White Ape Martial Arts Hall, the eighth floor of a high-rise.
Huang Tian sat cross-legged on the floor, his expression calm and his eyes closed. His breathing was slow and deep. Each breath stirred a wave of heat, while wisps of white vapor rose from his body and the temperature around him climbed.
Then, at a certain moment—
Boom!
As though a great river had burst through a dam, blood and qi surged through his body with a thunderous roar. Streaks of crimson light sprang from his skin and filled the room. His bones and sinews crackled like muffled thunder; his muscles swelled, veins coiled across them like snakes, and his shoulders broadened like mountains.
At the same time, crimson clouds suddenly billowed above the high-rise, layer upon layer spreading like wildfire, dazzling beyond compare.
The red glow spread swiftly in every direction. Within a few breaths, it had dyed the entire sky over Yuxin City crimson!
The buildings and streets below, along with every pedestrian and vehicle, took on a faint sheen. Seen from afar, heaven and earth seemed to merge into a churning scarlet sea!
Many residents looked up in wonder. "What beautiful clouds! But it's only just past one in the afternoon. Why is there so much color in the sky?"
"I remember clouds like this lighting up half the sky over Yuxin a few months ago. I even took a picture. Let me find it for you—here, this one. Pretty, isn't it?"
"I remember that too. I was in geography class, and several students kept asking the teacher what caused the colored clouds. The teacher hemmed and hawed, then said it was the scattering of light—"
"These clouds show up every few months, and this time they seem to cover even more of the sky. Is