As he dove ever deeper, the azure ripples gradually turned a murky black, and the water grew increasingly frigid. His cultivation had long surpassed what it had been before, and with the aid of the Water Art, the lake's immense pressure could no longer hinder his rapid descent. Darkness slowly swallowed everything before his eyes, and he could hear the sound of his body cutting swiftly through the water.
Before long, a faint white glow appeared in the silent lakebed. Having been here once before, Yue Qianchou was not the least bit surprised and swiftly shot toward it. A lustrous white-jade barrier covered the lakebed like an overturned bowl, illuminating the surroundings as brightly as day. Shadowy underwater mountain ranges could be seen nearby, especially the pillar-like peaks that rose toward the lake surface. Their exposed summits were Shuntian Island.
The bizarre deep-water fish had been leisurely circling about, but the sudden arrival of a human figure sent them scattering in panic. Yue Qianchou first landed atop the barrier and struck it twice with all his strength. As expected, he found that the defense laid down by the Myriad Sword Demon Lord was not something that could easily be destroyed. Reassured, he swiftly circled the barrier, taking in the general terrain and determining the direction from which Yan Zhuixing would come. Then he lightly descended behind a rock on the lakebed. He took out a silver-white rain cape with an attached hood and put it on. With a shake, white light flickered faintly over the cape, and his entire body vanished from the lakebed.
This rain cape had been spoils from his battle with the sect leaders of the Four Islands of Huguang at Death Pass in Illusory Immortal City. It could conceal its wearer underwater, even from divine sense.