In the Void, a White-Haired Youthful Old Man watched everything unfold. He looked at Sou Shou and nodded.
The old man's Daoist name was Chu Yunxu. He was the grandson of the Liaoyuan Palace Master in the Upper Realm's Liaoyuan Immortal Sea, the Saint Child of Liaoyuan Palace, and also the master of this Azure Palace.
His cultivation was profound, and he came and went like a ghost. Even the various Hall Masters had only seen his back, so among the disciples, the Palace Master was rumored to be a white-haired old man.
He had established Azure Palace here merely as a form of training. Though he saw the various Hall Masters' secret schemes, he had no intention of interfering.
However, during the True Disciple examination, when the Illusory Ladder was climbed, one figure caught his attention.
That person was Sou Shou, a little catfish with no roots or aptitude, no affinity for immortality, yet unwilling to accept his fate and determined to swim against the current.
Chu Yunxu thought highly of him and began observing him in secret.
Yet one matter puzzled him: Sou Shou had not the slightest fluctuation of cultivation. How had he resisted sea beasts at the King Realm and even Emperor Realm? How could he swallow them whole?
However, he had not intended to investigate too deeply. Perhaps Sou Shou had encountered some special opportunity.
The red light ten thousand meters beneath the Great Trench had also been Chu Yunxu's doing. It was a direct passage he had created. He admired Sou Shou and had decided to take him as a disciple, finding a way to help him Change Fate.
At dusk, Sou Shou lay alone on his bed, considering his next move.
Just then, space trembled, and a figure suddenly appeared in the room.