Beyond the northwestern sea, north of the Red River, stood Zhangwei Mountain. There was a god there, with a human face and a red serpent's body, its eyes straight and upright. When it closed its eyes, darkness fell; when it opened them, light appeared. It neither ate nor slept nor breathed, and the wind and rain came at its summons. This was Zhu Jiuyin, known as the "Candle Dragon." — Records of Mountain and Sea Exotic Beasts
On a night in the Mountain Sea Realm, Jiang Wang and Zuo Guangshu picked a direction they themselves had no idea where it led and headed off in silence.
The imposing Smoke Armor covered them, keeping the Mountain Sea Realm's oppressive force from affecting their movements.
But strictly speaking, Zuo Guangshu had created the Wu-Yu Smoke Armor to let them fight more freely in the Mountain Sea Realm. Yet against the exotic beasts there, whose strength so often reached the Divine Presence level...
The Wu-Yu Smoke Armor seemed useful mainly for letting them stay at their peak at all times... so they could swiftly take it off.
The night sky held neither stars nor moon, and the sea was just as calm.
The distant tides rolled on, carrying a soothing power that seemed to settle the heart.
"What a pity, to have a pearl hidden in the dust," Jiang Wang sighed.
He held the Red Makeup Mirror, which illuminated everything within fifty li.
That was no small range, but in the boundless Mountain Sea Realm, it barely covered anything.
Take the floating mountains that appeared and vanished within sight. They looked close enough, but who knew how many days it would take to reach them? It was like looking up at the sky: clouds were within sight, but you couldn't touch