The dragon head formed of Golden Light hung directly above the Floating Island. The enormous dragon head had its eyes closed, yet still exuded an overwhelming majesty. Everyone who saw it instinctively felt awe rise in their hearts.

The Array formed by the Golden Light giant dragon had four huge exits, for people to pass in and out.

These four exits were extremely busy. The Flying Spiritual Artifacts ridden by the Cultivators shone with all kinds of strange lights as they passed, making for an incredibly lively sight.

Such a wondrous scene also drew out all the young disciples on the Nine-Sail Cloud Boat.

A crowd of people stood on the fore and aft decks, pointing toward Celestial Dragon Island and commenting.

Even Ice Soul, who had been in seclusion all this time, was dragged out by Ripples to join in the excitement.

The two young girls were peerlessly delicate and beautiful. The many disciples all knew their identities, yet no one dared step forward to strike up a conversation.

Of course, there were always a few who were bold and not afraid of death. But anyone who went up to chat was only asking for embarrassment.

As time went on, everyone came to understand that these two held their eyes above the top of their heads and were not people they could covet.

Seeing Ripples and Ice Soul there, the crowd automatically gave up a large patch of open space.

Chen Jiu Feng, Chen Royal Court, and Sikong Ling, who were standing at the bow, also nodded in greeting to the two, but did not go forward to talk.

They were Daoist Immortals, and had to maintain their dignity. Besides, these two young girls were not easy to deal with. If they really wanted to get close to someone, it would be better to seek out Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan's bearing was ethereal and transcendent, his temperament refined and magnanimous. Even if one failed to get close to him, he would not make others feel awkward. Those two young girls, however, were another matter.

Since even Chen Jiu Feng and the others treated them with respectful distance, Ripples and Ice Soul naturally had even less interest in exchanging words with them.

According to the rules, all outsiders and their goods had to enter through the eastern passage, and had to register.

Chen Jiu Feng and Chen Royal Court were young and it was their first time coming here. Sikong Ling, however, had been here once and was very experienced.

Sikong Ling ordered the Nine-Sail Cloud Boat to retract the six largest cloud sails, leaving only three cloud sails for easier control.

The Nine-Sail Cloud Boat circled half of Celestial Dragon Island and queued up to enter from the eastern passage.

Although this passage was extremely wide, registration was required, so everyone had to line up to enter.

Most of the Flying Boats in front of the Nine-Sail Cloud Boat were also Flying Boats, just all smaller than the Nine-Sail Cloud Boat.

After all, it was a Flying Boat forged by the combined effort of the four great Daoist Sects, and was quite imposing.

Compared to it, the other Flying Boats truly were like a child's plaything next to a giant. Especially with so many Flying Boats queuing together, the Nine-Sail Cloud Boat in their midst appeared all the more enormous.

Because of this, everyone aboard the Nine-Sail Cloud Boat felt quite proud.

Even Human Immortals like Chen Jiu Feng and Chen Royal Court had faint smiles of pride on their faces.

They had crossed hundreds of millions of miles to come here for nothing less than to make a name for themselves.

Sikong Ling was much more composed. The Nine-Sail Cloud Boat was indeed large, but on Celestial Dragon Island it did not count as anything special.

The Eastern Province was vast and rich, with Sects of Cultivators numbering more than ten times those of the Northern Province.

The Nine-Sail Cloud Boat they had forged by gathering the Power of the Northern Province was actually nothing remarkable in the Eastern Province. It was just that, at this moment, there was no need to say anything that would dampen spirits.

After queuing for more than an hour, the Nine-Sail Cloud Boat finally reached the entrance of the passage into Celestial Dragon Island.

Several tall Samurai in black Scale Armor flew down onto the deck. The burly man in the lead was nearly a zhang tall, with narrow eyes and a long mouth. His iron-blue skin was unusually smooth; at a glance, his true form was clearly some kind of Sea Race.

The other Samurai were all of the same appearance and should have come from the same clan.

The burly leader stood at the bow and shouted loudly, "Where are you from? What kind of people are you? How much cargo is in the ship?"

His voice was high-pitched and sharp, and his tone condescending, extremely discourteous.

Chen Jiu Feng and Chen Royal Court both frowned slightly. As dignified Human Immortals who walked sideways across the Northern Province, they had never been treated like this.

Sikong Ling, however, remained steady. He stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "We are Cultivators from the Northern Province, here to attend the Celestial Dragon Dharma Assembly."

"Attend the Celestial Dragon Dharma Assembly?"

The burly man gave Sikong Ling a slanted glance. "The Assembly doesn't start for another three years. You came running over this early—planning to freeload food and drink, are you?"

Even Sikong Ling, with his refined self-cultivation, had his expression change slightly. The East Sea Dragon Race had always been arrogant, but not this wild and overbearing.

He hadn't been here for several thousand years, and they had become like this?

Sikong Ling turned the thought over in his mind and realized the other party was likely causing trouble specifically because of Gao Xuan.

After all, Gao Xuan had destroyed the North Sea Dragon Race. For the Dragon Race, that was first and foremost a humiliation of the highest order.

Just for the sake of the Dragon Race's reputation, they had to deal with Gao Xuan.

But using such a petty trick to make things difficult was really too small-minded, and not at all in line with the style of the East Sea Dragon Race.

Sikong Ling pondered this in his heart, but on his face he suppressed his anger. He took out the invitation letter and showed it to the burly man. "Here is the invitation."

The burly man lifted his chin and snatched the invitation letter. He flipped through it a few times, then handed it back to Sikong Ling. "The invitation is indeed genuine. However, one invitation can only bring five hundred people. There are too many people here."

"We all have invitations."

Though Sikong Ling was greatly displeased, he still took out all four invitation letters of the Daoist Sect.

The entire Nine-Sail Cloud Boat carried fewer than two thousand people; four invitations were more than enough.

This time the burly man did not even look at the invitations. He flared his nostrils at Sikong Ling and said, "People can go in, but the cargo has to be taxed. Ten in one."

This time Sikong Ling was truly angered. He stared straight into the other's narrow, deep blue eyes. "What did you say?"

They were not merchants coming to do business on Celestial Dragon Island, but honored guests here to attend the Assembly.

According to the rules of the Celestial Dragon Dharma Assembly, there was no reason for honored guests to pay taxes.

A Twelve Tribulation Human Immortal was a top-tier Cultivator anywhere in the Cyan Celestial Realm.

The burly man might be fierce, but he was only a Great Demon of the sea, at least one entire major realm below Sikong Ling. When Sikong Ling merely shifted his stance, the burly man was forced to retreat two steps.