Despite being the Seven Courts’ representative on the overseers’ council and even being rumored to be Xia Ji’s illegitimate son, Xia Sheng had surprised Bu Laoweng and the other overseers by showing a friendly attitude towards Lu Yin. It had even surprised Lu Yin.

Despite being aware of Xia Sheng’s friendliness, Lu Yin did not really care much about it. There were too many people who wanted to use him or take advantage of him, and it did not matter if there was one more. Even if this person was an overseer, it made no real difference.

As the Tower of the Fifth neared completion, more and more people gathered in the nearby Cosmic Sea.

Anyone who was capable of reaching the Abyss of the Sea was not an ordinary cultivator.

The Cosmic Sea remained the same Cosmic Sea as ever, and it would never become gentle just because of the number of people inhabiting it.

If the monstrous powers from the Neoverse did not send out a powerhouse to lead their disciples, their only way of crossing the Cosmic Sea was to rely on one of the various crews that roamed about the sea. The Cosmic Sea was a cruel place, and at this moment, almost all of the native crews were waiting around the Abyss of the Sea. How could any of them have the spare time to escort more cultivators across the Cosmic Sea? The crews were also all eager to be among the first to enter the Tower of the Fifth and receive an inheritance. The fewer people present, the less competition...