Published: January 1, 2025
In the Void Tide Sea, there exists an endless expanse of emptiness. Within this void, fragments of broken continents and fissures are scattered, resembling rocks in a vast ocean, filled with a chilling sense of danger.
The battle in the Heavenly Realm years ago led to the formation of the Void Tide Sea. This entire expanse of void is unimaginably vast, separating the four major regions of the Heavenly Realm. No one knows exactly how vast it is; it is only known that traversing this Void Tide Sea, even for top-tier merchant associations, requires at least several hundred years of time, even when fully powering their warships.
Within the Void Tide Sea, there are also some special wormholes that lead to various regions. No one knows what lies beyond these wormholes; it could be paradise or it could be hell.
Some of these wormholes are fixed, remaining unchanged for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, while others change constantly, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Once, a master from the Western Heavenly Realm entered the Void Tide Sea and discovered a brand new wormhole. Out of curiosity, he entered it and found himself directly in the Southern Heavenly Realm upon exiting.
The discovery of this void passage shocked all the strong practitioners from both the Western and Southern Heavenly Realms. If there truly exists a passage linking the two realms, it would be a significant boon for both, greatly enhancing the efficiency between the two heavenly realms.
Unfortunately, countless masters followed this individual in search of the wormhole, only to find that it had completely vanished. Clearly, this was a void passage that constantly changes.
Despite this, in order to maintain connections between the four major heavenly realms, after the Heavenly Realm was restored, many top forces within the Human Race worked together to explore the Void Tide Sea. They navigated through this treacherous emptiness, establishing some passages and discovering a few safe wormholes, thus creating some secure routes.
Through these routes, merchant caravans and masters from various heavenly realms can save multiple times, even hundreds of times, the time it takes to enter another heavenly realm. However, along these routes, many void bandits also flourished as a result.
Nonetheless, the Void Tide Sea is simply too vast. Even now, no single powerful practitioner or force has been able to thoroughly explore it.
At this moment, within the Void Tide Sea, a streak of azure light tore through the tides of the void, continuously diving deep into the emptiness. It was the flying holy treasure being navigated by Qin Chen and his companions.
Inside the flying holy treasure, Qin Chen and the others stood, gazing at the flowing void around them.
"Old Mu, when will we reach the Southern Heavenly Realm?"
Qin Chen glanced at the map of the Void Tide Sea and inquired.
Dao Wang Mu Zhi Feng hurriedly bowed respectfully and replied, "Young Master, the Void Tide Sea is too vast. Generally, even if we take the safest void passage, it will take us at least three years to reach the Southern Heavenly Realm."
"Three years?"
Qin Chen nodded. This duration is already quite short for a merchant association, but for Qin Chen, it's still somewhat long. However, since he has not had time to comprehend and cultivate after breaking through to Mid Saint Master, he could use this time for solid training.
His time in the Heavenly Realm has not been long, yet his cultivation has progressed by leaps and bounds. Although each step he takes is solid, he inevitably feels somewhat unsteady; this time is just right for consolidating his foundation.
Thinking of this, Qin Chen took out a map and said, "Old Mu, take a look. How far is the location marked on this map from where we are now? Should we take a detour?"
This map was given to him by a void bandit who had him refine the Origin Heavenly Dao Divine Pill. It recorded the location of a Heavenly Dao Source Fruit, said to be a cave dwelling of a great alchemist. Qin Chen did not truly believe this person was so kind as to provide him with such a map, so he asked casually.