The bright moon hung high.
Its clear radiance was like gauze.
Mists and waves stretched boundlessly across Luo Water Lake.
Amid the curling water mist, a woman in a black dress came treading over the waves.
Each time her toes touched down, ripples spread across the mirror-smooth lake.
Ahead of her lay the tranquil and peaceful Luoshui City, a small county town.
In but a moment, Luoshui City drew nearer and shrank within her eyes.
Scattered lights flickered within the city, while everyone else had already entered the land of dreams.
"Slaughter Luoshui County and force that Luo River King to come here? I wouldn't dare accept such a task..." At that moment, a figure surfaced in the black-dressed woman's mind.
That figure was incomparably tall, with a Heavenly Eye upon his brow.
Merely recalling that figure made her body tremble slightly, while autumn waves flowed through her eyes.
The next instant, she lightly tapped the lake with her final step, her figure shooting through the air like a wild goose skimming the heavens.
Then she landed atop a section of collapsed wall by the lake.
Moonlight poured down like water, spilling over the tranquil city before her.
Her gaze swept over it, taking in the outline of the entirety of Luoshui County.
Once more, Jiang Ning as she had seen him one year ago, on a night just like this, surfaced in her mind.
Now, with the aid of Lord Fuyuan's divinity, she had successfully descended and walked the mortal world.
"His Divine Eminence's hometown—I wouldn't dare!" Looking at the undulating outlines of buildings in the distance, she secretly shook her head.
At the same time.
Elsewhere.
Beyond the wilderness.
Clear moonlight poured down like water. The wilderness was silent, save for the rising and falling chorus of insects.