Chapter 1224

This floating island was not above the sea surface, but completely suspended within the seawater.

And it would move along with the seawater.

It did not sink not because of density—even if the density of the Heavenly Sea's water were immense, it could not match the size of this floating island.

It did not sink because these floating islands contained special substances that could float even in the absence of seawater.

Just like the floating rock fragments ubiquitous in the Heavenly Realm.

"There might be some on this island—let's split up."

Said the sprite Gassia.

"Yes!"

The ten sprites scattered.

This floating island was extremely large.

Its volume rivaled that of the moon Lin Yan had known before his transmigration.

The ten sprites scattered across it, searching.

Before setting out, they had all memorized the characteristics and identification methods of Sea-Heart Grass, and moreover, they could pray for the Goddess Vivela or Tianlan Zunzhu to cast a gaze upon it for discernment.

Though this island was vast, the sprites' spiritual scan ranges were equally vast.

Not long after, more than half of the island had been scanned.

"Huh, Sea-Heart Grass!"

At that moment, sprite Gassia discovered a stalk of Sea-Heart Grass squeezing out from a crack in the rock!

Sea-Heart Grass grows within the ocean.

The Continent of Gods also had this plant, but the variety was different—on the Continent of Gods, Sea-Heart Grass could grow for thousands of years at most.

Only Sea-Heart Grass from the Heavenly Sea's oceans could grow for over ten thousand years.

Sprite Gassia flew down.

Sea-Heart Grass absorbed energy from the seawater, yet it still needed a place to take root.

After descending, Gassia quickly became disappointed.

It was merely a stalk of Sea-Heart Grass aged only a few thousand years.

Soon after, the ten sprites regrouped.

"Did any of you find any?"

Asked sprite Gassia.

"We found none."

"Let's go to another location."

"Mm."

Several sprites set off again toward another location marked by Sitasia.

After half a day, they arrived there.

But there, they found only one stalk of ten-thousand-year Sea-Heart Grass.

"Let's go to another place."

Said sprite Gassia.

A hundred-thousand-year Sea-Heart Grass was exceedingly rare—even for ocean deities, it held some utility, so it was certainly not easy to find.

One day later, they had searched five entire regions marked by Sitasia, yet still found no Sea-Heart Grass.

"Let's go to the red-line zone."

Sprite Gassia decided to take the risk.

The sea map had a note on it.

The red-line zone was extremely dangerous—Sitasia did not advise them to go there.

Yet, to find Sea-Heart Grass, Gassia resolved to take the chance.

They began sinking deeper into the Bottomless Sea.

At their speed, even within the ocean, they moved with great swiftness.

Resistance and similar forces were nearly nonexistent to them.

Not long after, they had descended an immeasurable distance.

"Watch out!"

At that moment, terrifying vortices appeared within the ocean.

These vortices contained violent energy, posing a serious threat even to ordinary Holy Spirits.

In the Bottomless Sea, some vortices even threatened deities.

The greatest danger of these vortices lay in…

They might carry deities to the Continent of Gods.

Ascending to godhood was relatively simple, because the laws of the Continent of Gods inherently repelled you.

But after becoming a deity, to enter the Continent of Gods—no deity wished to.

Too dangerous.

This was unlike a wounded deity fleeing to the Continent of Gods—after being wounded, such a deity retained little power, and even if they reached the Continent of Gods, they could cause little disturbance, having ample time to learn its laws and conceal all their fluctuations.

But a full-strength deity entering the Continent of Gods would be like a drop of water falling into oil.

The disturbance could be sensed from far, far away.

And that deity's power would be suppressed by the Continent of Gods to an appalling degree.

The power hierarchy of the Continent of Gods was a thousand or ten thousand times lower than that of the Heavenly Realm, yet it harbored no shortage of malevolent entities—even countless demonic god-wills lay hidden. If a deity truly descended in person, the strong ones might survive—but the weak ones…

There's a chance of perishing.

Moreover, after becoming a god and being taken to the Continent of Gods, ascending further becomes vastly harder, requiring considerable energy to return to the Heavenly Realm.

Energy is precious; no god wishes to waste it needlessly.

They carefully avoided the whirlpools and wave after wave of energy tides.

After half a day, they finally reached their destination.

There, it was a massive floating island in the sea.

"This is it. Split up and search."

Said the little elf Gassia.

The many little elves scattered.

Not long after, they had all dispersed.

This floating island was hollow inside, filled with dense, interconnected passageways.

The little elves' small size gave them a great advantage here; they darted in and out, searching.

"Hmm, Seacard!"

After searching a while, the little elf Gassia found another treasure.

This time, she found a Seacard with an unusually deep color.

Gassia leaned in to examine it, her face lighting up: "Found it. This is the one."

She quickly notified the other little elves.

Soon after, all the little elves gathered together.

"Seacard this deeply colored, and with such a fine taste—it must be a hundred-thousand-year specimen."

"Yes, I think so too."

"But for safety's sake, let's pray—ask the Goddess and Tianlan Zunzhu to confirm."

"… "

The little elf Gassia began to pray.

Yet after this prayer, Gassia's expression changed.

Because she realized that here, the Faith Channel could not be opened at all.

Stacia, fearing that the Seven Seas Lord's people would get there first, hurried them along and forgot to tell them one thing.

In these red zones of the Bottomless Sea, the seawater contains special energy, making this region somewhat similar to the Void Lands—unable to open the Faith Channel.

Of course, if Lin Yan were here, he would surely have a way to open the Faith Channel.

But now Lin Yan's attention was not on them; Gassia's prayers could not reach out—neither Weiwei La nor Lin Yan received them.

In other words, they were now completely cut off.