Yang Hong searched through thousands of islands, finding nothing, and then began to accelerate his pace.
With his terrifying cultivation from a Golden Core realm of ten thousand years, he could perform the extreme Water Evasion technique 200 times a day.
In one day, he could travel 200,000 li!
This distance was no longer merely terrifying.
"Defying the heavens" was a more fitting description.
A fourth-tier Golden Core realm cultivator traveling at the speed and distance of a seventh-tier late-stage Integration realm was absolutely unprecedented.
As for anyone else coming?
It was unlikely.
However, Yang Hong was still not satisfied.
"Alas~ It's still far from the eighth-tier Tribulation Passage realm.
It is said that Tribulation Passage realm cultivators can travel tens of millions of li a day with the extreme evasion technique. Truly terrifying!"
Yang Hong began to adjust the frequency of his Water Evasion. As long as he didn't fly continuously, after each evasion, he could stop for a simple adjustment, bringing his true essence, magical power, and divine sense to their optimal state, allowing for prolonged continuous evasion.
If he didn't rest, Yang Hong could currently perform 360 evasions a day.
The distance would reach 360,000 li!
However, such continuous evasion could not last long. Although Yang Hong could immediately recover his true essence by using the灌顶 spiritual plants, his spirit and divine sense could not recover quickly.
To ensure sufficient combat power, Yang Hong reduced the evasion frequency while maintaining a daily travel distance of 240,000 li.
He had always adhered to the principle of safety first.
Yet, his caution had been completely in vain on this journey.
During the 129-day journey, he encountered no danger.
Let alone hostile demon races seeking him out, even if Yang Hong actively searched, he couldn't find any demon races at or above the Demon King level.
And any demon races below or at the Demon King level were no match for Yang Hong, who had comprehended the 【Guardian Fist Intent】.
Yang Hong desperately wanted to have a one-on-one battle with a seventh-tier Demon Lord to test his combat power.
Unfortunately, west of Ren Dao Island, there were no longer any seventh-tier Demon Lords.
Even if there were, they were extremely few, so Yang Hong didn't encounter any along the way.
After half a year of traveling, Yang Hong finally arrived at [Guang You Island], 24.17 million li away.
"This is Guang You Island. It seems this island has its unique qualities to have survived until now."
On the vast, boundless sea, there were no islands exceeding a hundred li within a radius of hundreds of thousands of li. Yet, [Guang You Island] stood proudly in the center of this sea area.
As Yang Hong approached Guang You Island, within about 300 li of the island, there were 360 islands, each about 80 li in area.
With Yang Hong's perspective as a fourth-grade formation master, he could easily discern that these islands formed a formation.
It was roughly a massive third-grade defensive formation.
However, Yang Hong couldn't clearly see what specific formation it was, which piqued his interest.
"This fellow Daoist is so unrestrained. Does he think my Guang You Island is easy to bully?"
Just as Yang Hong was openly ascending to inspect the formation, an old voice filled with anger came from the island below.
Immediately, a figure hundreds of feet tall slowly rose from the island.
"Hmm~ An external incarnation."
Yang Hong was greatly surprised upon seeing this figure, and his magical power surged as he cautiously eyed the figure.
"Fellow Daoist need not be nervous. This is a formation projection, not an external incarnation."
Sensing Yang Hong's potent magical power, the formation projection became nervous first.
Yang Hong's cultivation of ten thousand years meant that a fluctuation of his magical power was no less than the pressure of a fifth-tier late-stage Nascent Soul realm.
"A formation projection? Don't move, I want to study it."
Yang Hong directly released his divine sense, unreservedly examining the so-called formation projection.
"Hmm~ The magical power fluctuates at the sixth tier, no physical form. Strange~ Strange~"
As Yang Hong continued to study, the formation projection directly disappeared.
Below, the island, spanning a massive 1600 li, began to shimmer with spiritual light.
In just over ten breaths, a gigantic water-blue formation light shield covering the entire island enveloped it.
"Fellow Daoist, do not push your luck too far!"
The old voice was filled with anger and a sense of grievance.
"Uh~ Fellow Daoist, you misunderstand.
I was merely curious and couldn't resist."
Only then did Yang Hong realize that he might have indeed gone too far.
He then circulated his 【Top-Tier Breathing Technique】 to dissipate his Tree Demon aura, revealing his human aura and Golden Core realm cultivation.
"You, you are human?"
The hundred-foot-tall human figure condensed again, looking at Yang Hong in disbelief in the air.
He hadn't expected this formation projection to be able to synchronize with the owner's expressions.
"Hehe, I am the Island Master of Ren Dao Island, Yang Hong. Greetings, fellow Daoist."
Yang Hong cupped his fists slightly towards the formation projection before him.
"Hmm, I am Ni Zhennan, the Island Master of Guang You Island, greetings, fellow Daoist.
Are you truly human?"
Ni Zhennan, through the formation projection, directly amplified and scanned Yang Hong with his divine sense.
Yang Hong cooperated and released his true essence barrier, allowing Ni Zhennan to inspect him thoroughly.
Although he couldn't completely trust Ni Zhennan, he didn't fear revealing some minor secrets to gain trust.
After all, his biggest secret was the cultivation return system,
and the cultivation he displayed was only Golden Core realm, which could also serve to mislead enemies.
"You~ You~ You are really human?"
"Within a radius of millions of li, besides Guang You Island, there are actually humans?"
Ni Zhennan's voice trembled with surprise.
"Human, genuine and true!"
Yang Hong's voice was firm.
"Fellow Daoist, I will open a formation passage. You can enter through the passage."
Ni Zhennan remained silent for a long while before hesitantly saying, still not entirely convinced that Yang Hong was human.
On the northeast corner of the water-blue formation light shield, a deep blue passage, only ten feet wide, slowly appeared.
"A passage?"
Yang Hong curled his lips. Without even using his divine sense to inspect, he could tell at a glance that
this so-called passage was in the area of the formation's eye, where the formation's power was strongest and most lethal.
However, it could be called a passage, indeed.
Because the formation's power in this area had been silenced.
"Interesting."
Yang Hong murmured to himself and stepped towards this passage.
Invisible steps in the void seemed to support him, taking him step by step.
A hundred li per step!
This was an application of an earth element spell Yang Hong had learned incidentally after comprehending the earth element's spiritual charm, known as 【咫尺天涯】 (Close Horizon).
Although it was only a preliminary application, a hundred li per step without any leakage of magical power, as if strolling leisurely,
this casualness was astonishing enough.
In the center of Guang You Island, within a grand palace occupying ten li,
a group of human cultivators watched Yang Hong approaching step by step with nervous tension.
"Island Master, you say this person is in the Golden Core realm?"
A white-haired, emaciated old man pointed at Yang Hong in the formation's light screen and said with a tone of horror.
"A hundred li per step with no magical fluctuations!
Even I, at the late Nascent Soul stage, cannot achieve this!"
Ni Zhennan, who also had white hair and beard but a healthier appearance, sensed Yang Hong's cultivation aura again before saying slowly.
"It is indeed the Golden Core realm, but his magical power is a bit too strong."
Ni Zhennan, also at the late Nascent Soul stage, had to admit after sensing it that his Nascent Soul cultivation had been in vain.
"Golden Core? The more I look, the less I believe it!"
"I don't believe it either!"
"This must be a True Person of the Soul Transformation realm hiding their cultivation!"
In this formation control center, none of the 12 Nascent Soul cultivators believed Yang Hong was a Golden Core cultivator.