Sect: Starting with Comprehending Thunder Skill Chapter 1363 - 581: When Heaven Collapses and the Sea Withers

The next day, all traces here had disappeared.

According to the plan, ten Nascent Soul Realm masters spread out to set up arrays, waiting for the people from the "Celestial Net Dao Sect" to arrive here.

Having first dealt with the members of the "Four Seas Commerce Association" and obtained a large wealth, the ten masters were filled with confidence for this action.

With ten people joining forces, who could resist?

According to the principle of equal trade, the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators coming from the "Celestial Net Dao Sect" would likely not exceed three in number!

Ten against three, the advantage is ours!

The ten masters all felt assured in their hearts.

Even if the opponent had top-tier Nascent Soul Realm masters, with so many people, plus the five great masters of "Shenxiao Dao Sect", they could gang up and defeat them!

Thinking about taking down three or four Nascent Soul Realm masters from the "Celestial Net Dao Sect" and the "Four Seas Commerce Association" at once, everyone revealed joy.

This was a powerful force, and even if the "Celestial Net Dao Sect" suffered losses, it would be badly shaken.

After all traces had been cleared, Li Yunjing and the others prepared to ascend "No Return Island".

From a distance, the island looked like a massive skeleton washed by the sea for millennia, abruptly floating on the azure sea.

The gray-black rocks were barren and emitted a sickly sheen under the sunlight, forming a stark contrast with the vibrant surrounding ocean.

The island was perpetually shrouded in a layer of mist, and even on the clearest days, several wisps of gray clouds lingered above it.

This environment provided a great advantage for an ambush.

Li Yunjing and the ten masters were very pleased with it.

Having straightened out the members of the "Four Seas Commerce Association" who had arrived early, the plan naturally needed some adjustments.

A web of arrays would also be set up here on "No Return Island," waiting for the arrival of the people from "Celestial Net Dao Sect".

As for the arrangement outside?

It wouldn’t be wasted at all!

Once the people of "Celestial Net Dao Sect" were defeated, if anyone tried to escape, those arrays could block them and even inflict serious damage!

"No Return Island" was located deep within the East Sea, far from major routes, with few passersby.

The island’s area was around three miles in circumference, irregularly circular, with a dilapidated ancient temple at its center.

The island was barren, with rocks showing unnatural gray-black hues as if eroded by some force over time.

The surrounding sea region often had unusual whirlpools and dense fog, which was the origin of the term "No Return".

At this moment, Li Yunjing and the group stood on "No Return Island" and began altering those rugged coastal rocks.

Especially some honeycomb-like rocks hidden the ultimate weapon, which could launch attacks on the people from "Celestial Net Dao Sect" from the dark.

Li Yunjing also entered the dilapidated temple in the center of the island to inspect.

The architectural style of the temple was difficult to identify, neither Buddhist nor Daoist, more like a relic of some ancient faith.

The crumbling walls were made of gray-black stones, with dark green moss oozing from the gaps between stones.

The temple door had long since rotted and collapsed, leaving only two crooked pillars carved with indescribable creature patterns.

Half-fish, half-human monsters were kneeling under a twisted full moon.

Stepping into the temple, the air suddenly became thick and humid, every breath felt like swallowing seawater.

The floor was paved with slabs etched with unfamiliar runes, many of which had cracked and sunken, exposing deep and unseen black rifts below.

On the altar in the center, where something should have been enshrined, now lay only a smear of dried dark red stain and several broken iron chains.

The most unsettling thing was the relief on the walls.

Though most had weathered and peeled, some terrifying scenes were still recognizable: numerous twisted humanoid creatures worshiping a massive shadow; a colossal creature rising from the sea with tentacles; an eye filled with bloodshot veins opening in the sky...

The back wall of the temple had entirely collapsed, revealing a staircase leading downwards.

The end of the staircase was consumed by impenetrable darkness, with wind blowing from there, carrying a deep sea chill and an unutterable sweet and salty scent.

Standing in the center of the broken temple, one would unconsciously feel a sense of being watched.

As if the dilapidated reliefs were turning their eyes, as if something was lurking in the underground darkness, holding its breath and waiting.

"It’s truly sinister! Why did the ’Four Seas Commerce Association’ and ’Celestial Net Dao Sect’ choose to trade here?"

In such an oppressive environment, Master Lei Ze was somewhat irritable, as the conditions here affected his mood.

"Master Lei Ze, this is how ’No Return Island’ naturally is."

Feiyun Master chuckled: "On this island, there’s no vitality, no hope, only the secret that has waited inside the broken temple for centuries, and countless souls of those who never returned wailing day and night among the rocks."

"Feiyun Master, has no one explored here?"

Li Yunjing felt uncomfortable all over and couldn’t help but ask.

"Hehe! Mr. Li, there have been nearly a hundred thousand, if not tens of thousands who’ve explored it! We as cultivators of the East Sea, which one of us hasn’t stayed here for some time?"

Before Feiyun Master could reply, Ji Shuhan couldn’t help but laugh and said.

"What!"

Li Yunjing and several Nascent Soul Realm masters from the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" couldn’t help but exclaim.

"You’ve discovered nothing?"

Peak Master Alchemy Tripod looked gravely at everyone and inquired.

"Haha! We’ve certainly noticed issues!"

Water Moon Fairy of "Bibo Pavilion" laughed and said: "Everyone senses the eerie aura here, but nothing has ever been discovered! Furthermore, despite the eeriness here, it poses no harm; in all these years, no incidents of injury or death have ever been reported."