Below Sacred Fire Cliff, in the Cloud Sea of Heaven-Reaching.
A dark-robed young man with a gloomy face sat upright in a small boat, breathing and regulating his breath. Only after a long while did he look toward the vast Cloud Sea before him.
Rumble—!
In an instant, the Cloud Sea churned. Waves surged skyward one after another, sweeping toward the dark-robed youth along with his breathing and energy circulation, crashing down upon him!
At nearly the same moment, the dark-robed youth opened his eyes. His dharma power climbed almost to its limit before bursting outward. A strand of Heavenly Craft True Qi, forged through untold hardship, came smashing down. Seizing rivers and grasping seas, catching clouds and suppressing mist, it forcibly calmed one of the oncoming waves.
Yet before he could catch his breath, a second wave followed close on its heels.
"Good!"
The dark-robed youth let out a long cry. His Heavenly Craft True Qi moved at his call, manifesting blades, spears, swords, halberds, carriages, and streams of horses in succession as it howled toward the second wave.
Bang!
Another tremendous crash rang out. The dark-robed youth's face flushed slightly red as he immediately staggered back a step, but the incoming wave was shattered by his blow and subsided in turn.
Yet the waves upon the Cloud Sea showed no sign of stopping. Indeed, because the dark-robed youth was circulating his dharma power and drawing in and expelling the energies of Heaven and Earth, the previously calm Cloud Sea seemed to have been provoked, growing even more violent. The third assault directly raised three waves that came at him from both sides.
"Hmph!"
This time, the dark-robed youth was no longer as composed as before. His face turned crimson, and his true qi rapidly drained away as he