As for the dangers of falling asleep... that's enough. It's already quite good that you're not drowning at all. Human effort can sometimes be too slow, and you've already done a very good job.

The physique of a martial arts master and an ordinary teenager cannot be compared. Soaking in water won't harm your vital energy foundation.

[In the 270th year of Daqing, you have no idea how long you've been adrift at sea, only that you've turned fifteen and your foundation has increased by 245%. This simulation now has a guaranteed minimum.]

As time went by, you were no longer as rudimentary as you had been at the beginning. You even built a small boat out of various materials, so you could lie on it without getting wet.

[Through personal experience, I discovered that the issue of fresh water is not a problem for martial arts masters. Their internal energy can easily force out excess salt, and they only need to spit out a few salt crystals after drinking seawater.]

[You've also encountered towering waves and thunderstorms, but fortunately, you always retain most of your strength. When danger arises, you simply shoulder a small boat and race across the sea. Reaching speeds of up to eighty meters per second, you've always been one step ahead of disaster.]

The most dangerous encounter was with a sea serpent, but it was powerful enough to be called a serpent king, or more directly, a sea dragon.

[Its length exceeds twenty meters and its diameter is nearly one meter. Swallowing a person is child's play for it. This sea dragon's muscles are terrifyingly strong; you'd think even a grandmaster would have a hard time dealing with it underwater.]

Of course, you couldn't possibly fight it. The reason you escaped was that it was too lazy to chase you and went to hunt a school of fish that appeared nearby.

Finally, after you had finished dispersing your cultivation and had recently switched to the Blood Essence Fusion Technique, just as you were beginning to grasp the basics, the outline of a landmass appeared at the edge of the sea, and you returned to the earth!

(Next, we'll be unlocking a rather abstract new map. This time, we'll explore the entire new map at once, and the male protagonist will be using the Blood Essence Fusion Technique extensively within it _(:3」∠)_)