments—the glowing deep-sea kelp forest, the colorful coral labyrinth like glass, and the abyss rift swimming with strange transparent creatures...
These rare sights on land still left a deep impression on his mind.
In the Hook Paper, that Daluo Gap did indeed grow larger, increased by more than twice.
Though still a gap, it has widened considerably, with purer Astra Bane Qi endlessly spilling out.
However, the cost of these "benefits" was excruciating pain, like his meridians tearing apart.
Throughout his body, every inch of meridian felt as if countless red-hot fine needles repeatedly pierced and stirred, every breath pulling at the bone-deep pain.
He hurriedly calmed his mind, practicing inner vision.
The sight made his face instantly grim.
His consciousness sank deep into the sea of awareness, where the "Daluo Dharma Body" now appeared miserable.
The Dharma Body, which he barely managed to repair to relative completeness after perilous experiences on Penglai Immortal Island, was now covered in spider-web-like cracks, dim and dull, as if a glass statue about to shatter.
More concerning, the three lanterns representing essence, qi, and spirit originally burning atop the Dharma Body had extinguished one!
Only two weak flames flickered amid the cracks, as if ready to be snuffed out by an invisible breeze.
"Another one extinguished..." Li Yan’s lips hinted at bitterness.
This soul fire represents a life.
But without this Daluo Dharma Body and soul fire Life Replacement, he would’ve likely vanished without a trace.
Suddenly, urgent footsteps and conversations trying to suppress anxiety echoed outside the tent.
"Brother Yan! You’re awake?!"
The tent flap suddenly opened, bringing in a rush of cold air, as Wang Daoxuan and Sha Lifei almost stormed in.
On Wang Daoxuan’s face, his usual expressionless look was replaced by deep worry, and Sha Lifei’s sharp eyes also bore concern; seeing Li Yan awake, both breathed a sigh of relief, their taut shoulders slackening.
"Awake is good, awake is good!"
Sha Lifei rubbed his hands as he approached the bed, "You scared us! When Daoist Gu Linzi carried you back, his face... tsk, looked dead, weak as thread! Master Yu Chanzi personally used golden needle acupoint to stabilize your injuries!"
Li Yan forced a smile despite the agony, "Don’t worry... How long was I unconscious? Outside... how is the battle?"
Wang Daoxuan dragged a stool over, sitting seriously, "You slept for nearly four days. The battle... Victory!"
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