Boundless Azure

The rain continued to fall, showing no sign of stopping.

Gales howled around Shen Qingzhou, sending his robes flying. At some unknown moment, all the mana that had vanished had returned to him.

He no longer intended to hesitate. He had absolute confidence in clearing the four stages of Foundation Establishment.

The imagery and Dao charm of the Kan Water Lineage grew increasingly dense. Even the moisture around him gradually stagnated. The rain falling from the sky was unconsciously drawn by some force as well.

Centered on him, spiritual power gathered, and a vortex slowly formed.

Shen Qingzhou sat cross-legged as the seed within his dantian underwent its transformation!

Clearly, a breakthrough could never be smooth sailing.

Outside Peach Spring Village, numerous shadows gradually appeared. The villagers who had once farmed numbingly seemed to have had some shred of consciousness stripped away.

When they raised their heads again, the smiles on their gentle, rustic faces had frozen, while the stiffness in their eyes gradually turned into murderous intent.

Their skin shriveled, making them resemble paper figures one after another.

They made no sound. Yet once their bodies came into contact with the rain, they grew larger and larger, encircling the thatched shelter at incredible speed.

"Junior Brother!" Su Yu cried out. Seeing the villagers she had once spent every day alongside suddenly turn into such horrifying monsters, she could not help panicking.

Shen Qingzhou was not surprised. Although most of his focus was on his breakthrough, he still kept his divine sense spread across the surroundings.

Those villagers had originally been remnant souls within this magic treasure. True Lord Xuan Yuan Runji had seized them with a Divine Ability and refined them into puppets.

Now, however, they had been corrupted by the power of "Heart Moon." They were enemies, not