King of Yue

Facing the surging giant whale, Li Qi did not choose to meet it head-on.

He merely stood where he was, immovable as a mountain.

The giant whale charged fiercely at Li Qi!

Like a raging torrent swollen by violent rain and heavy snow, pouring straight down from a mountaintop, drowning the surrounding land, smashing apart everything in its path, and dragging all things into its whirlpool.

A heaven-shaking, terrifying, abrupt change. There was no need even to listen. From beyond the realm to the lands beneath Heaven, throughout countless worlds, every life connected to Baiyue could clearly sense that faint rumble reaching their minds, stirring the world of their surface thoughts that had seemed so calm.

The clever ones would likely soon understand that these dark, rolling peals of thunder were the harbingers of an even greater storm to come.

The giant whale's charge rang out with a sonorous clash in the sea of minds, shattering the loneliness of countless lives and setting their hearts, silent since birth, trembling.

How could a person's heart be stirred into surging waves?

Many people had probably never felt true passion well up from the depths of their hearts in their entire lives. Their hearts were like stagnant pools, ancient wells without a ripple. They had never encountered anything that could make their placid minds erupt like a mountain flood. They could not muster interest in much of anything, endlessly repeating the same days.

In truth, such people were rather fortunate. It meant that they lived in relatively peaceful surroundings.

If they lived in an age of war, an age of discord, then life would toss their emotions about every day. A cup of water placed on level ground would naturally remain as still as an ancient well, but put it in a swaying