Fangyuan Island had been a strategic hub established by the Nine-Cauldron Sect to defend against the Great Sun Sword Sect. Numerous arrays had been laid across the island, including a level 6 array: the Nine-Heaven Ocean Array.0

The island had originally been personally overseen by Elder Cang Hai, who had undergone more than ten refinements by Purple Firmament Divine Lightning. However, as the situation in the East Sea worsened, that elder had been forced to abandon the island, leading the personnel of the Nine-Cauldron Sect stationed there to withdraw back to the sect.0

In the end, the island fell into the hands of the Xuanming Sect. When the Nine-Cauldron Sect began mobilizing troops, suggesting it intended to reclaim the East Sea, the entire Xuanming Sect grew tense. Song You, Song Xuan, Lyu Ming, and other high-ranking figures convened meeting after meeting.0

Yet according to their discussions, most of them believed this was nothing more than the Nine-Cauldron Sect bluffing. They had only just been taught a harsh lesson by the Infinite Star Palace, to the point that even a Golden Core ancestor had been forced to intervene. Said ancestor likely had not even stabilized under such circumstances yet. 0

In that situation, the possibility of the Nine-Cauldron Sect launching a full-scale war...0