Chapter 444: Life or Death, a Game
As far as the eye could see, islands of various sizes dotted the waters like a celestial map. Many of these islands already had owners, with houses built upon them.
Most dwellings were simple wooden structures or crude stone houses formed through spells.
Of course, there were also exquisitely designed pavilions and elegant courtyards, clearly the result of careful arrangement, but these were rare. After all, immortal cultivators had been summoned here to engage in battle, not to enjoy themselves.
At the heart of all these islands lay the most striking one—a massive island forged by Snake Granny, who had merged dozens of smaller islands into the newly formed Stargazing Island.
The cave dwellings of Snake Granny and the Golden Core cultivators were located on Stargazing Island and the surrounding isles.
With Stargazing Island as the center, the Foundation Building cultivators of both righteous and demonic factions were distinctly separated. The righteous cultivators mostly gathered in the west, while the demonic sect forces occupied the east, mirroring the general territorial layout of Small Cold Domain.
As more and more cultivators from Small Cold Domain were summoned to the battlefield, the divide between the two factions only deepened. Even on the brink of war, their long-standing animosities could not be set aside.
This was what puzzled Qin Sang the most.
Neither Small Cold Domain nor the Tianxing Alliance seemed truly prepared for an all-out war.
Three years ago, when the standoff in these waters had just begun, both sides lacked manpower, and the defensive array was unstable. Back then, true battles had broken out—fierce, brutal conflicts.
Each side had summoned reinforcements, leading to multiple large-scale clashes outside the misty sea, involving thousands of immortal cultivators on each side. At the most critical moments, Qin Sang and his comrades had been forced to retreat into the misty sea. Unlike now, the Thousand-Illusion Array of True Waters had been far from stable and had nearly been breached.