Yan Province, the Bohai Sea.
Misty waters stretched into the distance, white fog drifting over them.
This region connected to the Ji River and had been a departure point for voyages in search of immortals since ancient times.
In the past, islands had ringed the coast, reefs clustered thickly among them, and many minor sects had made their living there. Now everything had sunk into the sea, leaving not a trace. The blazing light of greater yang had burned through these waters, scorching even dozens of miles of land into collapse. Mountains sank into the sea, vast tracts of earth fell beneath the water, and with blazing light still crashing down from time to time, no living creature dared approach.
Now that blazing light had gone out, peace had returned to the coast, but its former scenery was gone.
The evaporated seawater had left layers of briny salt upon the tidal flats, a glaring expanse of white that raised the coastal ground by a full three feet. No plants could grow there, nor did any living creatures dwell there.
At the mouth of the Ji River.
A female Daoist could be seen amid the clouds, with a young maiden's features and an air of ethereal grace.
She wore a neatly fitted wind-and-thunder robe, a Wooden Sword bearing azure dragon mystic patterns hanging at her waist. As she silently surveyed the scene below, her sky thunder divine abilities showed an extraordinary degree of perfection. She was none other than Bimo, the sect master of the Upper Firmament Sect!
This Great True Person of sky thunder kept an extremely low profile. Concealing her aura, she had treated the devastation along her journey and finally reached the worst-stricken area around the Bohai Sea. Yan Province had belonged to the ancient Qi Kingdom-the Qi