The scene on the page still looked largely unchanged, though that was not to say nothing had changed at all.
For instance, what had once been a still image had now become... a moving one.
The sea, already a raging expanse, now rose and fell within the picture. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky, with flickers of lightning appearing and disappearing between the black clouds.
Lightning struck the surface of the sea, as though intent on cleaving its waters apart.
Su Jiu felt an uncanny familiarity with this scene, as though something were undergoing a heavenly tribulation, or a precious treasure were about to emerge.
As for the sole figure in the picture, he still had his back to Su Jiu. Only his black cloak moved, fluttering wildly in the howling wind.
Su Jiu had already formed certain suspicions about his identity, but only now did she gain a deeper understanding of his power. If her guess was right, the tremendous upheaval on the surface of this sea likely had something to do with him.
Then... who exactly was he? And why was he doing this?
Su Jiu could only sense that he was doing something extremely dangerous, something that might even change the entire Azure Realm...
Wait... change the Azure Realm? Su Jiu froze for a moment. Even she did not understand why such an outlandish thought had suddenly occurred to her. It was as though it had simply slipped into her mind...
While Su Jiu was still in a daze, she suddenly heard Yun Huanling speaking beside her.
"Everyone from the Night-Gathering Sect is gone?"
"Yes. Yesterday, the city lord of one of the border cities personally went to the Night-Gathering Sect to ask for help, only to find that there wasn't even a disciple guarding