At the northern extreme, in Starfall Sea, a colossal creature raised its ferocious head and gazed southward.
"Something happened to the Fire God Temple...
A muffled voice echoed across the entire deathly silent sea as the colossal creature slowly rose.
In an instant, the previously calm sea erupted into towering waves. Its enormous body stood taller than mountains, water streaming down it like several hanging waterfalls.
Once the seawater parted, it revealed a gigantic turtle shell as vast as a continent.
This was the divine beast that stood guard over the far north—the Black Tortoise.
Tangible divine power gathered in its eyes, allowing it to see the changes at the far southern end more clearly.
"The Four Extremes are out of balance. Great chaos is about to descend upon the world!"
A long sigh drifted out, filled with helplessness.
Even a divine beast as powerful as it could change nothing in the face of the coming catastrophe, much less stand beyond the reach of the calamity.
Around it, countless Black Tortoises of all sizes, along with other sea beasts, surfaced one after another.
They did not know what had happened in the south, but they could sense the Black Tortoise's sorrow.
In these waters, the Black Tortoise was their sky.
Anything that could trouble the Black Tortoise likewise filled them with unease.
"Ancestor, Ancestor, is something major about to happen?" asked a turtle no bigger than the Black Tortoise's toenail.
"Yes. The world's great calamity is about to begin," the Water God Black Tortoise replied.
"A great calamity? A great calamity? It sounds so frightening. Ancestor, will we all die?" the turtle asked again.
"Your ancestor will keep you safe." The Black Tortoise fell silent for a moment before offering comfort.
At those words, the sea beasts all breathed a