Chapter 135: The Legendary Continent

"How is that possible? How can a piece of land be at the bottom of the sea?" Shun asked, his face a mask of utter disbelief.

Land was called land precisely because it broke the surface of the ocean. Anything resting at the bottom of the ocean should be called the seabed!

Mu glanced at him and said, "The Continent of Mu was not originally at the bottom of the sea. It only sank there later due to some unknown reasons."

"How could that be—"

Hearing this chilling news about the sunken continent, Shun gasped involuntarily.

He could not imagine the sheer terror of an entire continent sinking, nor the countless lives that must have been buried at the bottom of the abyss.

Sitting on a stone stool, Yin Shiliu asked with a puzzled expression, "Mr. Mu, how do you know that there is orichalcum ore on such a sunken continent?"

"Because that was originally the homeland of my Jamian clan!" Mu looked out past the tower door, sighing with a lingering melancholy.

"The homeland of the Jamian clan?" Both Yin Shiliu and Shun were startled.

Just then, the mischievous little Kiki ran in, scurrying behind Mu, and said proudly to the two of them, "Our Jamian clan were the original rulers of the Continent of Mu. We mined orichalcum and two other divine materials on the continent, and forged the eighty-four Cloths for the Goddess Athena."

"Yet, for reasons unknown, the Continent of Mu suddenly sank."

"If not for the help of the Goddess Athena, our entire clan would have perished at the bottom of the sea."

At this point, the playful little Kiki put on a solemn expression and bowed deeply in the direction where Sanctuary lay.

"Thank you, Goddess Athena!"

Mu continued with a complex tone, "Later on, our clan migrated to this Jamian Plateau, becoming the Jamian clan you know today."

Of that former glory, only fragments remained, and even the heritage was nearly broken.

Every time he thought of this, it pierced his heart with grief.

Countless ambitious Jamian compatriots had attempted to investigate the cause of the continent's sinking, hoping to recover the lost heritage and restore the glory of the Jamian clan.

However, an invisible, powerful force seemed to constantly hinder their actions, unwilling to let them uncover history and determined to bury the past of the Jamian clan forever.

In the end, every single Jamian compatriot who investigated the past met a tragic end and died unnatural deaths.

Mu still remembered how the previous Elder, after passing down the heritage of Jamian to him, had headed toward the Continent of Mu with a mortal determination, never to be heard from again.

"The Continent of Mu now lies at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. That means it has become a part of the Realm of the Sea. Are we about to venture into the Undersea Realm to mine orichalcum?" Yin Shiliu asked, frowning slightly.

***

Across the entire globe, three parts were land, and seven parts were ocean.

The human world spoken of by the gods generally referred to those three parts of land, the world ruled by humanity.

As for the remaining seven parts of the ocean, that was the domain of Poseidon, the Emperor of the Sea, belonging to the Realm of the Sea.

However, the true Realm of the Sea did not refer purely to a seawater environment; rather, it referred to the undersea continent.

The vast expanse of seawater was actually the sky of the Realm of the Sea. In other words, the Realm of the Sea lay beneath the water, and the two existed in a overlapping relationship.

The ocean was more like a membrane between the human world and the Undersea Realm, serving as a neutral zone.

Yet, because of Poseidon, everyone tacitly assumed that the ocean was also a part of the Undersea Realm.

After all, if the seawater did not belong to the Sea Emperor's jurisdiction, who else could claim it?

"Yes, we do need to dive into the Realm of the Sea!"

Mu nodded, then added, "Ordinarily, I alone would be enough, but now the Sea Generals under the Sea Emperor have returned to their posts, and their strength rivals that of Gold Saints."

"Once they discover us, our mission to mine orichalcum will inevitably be hindered."

"Therefore, I need two reliable assistants who can continue mining the orichalcum in my stead while I keep the Sea Generals occupied."

The Holy War was imminent; he had to prepare as many materials as possible to repair Cloths for everyone.

Without the protection of intact Cloths, the casualties among the Saints would undoubtedly skyrocket.

Gold Cloths, in particular, were of the highest quality among the three types of Cloths, yet they were also the hardest to repair and consumed the most materials.

A large portion of his previously stored materials had been consumed precisely to restore the Gold Cloths of Cancer, Aquarius, and Taurus, which depleted over half of his orichalcum reserves.

Furthermore, once hostilities officially began, the time he could move about freely would become even scarcer.

This trip into the Realm of the Sea required mining a sufficient quantity of orichalcum without fail.

Listening to this, Yin Shiliu said with slight apprehension, "It is rumored that the Sea Generals possess strength comparable to Gold Saints."

"Even for you, if you were besieged by multiple Sea Generals, it would surely be extremely dangerous, wouldn't it?"

Although Poseidon had not fully awakened, which somewhat affected the Sea Generals' power, there was no doubt that they were at least Seventh Sense entities.

Even though Mu's strength was formidable, he was also at the level of the Seventh Sense.

He could not help but feel concerned about this journey into the Realm of the Sea.

***

It was no wonder Mu had previously said that mining orichalcum was dangerous and had not taken them there immediately.

"You don't need to worry about that!"

Mu waved his hand and said earnestly, "The Sea Generals need to guard the Pillars of the Sea that support the Undersea Realm; they will not leave lightly."

"Since the Continent of Mu sank in the Pacific, we will at most encounter the Sea Generals guarding the North and South Pacific. Those guarding other oceans should not neglect their duties to come to the Pacific."

"I can handle just two Sea Generals."

"Besides, I have already crossed paths with them once; I have enough certainty to hold them off."

The Sea Generals guarding the North and South Pacific were none other than Sea Horse Baian and Scylla Io, who had intercepted him on the western coast of the Pacific half a year ago.

He already had a sufficient understanding of those two.

"Mr. Mu, is this so-called Pillar of the Sea really that important?" Shun asked in disbelief.

He found it hard to believe that, knowing enemies had infiltrated, the Sea Generals would still stubbornly guard these Pillars without moving an inch.

"The importance of the Pillars of the Sea far exceeds your imagination!"

With a grave expression, Mu slowly explained, "They are the pillars that sustain the existence of the Undersea Realm. They hold up the ocean water, separating it from the seabed, transforming it into the sky of the Realm of the Sea, thereby creating an entirely new undersea world."

"To describe it simply, they are the pillars that hold up the sky."

Saying this, Mu pointed toward the ceiling and continued, "Imagine what would happen if something were to go wrong with the pillars holding up the sky?"

"The sky would collapse, the earth would shatter—a apocalyptic disaster!" Shun shivered involuntarily.

At this point, he finally understood the profound importance of the Pillars of the Sea to the Undersea Realm, and it was no wonder Mr. Mu spoke with such certainty that the other Sea Generals would not easily abandon their posts.

Meanwhile, connecting this to the strange architecture of the Undersea Realm—with the ocean above and solid land below—Yin Shiliu said with a solemn expression, "Mr. Mu, if something were to happen to the Pillars of the Sea, the Undersea Realm wouldn't be the only place to suffer, would it?"

"Correct!"

Mu nodded solemnly, "The human world and the Realm of the Sea are adjacent. If the seven Pillars of the Sea were to snap and the Undersea Realm were to collapse, the entire human world would face the peril of annihilation as well!"