A thunderous crack echoed through the sky, accompanied by a frantic dance of silver lightning. Amidst the deafening roar of thunder, a dozen Heavenly Guards appeared over the sea, near the Eastern Heaven Pillar.
The top-tier cultivators of the Haizhou region, who had initially ventured out to investigate, felt the aura of the Heavenly Guards and promptly retreated back into their respective mountain retreats.
Leading the group was a somewhat short figure—the very same Chief Heavenly Guard that Shen Binglan had encountered previously within the Penglai Celestial Palace. He clutched an object resembling a compass, though it lacked a needle. Instead, two black lines, writhing like spirit snakes, pulsed upon its face. The thicker of the two pointed directly toward the island where Chen Xuan and Shen Binglan were hiding.
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