Practice begins with immortality

Deep in the foggy sea, there is a mysterious and dangerous sea.

"That's the island I discovered. I named it Siji Island." On the warship, Lei Ling pointed to the vague shadow looming on the sea in the distance and said to Wang Bai beside him.

As the warships approached, the island became clearer. The Siji Islands were not a single island, but an archipelago consisting of a large main island, several smaller islands, and scattered reefs.

The main island is divided into four zones, each with its own extreme environment: some areas are blazing with flames; others are thundering and lightning-stricken; others are covered in ice and snow; and still others are filled with corrosive atmosphere. These extreme environments make the main island an extremely dangerous place, where only King-level warriors can survive.

In contrast, the environment on the surrounding islands was relatively mild and pleasant, suitable for ordinary people to live in. Therefore, the fleet planned to first send some personnel to the islands to establish a stable base, while the rest of the personnel continued sailing.

Wang Bai naturally decided to stay. His purpose on board was to reach the Four Pole Islands. After conversing with the others, Wang Bai and the other weaker king-level warriors stayed behind, while the others, including Lei Ling, continued sailing northwest. The intuition from the accompanying aliens had grown stronger over the journey, and they believed they would soon reach their destination—the Blood Demon Cult's lair.

"Is this the area of ​​fire?" After landing on Siji Island, Wang Bai came to a lava zone. It is hot here all year round, and the monsters living here are all of the fire and earth zodiac signs.

Looking at the lava pool in front of him, Wang Bai didn't hesitate and jumped in. He didn't use his magic power to protect himself, but just dived directly.

The hot magma wrapped around his body, as if it was going to roast him, but Wang Bai gritted his teeth and persisted, continuing to sink.

A quarter of an hour later.

"This is the deepest part of the lava! Such a rich fire energy! And—" Wang Bai's body was in a horrible state as the ball of light repaired his injuries. A momentary balance was achieved between the two. In this constant process of repair and destruction, Wang Bai's physical cultivation level improved. Under these circumstances, Wang Bai began to meditate, and a world of crimson flames appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness. Within this pulsating world of flames, a spiritual aura rarely seen in the outside world flickered, and Wang Bai took this opportunity to comprehend this aura.

As time passed, Wang Bai immersed himself in this strange world of fire, constantly absorbing the power and wisdom from it.

After an unknown amount of time, Wang Bai slowly opened his eyes.

"My realm of true meaning has been raised to 83%, and--" Wang Bai used the fire sacrifice technique, and a ball of purple-red spiritual flame appeared in his hand.

"The new technique is called Purple Flame Technique."

Feeling the power in his body, Wang Bai decided to leave this place temporarily and continue exploring other areas.

In the days that followed, Wang Bai cultivated in various extreme environments. With the light ball in his grasp, he feared no injury. As for pain, he simply endured it. During this process, his True Intention level reached 86%. He also refined his existing techniques based on his insights: the "withered" in the "withered flourishing" Mysterious Spirit was upgraded to the "withered corruption" Aura. His upper-grade second-tier Thunder Spirit Talisman was upgraded to a top-grade second-tier, powerful enough to threaten even Jindan cultivators. Combined with the Purple Flame Technique, Wang Bai's combat prowess was now among the best among his peers.

"This trip to Siji Island is really worthwhile! But next it's time to go to the stronghold on the nearby small island." Wang Bai thought to himself. He has been practicing on Siji Island for almost three months. He doesn't know much about the situation of other people, and he doesn't know how the fleet's exploration is going. It's a good time to go and find out now.

Thinking of this, Wang Bai immediately stood up and took off into the air, flying towards a nearby island.

After a while, Wang Bai finally arrived above the island.

"Huh? What's going on? Why are there only a few warships left? And they are all damaged." Wang Bai was full of doubts.

He remembered clearly that when they first set sail, they had a total of seventeen warships. These warships were all built by King-level experts using precious materials, and their sturdiness was astonishing. Even a mid-level King-level expert would have difficulty sinking them in a short period of time. Only warships like these could safely navigate the foggy sea, where sea beasts roamed and the dangers were numerous.

When they arrived at Siji Island, five ships chose to remain, while the remaining twelve continued on their journey. Aboard these twelve ships were twelve King-level warriors, several of whom were so powerful they had reached the advanced King realm. What kind of enemy could have attacked them and caused them to pay such a heavy price? This question lingered in Wang Bai's mind, leaving him perplexed.