If Li Mo's guess is correct, the Great Sun Sword Tomb is likely sinking continuously.

As for why the Great Sun Sword Tomb suddenly appeared in the Southern Sea Dragon Pond and what is hidden in the deep sea, it remains unknown.

"Five thousand miles..."

"Why did Elder Luoyang emphasize the distance? Can they really figure out the exact location?"

Even for the Land Immortals, covering a thousand miles with Divine Sense is unrealistic.

Li Mo activated the Cave God's Eye and detected the lingering spiritual power in the seawater, mixed with the aura of a giant sword shuttle, precisely the one given to Elder Luoyang.

The depth of the spiritual power varied. The Daoist and Demon sides should have entered the whirlpool entrance in batches.

Daoist Bai Shuo hesitantly said, "Senior Brother, Elder Luoyang didn't inform us of the specific situation. We don't know if we can make it in time."

Li Mo reminded, "Don't think too much, focus on yourself first."

"Watch the water pressure. Don't let your body get damaged."

As soon as he finished speaking, the speed of the Kun Whale began to increase.

The deep, boundless darkness enveloped everything.

The fins fluttered, making the massive Tattooed Beast appear incredibly agile, with the seawater actively enveloping the Kun Whale. The flowing ripples were clearly visible.

The water pressure was more terrifying than the Gang Wind.

The spirit shield of the Kun Whale was far from sufficient to protect the four of them.

"Ugh..."

Ye Zhuo Daoist's entire skeletal structure suddenly buckled under the strain.

He utilized the Yin Yang True Monarch Creation Body to gather his spirit, meaning his body was equivalent to that of a mortal, and could no longer withstand the crushing water pressure.

The heart pounded.

Ye Zhuo Daoist yanked out the Lifebound Flying Sword from his forehead.

"My spine nearly snapped."

He instantly transformed into a youthful appearance, turning his head of white hair all black, with a body strength comparable to a few Divine Separation Stage Body Cultivators.

Li Mo looked at Ye Zhuo Daoist with new regard. The Yin Yang True Monarch he created held some merit.

However, there were likely very few cultivators who could unleash the power of the Yin Yang True Monarch.

"Heh heh heh."

Ye Zhuo Daoist's expression was smug. The unconventional art of Yin Yang Balance benefited him greatly, and his foundation had quietly surpassed the others.

"You all stay inside; I'm going to refine my body."

Li Mo stepped out of the spirit shield's range, and the water pressure acted upon his body internally and externally. The Great Wilderness Immortal Body was remodeling various organ structures.

"Indeed, it's a treasure land for body refinement."

At the same time, at the end of the Creation Book, three Spirit Root Pages were gestating.

They are of Water, Yin, and Blood Attributes.

Li Mo was not surprised that the Southern Sea Dragon Pond contained Water Element top-grade spiritual stones. However, the Yin Blood Supreme Spirit Stones were surprising, as they usually only formed in Yin Veins buried with corpses for thousands of years.

The water depth reached two hundred meters and the seawater was no longer monotonous.

Initially, Li Mo thought they were aquatic plants and animals. Instead, he found the water full of corpse fragments.

The corpse fragments floated up and down, although no larger than a palm, were blackened in flesh but not rotten.

Ye Zhuo Daoist gasped.

A sweep of Divine Sense revealed that the corpse fragments could easily be assembled into tens of thousands of bodies.

"The Southern Sea Dragon Pond is indeed no simple place."

Li Mo appeared slightly troubled. The ancient coastal regions and fishing villages mainly worshipped the Southern Sea Dragon King, with a population in the tens of millions.

One town had enough mundane folks to hunt an immortal.

The wild wishes of millions were something the Southern Sea Dragon King couldn't bear.

Jiang Xi and the other three became increasingly uneasy.

The deep sea was silent, yet their thoughts were easily influenced, as if an evil sprit whispered temptations to drive them into deviation.

"Truly marvelous."

Li Mo looked satisfied. His skin absorbed the air, replacing lungs, while a strand of spiritual power surged into the Cave God's Eye, allowing him to see several hundred meters around.

In a harsh environment, the Great Wilderness Immortal Body's efficacy far exceeded expectations.

"Go."

Li Mo willed, and the Spider Sword Orb drilled into the mouths and noses of Jiang Xi and the other two.

They became instantly terrified as immense itching came from their eyes, yet their vision recovered to a range of a hundred meters.

Ye Zhuo Daoist touched his eyes and flatteringly said, "Senior Brother, your medical skills are truly extraordinary. How about helping me upgrade my organs to the Divine Separation Stage? I'll provide the materials."

"We'll talk about it later, when there's time."

Li Mo half-heartedly replied, with no time for surgery now.

"Heh heh heh, Senior Brother, whether I reach the Void Refining Stage depends on you."

The two others didn't speak, and seeing this, Ye Zhuo Daoist was about to say more when Li Mo interrupted, "There's a scent of blood."

"A bloody smell?"

Daoist Bai Shuo was confused. Though the sea was filled with countless corpses, there were no signs of fighting, so where would the bloody smell come from?

"The Kun Whale sensed it. The Southern Sea is far from simple on the surface."

Li Mo gestured for the Kun Whale to descend slowly and summoned the Ghost Tiger to envelop the Kun Whale, just in case the Tattooed Beast couldn't react in time to any danger.

Seven hundred miles.

Eight hundred miles.

Nine hundred miles.

Just as the water depth was about to exceed a thousand miles, a broken platform emerged in their view.

The platform was composed of coral, adorned with rocks and aquatic plants, and had buildings sitting upon it.

A plaque hung in front of the building's gate, on which the words "South Sea Dragon Palace" were faintly visible.

To be precise, it was a small part of the Dragon Palace Mansion, roughly half of the front hall, floating conspicuously in the water.

Li Mo initially thought the Southern Sea Dragon King would have a situation similar to Bishui True Monarch. It now seemed that the Southern Sea Dragon King might not even have an intact body.

The Kun Whale hovered above the mansion while the Lifebound Flying Sword explored the building's interior.

Upon discovering the source of the unknown bloody scent, Li Mo's pupils immediately dilated, and he couldn't help but express a few traces of disbelief.

"Senior Brother, what's going on?" Daoist Bai Shuo asked, unable to resist, upon seeing Li Mo's loss of composure.

"Corpses, there are over a dozen corpses which have been dead for no more than half a year."

"There's no danger. Let's take a closer look."

Li Mo patted the Kun Whale's head, left the Tattooed Beast, and headed for the Dragon Palace, with Jiang Xi and the other three following closely, cloaked in spiritual power.

They arrived at the mansion's window, where the interior looked like a pool of blood.

The corpses had died by self-harm, and their magic robes clearly indicated they were disciples of various sects, including the Ten Thousand Demon Dao, Medicine King Valley, and the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"What?!!"

Ye Zhuo Daoist opened his mouth wide and accidentally gulped down a mouthful of blood water.

In the front hall near the corner lay a familiar corpse. Despite both its appearance and aura, it was none other than... Elder Luoyang.

Dead with eyes open, Elder Luoyang clutched a shriveled heart in his hands.

All four present were aware that when Elder Luoyang contacted them, no more than ten days had passed.

While Li Mo conservatively said half a year, Ye Zhuo Daoist believed the time of Elder Luoyang's death was at least two years ago.

It was only due to the body being sustained by spiritual power that no obvious signs of decay appeared.

Ye Zhuo Daoist felt a chill up his spine.

Luoyang kept saying he was waiting for them at five thousand miles, yet his body was in the Southern Sea Dragon Palace a mere thousand miles away. Who was the one communicating?

By contrast, Jiang Xi was much calmer.

He sent a thought, "Senior Brother Taiyi, should we retrieve Elder Luoyang's body?"

Li Mo solemnly said, "No need. Do not touch anything inside the Southern Sea Dragon Palace, remember, anything at all."

"Let's leave first."

Recalling his dialogues with Luoyang, Li Mo couldn't help but wonder if it was truly him, or if Luoyang didn't even know he was already dead?

Ye Zhuo Daoist hesitantly asked, "Senior Brother, should we continue deeper?"

"Let's check out two thousand miles."

"A large number of cultivators have visited the mansion, but at that time, there probably weren't any corpses."

Li Mo inferred from the details that at least seven or eight groups of cultivators had passed through the Southern Sea Dragon Palace, only to briefly survey and leave.

The main focus of the various powers was to chase the Great Sun Sword Tomb, without delving deeply into the Dragon Palace.

Li Mo communicated with Da Ai Mi Tian.

He deliberately left cancer cells on the sea surface, observing the vortex significantly diminishing.

The vortex, caused by the Great Sun Sword Tomb, was beginning to calm. It wasn't that Zhang Qiyang had controlled the tomb; rather, the truth was quite the opposite.

The Great Sun Sword Tomb continued to sink, only that the greater the distance from the sea surface, the lesser its influence.

The Kun Whale swam towards the two thousand miles.

Each nun had different thoughts while Li Mo suddenly sensed a stirring from the Symbiotic Dharma Body.

The Symbiotic Dharma Body, fused from a Beast Sword Nascent Soul, grew more restless as the Kun Whale gradually approached the Great Sun Sword Tomb.

"Ordinary Sword Cultivators needing to advance to the Void Refining Stage typically utilize the Twenty-Eight Sword Tombs, likely because there's an opportunity for the Externalized Dharma Body's transformation."

Li Mo squinted his eyes, constantly maintaining the vigilance of the Cave God's Eye.

The journey was still fairly calm.

However, the size of the corpse fragments grew, mingling with broken limbs and organs.

Li Mo had no intention of scavenging trash. Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Southern Sea Dragon Pond brimmed with some bizarre influence from a cosmic upheaval.

Everything stemmed from a mere petition by a mortal.

Perhaps they prayed for the Southern Sea Dragon King to bring back a distant relative, which resulted in countless fragmented corpses in the Southern Sea.

"We're here."

The two thousand miles of water pressure didn't stall the Kun Whale, which took only a few brief days.

The vision of Jiang Xi and the others was slightly inferior. It took them some time after Li Mo spoke before they noticed the abnormality.

Another platform, another mansion.

The plaque still bore the "South Sea Dragon Palace" inscription, but the building was more intact, also featuring two side halls in addition to the front hall.

The bloody scent had somewhat softened, but the number of corpses in the building increased significantly.

The corpses were disciples of various sects; their deaths had shifted from self-harming to drowning, leaving no evident wounds on their bodies.

Once again, Elder Luoyang's body appeared, eyes filled with terror.

"Do you all recognize them? Is there any flaw?"

Calming down, Jiang Xi and the others noted that throughout two mansions, Elder Luoyang's body featured on both occasions, indicating a deeper issue within the Southern Sea Dragon Pond.

At the Great Sun Sword Tomb, they had seen many strange taboos before.

Daoist Bai Shuo shook his head, saying, "No obvious flaws for now, but Elder Luoyang's posture seems like a habit he had when alive."

"Heh, let's proceed, three thousand miles."

Li Mo noted words appearing on the surface of the Symbiotic Dharma Body, perhaps indicating comprehension of a cultivation technique due to the Great Sun Sword Tomb.

He suspected it might be related to a missing third of the tomb, exposing parts of it externally.

The Kun Whale maintained a size of a hundred meters, accelerating rather than slowing down.

The three thousand miles to the South Sea Dragon Palace.

The palace comprised over a dozen buildings, no longer appearing dilapidated, even sporting a fluttering red ribbon on the parapet.

A hundred fresh corpses, seemingly alive not long ago.

Li Mo silently advanced towards four thousand miles, and the cultivation technique of the Symbiotic Dharma Body was about to reveal itself.

To their surprise, the water pressure began to lessen, followed by a limitless view of the ocean floor before them.

"Shouldn't it be a bottomless pit? Why does four thousand miles mark an end?"

Soon after, the seabed grew brighter, teeming with life.

The Southern Sea Dragon Palace resided amidst the coral cluster, with its structures intact, adorned by merfolk embellishing the palace.

Red lanterns, red silk, and red palanquins depicted an apparent upcoming wedding scene at the Dragon Palace.

The merfolk approached the Kun Whale with their mouths covered, speaking aloud, "It seems we have noble guests. Please come in; are you also here for the Southern Sea Dragon King's groom selection?"

"Screw you, it's a notorious fictional tale of the ancient Southern Sea Dragon Palace, an infamous fantasy."

"Dragon Palace groom selection."

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