Fuxi's Evil Thoughts

The lanterns woven from glowing jellyfish swayed beneath the coral dome, while dark-blue curtains of water hung like silk. The silver-sand streets beneath the sea shimmered with starlight. Sea Monsters and merfolk, dressed in splendid garments woven from kelp and pearls, drifted between shell palaces.

Within The Deep, which should have been devoid of sunlight, there existed another world entirely.

This pearl of The Deep should have been the most brilliant dream in eternal night.

Yet at this moment.

The seawater suddenly grew as thick as blood plasma. Countless crimson bubbles erupted from cracks in the Earth Vein, staining the dark-blue water curtains a savage maroon. The glowing jellyfish curled into frightened balls, the coral palaces lost their color under the heat, and boiling bubbles rose across the silver-sand streets.

The once orderly streets descended into chaos. Sea Monsters and merfolk scattered in panic, their pearl ornaments spilling everywhere. The glazed windows of the shell palaces burst one after another, the coral dome began to collapse, and massive chunks of reef crashed onto the streets.

More and more crimson bubbles gathered, condensing into hideous ghostly faces in the seawater.

The silver sand melted into liquid under the heat, flowing across the ground like Mercury.

Within the distant cracks of the Earth Vein, golden-red magma could vaguely be seen churning. The entire undersea city trembled, as though it could be swallowed by earthfire at any moment.

"Return to how it was."

A slender figure stood before the magma.

He spoke as if his words were divine decree.

The instant his words fell, the shattered coral dome began to grow backward—flying reef fragments gathered from every direction, while the melted silver sand spread back into a starry road like an overturned hourglass running in reverse.

Sea Monsters and merfolk stared in shock