A dark, towering wave crashed down, swallowing Xuan Haoran whole in its churning foam.
But every spectator believed that the Heavenly Evolution Divine Son, Xuan Haoran, would never go down just like that.
Sure enough, once the tide of Black Mud had calmed a little, the ordinary-looking young man with dead-fish eyes resurfaced. His clothes were as clean as new.
He was the very picture of a lotus rising unstained from the mud.
Only, the Heavenly Evolution Divine Son's expression was quite something.
There was bewilderment, along with the bitter look of a foolish son whose family had been wronged.
But the Nine Extreme Exquisite Pagoda's attacks wouldn't go easy on him just because he was the original owner's foolish son. One thunderstorm after another suddenly descended upon him.
Before the storms could even reach him, countless arcs of electricity made his hair explode like a dandelion.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Like a small boat sailing a storm-tossed sea, he was swallowed whole by the thunderbolts.
Fortunately, with his ability to see the future, he ultimately wasn't brought down by the lightning. He barely made it through the lightning field, climbed onto the spiral staircase, and headed for the second floor.
He had a vague feeling that something even more explosive was waiting for him on the next floor.
It was the intuition of someone who could see the future.
The feeling made Xuan Haoran acutely aware of how difficult the road ahead would be.
The second floor of the Nine Extreme Exquisite Pagoda.
After he climbed the last slippery step, stained with Black Mud, a scene every bit as crimson and sinister as the first floor appeared before Xuan Haoran.
He swept his gaze around and fixed on a Pink-Haired Girl not far ahead.
"Wuji, you're here too."
Xuan Haoran