“You’re still so kind, Junior Sister,” everyone praised.

Su Yilin shyly shook her head, thinking that if it hadn’t been for the attack from the deep sea snake, they could have arrived here before Yao Yao.

But it didn’t matter. She looked at Yao Yao, who had supposedly received the “blessing of the Sea God.” In reality, she wasn’t imposing at all, with no one to protect her except for a stranger.

On closer inspection, he was the server who had poured tea at the banquet.

Su Yilin smiled. This server must have inadvertently gotten involved. Yao Yao was now all alone, and it was fortunate that she had arrived here. She thought she was lucky.

And Su Yilin had the Sword Saint of the Spirit Continent and her senior brothers and sisters behind her. She remained the protected little junior sister.

This was the difference.

Wen Yu looked around, the powerful force disappeared, and that terrifying person was nowhere to be seen.

He also recognized Su Yilin and Li Cangyan, but did this group of people really need to hide? He could easily defeat them, and the person beside the little pearl could just crush all of them.

The black snake shook its tail inexplicably displeased.

This feeling was like when the ruler of the deep sea encountered an unknown beast that he couldn’t defeat and felt a sense of horror. However, this beast had voluntarily retreated like rotten fish and shrimp.

The black snake felt humiliated.

Yao Yao turned her head and looked at Chong Yan, who stood silently in the corner.

Only Yao Yao could see him, and only she knew why Chong Yan was hiding.

“We owe our thanks to the Sword Saint and Sister Yilin. Otherwise, we would have been trapped in those whirlpools.”

“Yes, they were prepared with the Sea Spirit Ore and guided us. We are truly grateful.”

“It seems that the treasures of the sea are destined to be within the Sword Saint’s grasp.”

The black snake nearby became even more displeased. He thought that the people on land were all fools. If it weren’t for those two idiots, they probably wouldn’t have encountered so many whirlpools.

The deep sea deity decided not to let them off easily.

He wanted the little pearl to obtain what she desired, even though she didn’t know what she wanted it for.

Li Cangyan was oblivious to all of this.

His gaze swept over the dejected Yao Yao, and he smiled faintly. “Rest assured, everyone. I have already understood the true method to reach the extreme of the Eastern Sea.”

After he finished speaking, he noticed that Yao Yao immediately lifted her head, and he felt satisfied in his heart.

The power that the mysterious flame had given him was unparalleled by anyone present. From the very beginning, this heart was meant to belong to him. He would let Yao Yao know his true strength.

The crowd exclaimed, “How could the Sword Saint know?”

“Tell us quickly, stop keeping us in suspense.”

The ancient demon’s heart was right in front of them, and everyone was filled with excitement.

Li Cangyan laughed loudly, flipped over his palm, and a crimson flame mirror appeared in his palm. It floated up into the air and shone towards the Forsaken Abyss beneath their feet.

“The Abyss is actually a key. I have already discovered the correct positions within the whirlpools. Only by rotating them in the correct sequence can we open the door to the extreme of the Eastern Sea.”

Otherwise, unless one possessed absolute divine power, no one could open the ancient stone that had been buried at the bottom of the sea for tens of thousands of years.

Of course, this sequence was not discovered by Li Cangyan within the whirlpools. He had acquired this string of runes even before coming to the Eastern Sea and had committed them to memory.

Now, he wanted to open the extreme of the Sea in front of everyone’s eyes, legitimately obtain the ancient demon’s heart, and achieve what the mysterious flame had called his “fate.”

Then, they would ascend from where they stood.

At that time, whether it was the defeated Ji Rong, the black snake that had attacked them earlier, or even the ancient demon whose whereabouts were now unknown, he would be able to crush them all.

Li Cangyan’s lips curled up, and his chest swelled with great ambition. He began to activate the runes on the crimson flame mirror according to the instructions given by the mysterious flame.

Yao Yao, seeing this, quickly continued to activate her “Little Jellyfish” and cautiously explored in the direction they were heading.

Her spiritual flow wasn’t affected by the spiritual energy of the sea floor and could continuously expand and spread. Like scattered stars of light in the deep sea, it covered an infinite expanse. Finally, she truly felt a heavy and cold touch in the empty space.

The ancient stone, which had existed for tens of thousands of years, was smooth without a single gap, boundless and invisible.

Therefore, it required a special method to unlock it, which was difficult to break through with human strength alone.

This was the “door” to the Extreme of the Eastern Sea.

As the crimson light passed by, intricate and winding grooves appeared on the ground beneath Li Cangyan’s feet. They resembled an elaborately carved key and began to rotate gently in the invisible keyhole.

Li Cangyan recited incantations as if he were asking the heavens and praying to the gods.

In the deep blue sea, the previously invisible stone gradually revealed its presence.

The crowd exclaimed in admiration, “Indeed, he is the Sword Saint.”

“To be able to decipher this ancient formation.”

“We are truly inferior.”

Behind the crowd, the silent Chong Yan suddenly raised his eyes.

Familiar runes.

There were countless divine symbols and prohibitions in ancient times, and that he had endured ninety percent of them, so he recognized them.

The same symbols had now appeared on this person.

Who gave them to him?

His’s amber pupils grew even lonelier.

Among all the divine prohibitions of ancient times, only he was the most familiar with them.

They were destined to belong to him from the beginning. He would let Yao Yao know his power.

Chong Yan raised his hand, wanting to touch his chest, but his hand was suddenly grabbed.

Yao Yao pulled him and said, “Let’s go.”

Yao Yao’s spiritual Flow had felt it.

A small patch of emptiness had indeed appeared in the ancient stone, faintly visible. But it could be passed through.

Li Cangyan, who was still activating the crimson flame mirror, saw this and smiled. “Yao Yao, don’t be afraid.”

Suddenly, Su Yilin’s screams echoed.

Li Cangyan was startled.

The deep-sea black snake appeared again like a ghost, its massive tail coiling around Su Yilin and flinging her away.

Then, Su Yilin was confronted with a huge smiling mouth.

She was thrown directly in front of the eerie smiling sea monster, frozen in place, terrified by the immense impact of the scene.

“Ah ah ah ah ah ah!”

“Junior sister!”

“Younger junior sister!”

Li Cangyan called out, “Yilin!”

Everyone exclaimed in worry, but no one actually rushed forward.