After the Great Battle

Dark clouds hung low, seeming close enough to brush the eaves. Torrential rain poured from them like mountain floods bursting through a breached dam.

Bolts of lightning threaded down from the clouds like chains, illuminating the entire Dark World. Layer upon layer of electric nets spread across the waterlogged ground, and every living creature walking through the rain was struck dead by lightning.

"When the Water God raged, heaven and earth turned upside down!" Tu Shan Qing watched the lightning falling from the sky, his eyes filled with reverence. Hundreds of Lightning Ropes descended from the clouds above Chongzheng Academy, only to be drawn away by the Exquisite Pagoda. All the lightning was absorbed by the pagoda and transformed into its energy.

"Who knew how many innocent commoners would die miserably in the streets..." Tu Shan Qing sighed softly.

"Idiot! At a time like this, there were no ordinary commoners walking the streets." Zhang Chen shook his head. For common folk, seeking advantage and avoiding harm was instinctive. With Jinling City in such chaos, any true law-abiding citizen had long hidden indoors and prayed in silence. Who would still be wandering the streets?

Wind, rain, and lightning flashed between heaven and earth as the Innate Water God's fury swept through all of Jinling City. The clouds and mist filling the sky blocked Zhang Chen's sight, preventing him from seeing clearly what was happening at the Shen Family Residence. Yet a quarter-hour later, the Exquisite Pagoda of Chongzheng Academy suddenly shook violently, then rose from the ground and vanished into the sea of clouds. Then the Innate Water God's furious roar came from the direction of the Shen Family: "Ant, you dare stop me from destroying Jinling City?"

Even fiercer divine radiance erupted. Then, another quarter-hour later, everything between heaven and