Zatiel and the rest continue traveling through The Ocean of a Thousand Wonders and they noticed that the closer they got to the Wuxuan continent the calmer the natural energy became and the Eye of Life and Creation showed that the life forms were becoming weaker and weaker.
It seems that the powerhouses of the Scientia Kingdom have neutralized any threat that surrounded their continent. This fits with the overprotective nature that the ruler of the kingdom has over his people.
As they reached the kingdom the first thing that called their attention was the famous 'swimming islands'. These were islands that literally swam around the continent, sometimes submerging themselves underwater only to come out months or maybe years later to the surface.
Some of the islands were small but others were big enough to hold the entire capital of the Aeternum Empire on them.