Chen Feng simply exchanged a few words with them before having Patriarch Carefree lead them out. If it weren't for the fact that Patriarch Carefree was showing such a deferential att.i.tude towards Chen Feng, the three of them might have revealed displeasure towards Chen Feng's behaviour.

When they were outside, First Star was finally incapable of holding himself back. He inquired about Chen Feng's strength. After confirming that Chen Feng was just at the Earthen Immortal stage, all three felt thoroughly shocked.

“Humph! Do not look down on the Island Lord's cultivation base of the Earthen Immortal stage. In a one-on-one fight, I am completely no match for him. Throughout all these years of battles, more than ten Ascendant Immortals have died by his hands. Fellows, we can already be considered as old friends. So, I must tell you this. Since you have chosen to join East Dragon Island, you must show sincerity. The Island Lord is a generous fellow. If not for that, I would not have been able to break through again.” After saying that, Patriarch Carefree looked around before sending them a secret vocal transmission.

“You should know, the Island Lord had even killed off a True Immortal who descended from the Immortal Plane before.”

“Impossible!” The three of them exclaimed.

“What's so impossible about it? Where do you think he obtained the True laws to help us improve our strengths? Alright, that's all I have to say. If not for the fact that we are friends, your First Origin Sect would have had to face some more hurdles to join East Dragon Island. You should know, but for the present world of cultivation, Ascendant Immortals are already not that rare.”

“Brother Carefree, we brothers are sincere in our desire to join the East Dragon Island Alliance. We will be needing your advice in the future.” Seeing Patriarch Carefree making to leave, the three of them quickly followed.

Regardless of what they were discussing, what happened earlier had left Liu Wuxiang's team of four completely dumbfounded. Seeing how respectful those Ascendant Immortals were towards Chen Feng, the four of them felt as though their accomplishments were not as great as they had imagined.

Despite not having an Ascendant Immortal, Liu Wuxiang's group had still managed to make a name for itself in a certain area of the Immortal Plane. But when compared to Chen Feng, their accomplishments felt negligible.

“Brother Chen, looks like I had still underestimated you,” Liu Wuxiang said, a wry smile on his face.

Chen Feng waved it off.

“Brother Liu, honestly speaking, I am not feeling too confident right now. Heavenly Firmaments Palace is simply too strong. Not only do they have the support of the Immortal Plane, they even have the Demon Plane's forces lurking around. Add the Boltfiend Clan… heh, without this alliance, East Dragon Island would have been annexed. Brother Liu, you are from the Immortal Plane. You should know a little about Heavenly Firmaments Palace, right?”

Liu Wuxiang pondered for a moment before saying, “I do not know much about Heavenly Firmaments Palace myself. I do know that they have Heavenly Immortals there. It can already be considered one of the lords of the Immortal Plane.”

“Heavenly Immortals. A lord.” Chen Feng nodded. Despite the simplicity of this piece of information, it did give Chen Feng a rough estimate of how strong Heavenly Firmaments Palace was.

“Normally, a True Immortal would absolutely be incapable of entering Eternal World. At present, however, the Heavenly dao here is in a state of chaos. By utilizing some secret techniques, some could enter. Though, it would be impossible for them to display the full power of a True Immortal. I will not hide it from you guys. Not too long ago, our alliance had joined forces to kill off a True Immortal from the Immortal Plane and extracted some True laws from him. This is also the reason why the East Dragon Island Alliance could have mid-level Ascendant Immortals.”

“I am from the Longevity Clan. Additionally, our East Dragon Island Alliance also has a senior who hails from the Celestial Clearblue Plane. Now, I am officially inviting you fellows to join our alliance. Gather our strength to obtain even greater benefits, what do you fellows think?” Chen Feng said sincerely.

Hearing that, Liu Wuxiang and his companions discussed the matter briefly before agreeing.

“If so, we accept your invitation. Next up, I will figure a way to make contact with our forces in the Immortal Plane. Although our Blissful Island does not have Ascendant Immortals, not even Ascendant Immortals would dare underestimate us. When we open up a pa.s.sageway, I will show our sincerity,” Liu Wuxiang said seriously.

Even though Liu Wuxiang and his companions were only Earthen Immortals, in Chen Feng's opinion, they were much more valuable compared to First Star and his companions. All else aside, in a one-on-one fight, First Star might be not be able to even handle Liu Wuxiang.

“When will they be able to come over? Do you need my help?” Chen Feng asked. He believed that, even if they were Earthen Immortals, cultivators from the Immortal Plane would possess combat powers surpa.s.sing that of Eternal World.

“In around one month's time. We can handle it ourselves.” Liu Wuxiang refused Chen Feng's help.

Since they had become allies, there was a need for them to show their sincerity. Naturally, that also meant a display of might.

Chen Feng smiled and did not inquire further. For Chen Feng, the stronger they were, the better. If they were only at the level of kittens, then – even if they were friends – there would have been no need for an alliance.

After that, Liu Wuxiang's team of four stayed on an island within East Dragon Island's territory. The island was quite sizable, spanning a radius of 500 kilometres. Additionally, it also has a high concentration of immortal energy and spiritual herbs could be found everywhere. Liu Wuxiang's team was very satisfied with the place. They started setting up magic arrays from the very first day. By establishing a link to the Immortal Plane, they would be able to send over more of their forces.

Chen Feng did not go too far in keeping an eye on them. Besides, he also did not have that much time. Formidable waves of energy fluctuations coming from the far-ocean region had aroused Chen Feng's curiosity.

In Eternal World, the surface area of the ocean far exceeded that of land. East Dragon island was a sizable force in the ocean region, with a territory spanning a radius of several million li. Even so, it was relatively speaking quite close to land. Chen Feng himself was unable to say in detail just how big the entire ocean region was. So far, Chen Feng had never actually made contact with the Southern Sea Islands.

Eternal World was vast. Roughly speaking, it could be split up into the Northern Plains, Central Plains, Eastern Provinces, Western Regions, Southern Sea Islands and the Northernmost Frozen Region. So far, Chen Feng had only had contact with the Northern Plains and the Central Plains. He had only gone to the Western Regions once. As for the ocean region, he had only ever explored the shallow parts of the ocean region.

There was a distance of millions of kilometres between the energy fluctuations coming from the far-ocean region and East Dragon Island's sphere of influence. In the beginning, Chen Feng had not given it much thought, but the energy fluctuations became increasingly strong and they spread to an even wider area. More, the energy fluctuations were approaching East Dragon Island's territory. Due to that, Chen Feng could not stand still anymore. He began wondering what was happening in the far-ocean region.

Only, it was too far away. Despite having pushed his eye technique to its limits, Chen Feng was still incapable of seeing what was happening. Just as Chen Feng was about to use other methods to investigate it, his subordinates arrived to quickly give him their situation report.

“Greetings, Island Lord. Chaos has broken out in the far-ocean region. Tens of millions of water yaos have gathered up and are now rushing towards East Dragon Island. At present, there is still a distance of 15 million kilometres between them and the Starry Islands,” one of them, a Human Immortal, said respectfully.

“Tens of millions of water yaos? Did the ocean forces join forces once more?” Chen Feng grew curious.

“They appear to be in a very chaotic state. It doesn't look like they have joined forces. Rather, it looks like they are running away,” the Human Immortal continued.

“Running away. All right, dismissed.”

After they had left, Chen Feng did not rush to take action. Instead, he pondered the issue. It did not matter if the water yaos were here to attack East Dragon Island or not. Just the riotous emergence of so many water yaos would inflict losses upon East Dragon Island.

However, Chen Feng was now the Island Lord of East Dragon Island and an Alliance Lord as well. He could not just take action so easily. Thus, he suppressed his curiosity and waited for a while longer.

For the second report, Earthen Immortals came forward. After that, Chen Feng saw Ascendant Immortals heading out to investigate it. Seeing that, Chen Feng grew relieved. But it did not take long before he sensed the Ascendant Immortals fighting the other party. Additionally, Chen Feng could sense that the two of them were in a disadvantageous position.

Chen Feng did not say anything about it. However, the other Ascendant Immortals were unable to stay still anymore. Two more Ascendant Immortals went forward.

Next, Chen Feng's figure flashed, disappearing from East Dragon Island.

The four Ascendant Immortals had only just reached the Ascendant Immortal stage not too long ago. They were the weakest amongst the Ascendant Immortals there, but also the most active. At the very least, none of the other veteran Ascendant Immortals in East Dragon Island were taking action. That was particularly so after sensing that Chen Feng had set off. In fact, they grew comforted to know that Chen Feng was on the case.

As they were veteran Ascendant Immortals, only someone like Chen Feng could command them to take action.

Chen Feng moved quickly. After arriving, he gaped at what he saw. An endless horde of water yaos and monsters of varying types were surging forward from the far-ocean region. Their various auras were jumbled together, vaulting high up into the sky. A casual glance from Chen Feng revealed that the water yaos there had gone beyond tens of millions. Rather, there were over 100 million of them. And that number was still increasing.

The ones fighting against the four Ascendant Immortals from East Dragon Island was a group of water yaos. There were hundreds of them, all at the Yao Immortal (Earthen) stage. Although their cultivation levels were inferior to the four Ascendant Immortals, they had numbers on their side. Moreover, they also had the advantage of terrain. Due to that, the four rookie Ascendant Immortals ended up in a highly wretched state. Despite joining forces, they had to constantly retreat.

Chen Feng's face took on a grim expression as well. If they were to do nothing here, given how many water yaos there were, this force would definitely end up clashing against East Dragon Island.

This was a chaotic period and East Dragon Island did not want to waste its strength here.

Sou! Sou!

Two tentacles suddenly emerged with lightning-like speed from beneath the ocean. In a flash, they caught two of the Ascendant Immortals. The other two Ascendant Immortals attempted to mount a rescue only to be held back. It would appear that the four Ascendant Immortals would be beaten to their deaths.

Shua!

A beam of sword light flashed out and the tentacles were severed. Patriarch Hegemon Sword had appeared up in the sky. Next, a tangible sword beam sliced its way into the ocean waters, causing a 1,000-zhang-tall tidal wave to burst upwards. Then, the corpse of a ma.s.sive water yao floated up.

It was at the Ascendant Immortal stage and tentacles covered its whole body. It had been hiding at the bottom of the ocean to unleash sneak attacks only to be killed by Patriarch Hegemon Sword.

“Thank you, senior!” The four rookie Ascendant Immortals quickly saluted respectfully.

“You guys need to be careful. Looks like something is controlling these water yaos and monsters.” After firing out the two sword attacks, Patriarch Hegemon Sword stopped taking action. At any rate, the number of water yaos was simply too high. No matter how strong he was, he would not be able to deal with the situation.

But the water yaos had seemingly gone crazy. Even though Patriarch Hegemon Sword had stopped attacking, tens of thousands of water yaos instead launched an attack against him simultaneously. It was something that Patriarch Hegemon Sword had to cautiously deal with.

“You fellows have a death wish!”

Patriarch Hegemon Sword had a fiery temper. There was no way he would retreat. Thus, the sword in his hand slashed out and a 1,000-zhang-long astral sword flew forward. An uncountable number of water yaos was killed as a result and the ocean region within a radius of 500 kilometres was dyed red.

The might of a mid-level Ascendant Immortal was monumental. Patriarch Hegemon Sword fired out three sword attacks and over 100,000 water yaos died. The Yao Immortals that were besieging the four Ascendant Immortals from East Dragon Island earlier were simply incapable of resisting Patriarch Hegemon Sword's attacks, all dying in the end.

Unexpectedly, the army of water yaos became even more manic. Hundreds of water yaos at the Earthen Immortal stage charged forward and they began attacking with a crazed fervour.

1 li = 0.5 km

1 zhang = 3.333 m