Time flew by, and another month passed.
The Moon God Shuttle drifted on the endless ocean, and Zhu Ziyang and the three women were quite leisurely, spending their days cultivating and entertaining themselves, never feeling bored.
After leaving Four Elephants Island, they sailed northeast. Their journey along the way was quite exciting. Although they still hadn't encountered human civilization, they did see many Spirit Beasts that couldn't be found on Douluo Continent.
For example, there was the 100,000-year Starry Sky Flying Ray with a body as dazzling as the starry sky, the 100,000-year Silver Scaled White Whale King, which was three points larger than a Purple Gold Chiwen, and the 100,000-year Rainbow Scaled Merfolk Emperor, who had a human body and a fish tail. It was all very novel.
At noon that day, a fishing boat, a symbol of human civilization, appeared directly in front of the Moon God Shuttle. The style of the fishing boat was slightly different from those on Douluo Continent, but both Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan and the two other women immediately thought of one thing: a fishing boat meant civilization!
Human civilization must exist in this sea area!
"Brother, it really is a fishing boat!" Jiang Nannan excitedly grabbed Zhu Ziyang's arm and said, "Look, they're fishing!"
"Ziyang, should we approach and ask?" Zhang Lexuan asked.
"We can!" Zhu Ziyang nodded, subconsciously touching the other shore flower mark on his forehead. There was no response, which made his joy dissipate a little.
The Moon God Shuttle quickly approached the fishing boat. The people on the fishing boat immediately became alert, as the size and style of the Moon God Shuttle were unlike anything they had ever seen. Humans always become wary when facing the unknown.
"Stop approaching, or don't blame me for taking action!" A middle-aged man flew out from the fishing boat, with six spirit rings—three yellow, two purple, and one black—appearing behind him. He was a Spirit Emperor. Clearly, he was the captain of this fishing boat.
Seeing the people on the fishing boat initiating communication, Zhu Ziyang and the three women stopped the Moon God Shuttle. After opening the cabin, Zhu Ziyang flew out and shouted, "Uncle, we are not bad people. We are just lost. Please, how do we get to the nearest port?"
"Lost?" The Spirit Emperor captain looked at Zhu Ziyang with some suspicion. The aura emanating from Zhu Ziyang made him realize that this young man's identity was not simple, very likely a noble from an Empire. Following the principle of avoiding trouble, the captain said, "From here, head southeast for about a day's journey, and you'll reach Violet Port of the Milan Empire."
"I see, thank you, uncle!" Zhu Ziyang's heart stirred upon hearing this, but he said with a cheerful smile, then immediately returned to the Moon God Shuttle.
Under the watchful eye of the Spirit Emperor captain, the Moon God Shuttle slowly started, then rapidly accelerated, causing the captain's eyes to widen. In a blink of an eye, the Moon God Shuttle disappeared from his sight.
"Good heavens, what kind of ship is that? So big, and so fast. I really want one!" the captain muttered.
Inside the Moon God Shuttle, Zhu Ziyang and the three women were discussing the information they had learned from the captain. Zhu Ziyang said, "This should be the sea area of a continent. The Milan Empire... it seems the level of civilization on this continent is quite high."
"The clothing of that person is very different from the style of clothing on Douluo Continent, which indicates that the civilization on this continent has no connection with the civilization on Douluo Continent," Zhang Lexuan also analyzed.
"Brother, are we just going to sail directly into Violet Port like this? Won't it be too conspicuous?" Qian Lingyi asked.
"Of course not!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile, "We'll find that continent first, then land on an uninhabited beach. After all, it's still hard to say whether that continent is the East Continent we're looking for."
The Moon God Shuttle was very fast, and it didn't even take a day for the four of them to see land. There was indeed a port on that land, with ships coming and going. If the Moon God Shuttle were to sail directly in, it would undoubtedly attract a great deal of attention. As outsiders, Zhu Ziyang and the three women did not want to attract too much attention.
So, the Moon God Shuttle submerged directly underwater, passed Violet Port, and continued to stealthily travel a certain distance along this continent. It then stopped at a secluded cliff. Zhu Ziyang was the first to rush out of the Moon God Shuttle and land on the soil of this continent.
As soon as Zhu Ziyang's feet touched the ground, the other shore flower mark on his forehead and the depths of his spiritual sea simultaneously transmitted information fluctuations. He was instantly stunned, and two streams of information unfolded before his eyes at the same time.
The response from the other shore flower mark was simple, and it greatly excited Zhu Ziyang: this continent was precisely the East Continent mentioned in the God of Death's Seventh Trial. The information from the other shore flower mark was also to tell Zhu Ziyang his next course of action: the Scythe of Death was located in a place called the Mountain Range of the Dead on this continent.
Leaving aside the Mountain Range of the Dead for now, Zhu Ziyang's attention was then drawn to the information fluctuations from the depths of his spiritual sea. Those fluctuations actually came from the Interdimensional Library! As Zhu Ziyang grew, the help this library could provide him became less and less, and Zhu Ziyang had almost forgotten about it, yet he never expected this library to undergo a change at this moment.
Zhu Ziyang received this wave of information, then suddenly opened his eyes, which were filled with surprise and shock. He hadn't expected that this Interdimensional Library would update upon his stepping onto the soil of this unfamiliar continent, opening a new area within the library, and that this new area would contain only books from this new continent!
Why could Zhu Ziyang be sure that the books in the new area were from this continent? Because he saw two proper nouns in these new books: "History of the Founding of the Milan Empire" and "History of the Violet Family."
Milan Empire, Violet—this was enough for Zhu Ziyang to confirm it.
His heart was filled with astonishment, and he once again developed a strong interest and curiosity in this Interdimensional Library. He became even more certain that the origin of this Interdimensional Library was not simple!
"Brother, why are you spacing out?" Jiang Nannan's call startled him. After regaining his senses, he saw Jiang Nannan's pretty face, full of doubt, looking at him.
"It's nothing, I'm just receiving information about this new continent," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile.
"Is this continent the East Continent?" Hearing this, the two other women were immediately overjoyed and asked in unison.
"That's right!" Zhu Ziyang nodded. With a thought, he found books about the general situation of this continent from the library, examining them himself while telling Jiang Nannan and the two other women.
It turned out that this continent was called Martial Soul Continent. It was also a continent where Spirit Masters flourished. Its area was only one-tenth smaller than the current Douluo Continent, yet it contained eight human nations. Among them, the most powerful Milan Empire and Landias Empire each occupied one-third of the continent's land, while the remaining six nations shared the remaining one-third.
Because of the large number of nations, conflicts on Martial Soul Continent were continuous. They could generally be divided into two major camps: the northern camp led by the Milan Empire, including the Ascari Kingdom, Floro Kingdom, and Arcadia Kingdom; and the southern camp led by the Landias Empire, including the Pompeii Kingdom, Bourbon Kingdom, and Modo Kingdom.
These two major camps had been at war for a century since their inception, followed by a millennium of opposition. It was only in the most recent century that, due to the surge in Spirit Beast power on the continent, they were forced to ease relations and jointly deal with the beast tides.
Listening to Zhu Ziyang recount the general situation of Martial Soul Continent, Zhang Lexuan, Jiang Nannan, and Qian Lingyi all felt extremely speechless, yet also unusually uncomfortable. This was because the current situation of Martial Soul Continent was precisely that of Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago! However, at that time, Douluo Continent had a Spirit Hall, so the opposition between the two great Empires was not very severe. On Martial Soul Continent, there was no power with such a transcendent status as the Spirit Hall, which was why the opposition between the two great Empires was so severe.
Zhu Ziyang then went on to introduce the Spirit Beast forces on Martial Soul Continent. Martial Soul Continent also had three major Spirit Beast gathering places: the Extreme North Wilderness in the northern part of the continent, the Mountain Range of the Dead in the central part of the continent, and the Extreme South Desert in the southern part of the continent. Among them, the Mountain Range of the Dead in the central part of the continent was the largest Spirit Beast gathering place, also serving as the boundary between the Milan Empire and the Landias Empire, and it was the main source of beast tides on Martial Soul Continent.
The Mountain Range of the Dead is an extremely long and vast mountain range. There is a proverb on Martial Soul Continent: All mountains come from the dead. This is not a joke, but a fact. The Mountain Range of the Dead is located in the central part of Martial Soul Continent, fairly dividing the continent into northern and southern parts. It runs east-west, with its easternmost point within the Pompeii Kingdom, then developing south, and its westernmost point within the Floro Kingdom, then developing north. Almost all mountains on the continent that can be called mountain ranges can extend into the Mountain Range of the Dead.
Therefore, the Mountain Range of the Dead is also called the Divine Mountain by the people of Martial Soul Continent.