One year in the Azure Realm, ten years in Swallowing Heaven.
Lately, Su Jiu had vaguely felt her Dantian swelling. She had already done everything she could to restrain it, short of setting up a Qi-Severing Formation, yet she still could not stop spiritual qi from pouring into her body.
Looking at the formation in her hands, Su Jiu let out a quiet sigh.
Back then, after they left Black Dragon Prison, the Merfolk had fulfilled their promise and taken her to the palace where the Black Dragon King lived. They had also taken advantage of his absence to attack the Jiao Serpent Kingdom.
They had returned victorious from that battle without any suspense, and the Black Dragon King's palace had even been awarded directly to Su Jiu.
Before long, Su Jiu and her companions had found the Teleportation Array supposedly beneath his seat.
The moment she saw that formation, Su Jiu knew she was in trouble.
That formation actually involved spatial laws. If she wanted to repair the Teleportation Array, she first had to learn space formations.
Fortunately, some books on space formations still remained in the Black Dragon King's palace.
To thank Su Jiu, Jiao Chen had also helped find quite a few.
But no matter how gifted she was, without some wisdom root for this subject, understanding could not simply spring out of thin air.
Then, two years ago, while practicing her sword one night, Su Jiu suddenly stopped short, as though she had sensed something.
Immediately afterward, the mark beneath the outer corner of her right eye began burning fiercely again.
When the burning faded, it had grown a fifth petal.
At first, Su Jiu thought little of it. But when she took up her sword again, she discovered that her body had become much lighter.