Heaven Pool.
A year had passed, and the immense weak-water formation shrouding Heaven Pool was finally complete.
Boundless black weak water flowed across the sea, causing the surrounding Great Void to settle rapidly and become exceedingly difficult to traverse. For a time, the wind died and the waves stilled, while several seabirds dropped straight out of the sky.
Deep in the heavens, dark clouds churned like spilled ink, gathering around a dark hidden moon and a pure white winter sun. The two alternated, darkness and light shifting, until the entire stretch of sea abruptly turned cold. Ice crystals formed and cold water spread, as though the depths of winter had descended.
Beneath the sea, beside the pillar.
The pillar of the sea capital stood majestically in the middle of the Ren Sea. The mysterious Mist Dragon patterns carved into it seemed to respond, gleaming softly. Beneath the pillar sat a bronze treasure platform bearing the [Great Weakness Cold Disk], which reflected the sun and moon.
Two figures stood quietly beside the artifact: Xu Xuan and Hou Ni.
"Ren water, when stored in lakes and marshes, is the water of weakness and cold. When it bursts forth into raging floods, it becomes the water of annihilating extinction."
Xu Xuan had read many of the Dragon Court's records and was fairly familiar with ren water. He had even once wielded a [Mingxiong Origin] on another's behalf. Now, seeing the two layers of the grand formation, he gained further insight.
"If Your Majesty cultivated Ren, it would be a smooth path as well."
Hou Ni stabilized the formation at his side. Soot-black subduing earth radiance flowed through his hands, and the Yellow Springs surged, thick with mud, perfectly suited to anchoring the Great Weakness Cold Disk.
As the grand formation settled into place,