Heaven Pool.
Cold-white Weakwater overflowed and spread, covering the whole of Heaven Pool. Outsiders could not peer into anything within tens of thousands of miles, and the dark Ren Sea at its center was the most tightly sealed of all.
Three or four years had passed since the earlier undertaking to protect his advancement. The seas had gradually settled, with few storms remaining.
Within a side hall of Pure Harmony Palace.
Wisps of Ren Water qi rose, coiling like flood dragons and serpents before forming a dark aquatic radiance.
The girl seated at the center of the side hall slowly opened her eyes. She was still young, and the reverse scale at her neck shone with Mysterious Yin light, proclaiming the purity of her bloodline.
As Mist Marsh Dragonkin living in Heaven Pool and cultivating Ren Water, she enjoyed a wealth of advantages. They had allowed her to break through into Qi Refining smoothly, in less time than ordinary Dragonkind required.
Mu Yu rose. She now looked twelve or thirteen, her expression utterly tranquil. Her ink-black eyes resembled deep lakes, seemingly untouched by any great disturbance since her birth.
She passed through the doorway. Ahead lay an immensely broad bronze avenue gleaming with a dark light, stretching toward a place where purple lightning surged.
"Dragon Princess, the Great King awaits you in the Main Palace."
A female official in colorful robes knelt on the ground and respectfully delivered the message. Along both sides of the avenue, clam maidens and shrimp spirits knelt in great numbers, none daring to raise their heads.
"Lead me there."
Mu Yu's voice was gentle. She had the official before her rise. The woman oversaw the Dragon Palace's internal affairs and miscellaneous business, and was rather close to her.
Hidden Rosy Clouds rose, nodded slightly, and