Radiance flickered as the condensed essence formed a Blue Tide that battered the walls of the Ze Cauldron.
Liang Qu's brows drew together.
Most of the Ze Cauldron's information was projected into his Sea of Consciousness through Rainbow Light, illuminating his heart. Its color and sensation had always been vast and azure, soothing to behold. Yet today, it was an eerie blackish red, bearing down with a suffocating weight!
Drowning Karma had triggered?
How had it triggered? It shouldn't be because of Slaying the Flood Dragon... It's merely a divine ability, not one that exacts a price. It brings benefits without drawbacks. I've stayed in the Quiet Room and never gone out. I didn't even leave the ship for supplies along the way.
Liang Qu gazed out the window.
They had set out from Southern Zhili in December, fully prepared, heading west all the way. To give Liang Qu ample time to cultivate, Ta Ta Kai had not traveled at full speed, stopping and starting along the route. Yet now, in January, the once boundless waters of the Huai River seemed to rise into towering snow mountains! The river's source lay beyond the heavens—the Snowy Ridge Sword Hilt.
The upper reaches of the Huai River...
His heart jolted.
Could it be because he had entered the territory of the Great Snow Mountain?!
"Drowning means being submerged and dying. Karma... karmic hindrance? The cause and effect of one's actions. It doesn't sound like a good word."
Drowning Karma triggered
Drowning Karma accumulated: One
The joy of his breakthrough was washed away by the inexplicable Drowning Karma. He pushed open the door to the Quiet Room, and a tide of clamor surged in. Liang Qu looked down over the deck.
Bats hung upside down from the mast.
River Otters and Beavers chased