Li Xiangyi, the leader of the Sigu Sect, was poisoned by a fellow sect member. During his great battle with Di Feisheng in the East Sea, he was gravely wounded and plunged into the ocean...
On Hongmeng Island in the East Sea, at the center of a lotus pond stretching as far as the eye can see, a seven-colored lotus faces the morning sun, its petals just about to bloom...
(This blurb doesn't give too much away. Read the story for details, hehe.)