Nights of torrential rain were the deepest, the clouds thick and heavy, without a trace of starlight, darkness everywhere.
Jing Jiu stood atop Jade Lake Peak Summit without a sound. The night wind stirred his white robes, yet they too made not the slightest sound.
Unlike the other peaks, Jade Lake Peak Summit was gently sloping and vast, with a jade-green lake in its midst.
That was how Jade Lake Peak had gotten its name.
An island stood in the middle of the lake, and on the island stood a palace, looking cold and gloomy in the downpour.
That palace was not the residence of Jade Lake Peak's master. It had another occupant.
Jing Jiu gazed quietly at the palace, his thoughts unknown.
The Green Mountain Nine Peaks were strictly guarded. Because of this palace, Jade Lake Peak was guarded even more heavily, with sword arrays everywhere among its slopes.
For some reason, those sword arrays seemed not to exist for Jing Jiu, allowing him to reach the summit easily without alerting anyone.
Had he been an expert in the Sea-Breaking Realm, this might have been possible, but he was merely a young disciple who had just entered the Mind Bearing realm. How could he accomplish this?
The Green Mountain Grand Array had deliberately left a passage in the night sky above Jade Lake Peak, like a slit cut open.
Rain poured ceaselessly from the night sky. Countless bolts of lightning lit it up from time to time and struck the island in the lake's center, as though intent on shattering the palace.
The rain drummed thickly, and snow-white waves churned across the lake, yet the lightning vanished soundlessly, as though swallowed by the palace. The sight was exceedingly strange.
Watching the island in the downpour, Jing Jiu looked somewhat