The turmoil of the Beast Tide engulfed the entire Sang Continent Grotto.
Just as Gu Shen had guessed, the volcanic ash spewed by Tan Yao not only disrupted the flow of source matter... even the perception granted by a Throne of God's authority had failed in this realm.
Saint Gadie, who listened to the tides from afar, could now hear only countless beast cries.
Likewise.
The divine envoy of the Source Tower who controlled the cloud mirrors could see only chaos.
No one knew that within the forest of South Cave, there was such an immaculate barrier, preserving a rare patch of tranquility amid the Beast Tide.
Nor did anyone know of the conversation between Red Dragon and Gu Shen at that moment.
"Why bother digging into the reasons behind certain things?"
Red Dragon said blandly, "You've broken through now. That's a good thing. Isn't that enough?"
"Not enough... Of course it's not enough."
The phantom iron scales circling Gu Shen had yet to disperse.
Though he knew that even after breaking through, he was still no match for Red Dragon... he could not rest easy without getting to the bottom of this.
"The God of Wine's Throne died in the Eastern Continent."
"The Transcendents of Upper City hate and despise the Eastern Continent more than anyone."
"As the chief divine envoy of the Source Tower, why would you help me break through? I'd rather not have this kind of 'good fortune.'"
Gu Shen paused.
"You are a divine envoy of the Source Tower. You should know the rules. Meeting me here is a grave violation of the divine envoy code. If the cloud mirrors catch sight of you, even if you had a thousand lives, you would not escape death."
"..."
Red Dragon fell silent for a second, then