Calamity of the Infant Serpent

Night fell over the Boundless Sea. Wisps of yin energy rose, lending an eerie air to the once-vast ocean.

Because Canghai True Lord had used the Profound Mother Treasure Wheel itself, the sea eye of the Boundless Sea, long held in check, had been thrown into turmoil. Disasters erupted across the sea, from storms to tsunamis. Countless lives were lost, and vengeful spirits appeared everywhere, giving rise to many water ghosts. These ghosts worsened the calamity. And the natural disasters were only part of it: the human catastrophes that followed were just as dreadful. Together, they made the situation in the Boundless Sea increasingly dire. Yet at this very moment, the Jellyfish Palace withdrew even further to protect itself.

The Jellyfish Palace had suffered grievous losses on its expedition to the Impermanence Sect. Not only had it lost Azure Wave True Lord, but Ice Severing True Lord and Raging Tide True Lord had both been injured and suffered damage to their spirits. As soon as they returned to the palace, they entered closed-door seclusion.

Only Canghai True Lord was in relatively good condition, but the sea eye's upheaval left him no attention to spare. He had to return the Profound Mother Treasure Wheel to its place at once and suppress the sea eye again, hoping to quell the disturbance before the Impermanence Sect could exploit their weakness.

Under the circumstances, he had no mind for anything else. Natural or human-made disasters meant little to him. To the Jellyfish Palace, ordinary living beings were wheat in a field: cut one crop, and another would grow.

Once the disasters subsided, the population would naturally recover. The ghosts that had emerged were no great threat either. When the Jellyfish Palace's leaders caught their breath, they could suppress them with a wave of the