The battle ended quickly; a group of Golden Core Stage robbery cultivators wasn't even enough for a slaughter.
Corpses floated across the sea, and the Sea Dragon Immortal Boat raised its sails once more, passing through Iron Horn Gorge as it headed toward the Taixu Secret Realm.
Several days later.
The sea was eerily calm.
True Monarch Du'e retreated to another private room; for a long while, his main project would be refining lamp oil.
True Monarch Liu Yun, with little else to do, decided to play a game of chess with Ning Daoran.
Neither of them was exceptionally skilled, so the match turned into a back-and-forth duel of evenly matched opponents.
"Fellow Daoist Du'e hasn't shown his face in days—what could he be doing?" True Monarch Liu Yun asked.
"He said he was refining lamp oil," Ning Daoran replied.
"Huh?"
