Time passed slowly. Strange rocks stood scattered across the mountain peak, while beneath it, the vast lake churned. Layer upon layer of colossal waves surged and crashed against the mountainside, throwing up enormous sprays.
Aside from the roar of the waves and the sweeping sound of the wind, not a single sound could be heard across the empty mountains.
After who knew how long, a ripple suddenly rose from the surface of the previously tranquil mountain peak.
It was as though the mountain peak were merely an inverted reflection in water.
As the ripples swayed and spread, the mountain peak that had seemed solid and majestic suddenly became twisted beyond recognition. With another burst of fluctuation, a strange mass of energy abruptly dispersed.
"After undergoing this baptism by the Great Dao's artistic conception, your cultivation must have improved tremendously, Immortal Fairy." As the fluctuations spread and faded, a clear, youthful voice rang out across the mountain peak.
Amid the voice, another wave of fluctuation emerged, revealing the figures of two cultivators, one man and one woman.
The two who had just appeared were sitting and standing respectively.
The female cultivator who was standing seemed somewhat dazed, as though she had just awakened from a deep sleep and her mind had yet to fully return.
But when the veiled female cultivator heard the clear voice, a brilliant light suddenly flashed through her slightly vacant eyes. She turned around and faced the direction from which the voice had come.
As the man's voice rang out, he also sprang to his feet, his eyes revealing traces of joy.
"Ah! You... you didn't perish in the lake." When the female cultivator saw the male cultivator's face, a moment of shock appeared in her eyes. But then, an indescribable delight emerged, and with a movement