The turbid yellow river flowed on in a roaring torrent. The little boat rested in midstream, rocking gently and sending ripples spreading across the water, yet it neither moved forward nor drifted back.
The boat's reflection appeared on the water. Pei Ling, Ji Shuang'er, "Mogui," and "Huo" stood at the stern. The bow was empty, devoid of everything.
Hearing Pei Ling's question, the boatman's breathing remained unchanged. His voice was hoarse as he repeated, "Where would you like to go?"
Sensing that something was wrong, "Mogui" immediately sent him a voice transmission. "Pei Ling, what's going on?"
"Huo" quickly asked as well, "Setting the 'effect' and seeking the 'cause'? What just happened?"
What was going on?
What had happened?
Neither Senior "Mogui" nor Senior "Huo" remembered what had just happened?
His thoughts raced, and Pei Ling quickly regained his composure.
His Spiritual Sense locked onto the boatman and his empty reflection in the water. Clang!
Frost-colored light surged like a rainbow as the Nine Souls Blade instantly left its sheath!
A full, round blood moon slowly rose above Pei Ling's head!
His voice rang out, cold and vast. "Gazing at the Moon in a Cage, Line Between Immortal and Mortal!"
As soon as the words fell, the sharp blade tore through the air, and the Nine Souls Blade came crashing down.
In an instant, this world lost its color, and all things fell silent.
A hook-shaped blood moon rose above the boatman and his empty reflection. A myriad of blade intents burst forth in an instant, countless tiny blades converging into a torrent that surged ceaselessly toward the Hook Moon.
In the blink of an eye, the boatman was torn into pieces, then annihilated inch by inch!
The Hook Moon plunged into the full moon above Pei Ling's head, and