Once the Heaven-Piercing Giant Pillar sank to the seabed, the calamity in the sea was already a spent arrow at the end of its flight.
Under the protection of the True Dragon and the other dragons, the entire Crystal Palace domain swiftly stabilized. The seabed remained murky, however, and ordinary eyes could not see very far.
But a True Dragon's eyesight could clearly make out the Dragon Palace. As Wu Yin looked around, most of the once-lavish, glittering Crystal Palace domain had become a scene of shattered walls and ruins.
Only a handful of halls had survived, and most of those had suffered damage of varying severity. As for the Dragon Palace's radiant splendor, it was naturally gone.
"Dragon Lord, the Crystal Palace..."
A Flood Dragon swam up beside the True Dragon. Looking at the devastated Dragon Palace grounds as they gradually came into view, he could scarcely describe what he felt.
Wu Yin said nothing, merely swimming slowly into the Crystal Palace. As he passed, fragments of scrolls occasionally drifted out of the ruined halls on the currents, and some of the relatively intact ones were automatically enclosed in individual bubbles.
Many Divine Beings and members of the Aquatic Folk had been injured in the calamity. They had only just begun to recover from the ordeal, and were clearly in poor condition. Some Flood Dragons and Aquatic Folk were helping them.
A dragon swam up to Wu Yin, dragging a bent hind claw. This blue-gray Flood Dragon was covered in wounds, more than half his scales shattered. Even so, he prostrated himself before the True Dragon, wailing incessantly.
"Dragon Lord, your subordinate was incompetent! I failed to save the Crystal Palace! I was incompetent... incompetent..."
Several more Flood Dragons and members of the Aquatic Folk swam over from behind,