Yu Xuan looked out across the lake, golden eyes narrowing as he sensed something deep beneath the surface.
"It's totally frozen…" Liji said cautiously.
A serpent shaped shadow lashed out from her feet, striking the lake, only to freeze solid on contact and shatter.
"You both wait here," Yu Xuan instructed calmly.
He spread his spirit sense across the lake.
Then, without hesitation, Yu Xuan leapt.
SPLASH—
The lake exploded outward in ripples. The moment he submerged, the water around him tried to crystallize…but the instant it neared Yu Xuan, it recoiled.
He wasn't resisting it, he was simply too harmonized with the elements.
A blue star glowed in his dantian, and all water within a 20-meter radius bent away from him naturally, forming a hollow sphere.
He descended through the silvery-blue depths, passing crystal clear water and absolute stillness.
Not a fish. Not a plant. Not even a dead remnant.
Until.
At the lake's bed, there was a single creature.
