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Dark clouds blanketed the sky, and lightning flashed amid rolling thunder.

Beneath the dim sky, fierce winds swept across the Endless Sea, whipping its surface into towering waves.

There were no seabirds battling the wind and waves, as Ji Yuan had imagined. There was only ink-black seawater and clouds churning endlessly overhead.

Bolts of lightning split the sky and struck the sea, forming enormous pillars of light that joined sea and sky.

In the illuminated sky, Outsider Heavenly Demons seemed to lurk, struggling and roaring.

The sight before him looked like the end of the world. Even Ji Yuan, a weathered Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator, felt a little uneasy.

Yet the Whale-Patrol Boat beneath his feet sailed straight into the heart of the storm, as though seeking its own doom.

Several Qi Refining Stage cultivators making the trip for the first time went pale at the sight and stumbled back several steps.

Huang Laotou, puffing on his pipe, gave a derisive snort.

"If you're scared, hide in your cabins. What are you cowards still doing out here watching? Not worried your states of mind will crumble?"

At that, the Qi Refining cultivators hurried into the cabins.

Ji Yuan stayed on deck, watching the rare spectacle. For a moment, curiosity stirred in him. If the storms in the Storm Zone were this terrifying, what would await them at Thunderclap Marsh?

Thunder-Smite Mystic Fluid, which could be used to forge a Thunder-Smite Sword, could be found there. How magnificent must its thunderstorms be?

Surely they would be no less impressive than the Storm Zone's.

Ji Yuan was watching, spellbound, when Huang Laotou sidled over with a grin. "Fellow Daoist, you're remarkably steady for your first time here. One look at you, and I can tell you're destined for Golden Core Formation."