West Sea Kingdom.
The seabed of the Eightfold Sea.
Yuan Magnetism Rail Man sat cross-legged amid the rippling water, his eyes quietly closed, utterly motionless.
His ink-black robes refracted dreamlike colors in the seawater like fish scales.
Beside him, a Ghost-Eyed Chi Dragon lazily narrowed its eyes.
The schools of fish and sea beasts swimming nearby all instinctively kept their distance, vaguely forming a spherical zone of emptiness.
Just then, Yuan Magnetism Rail Man suddenly sensed something and opened his eyes.
The next moment, a phantom of Divine Patterns flickered in the void before him, and two figures silently took shape.
The one in front looked ordinary, yet possessed an imposing dignity without showing anger, his bearing noble.
The man behind him was dressed as a bare-chested monk.
They were none other than Wang Ba and Zhaojie, the monk from Xituo Continent.
At the sight of them, Yuan Magnetism Rail Man smiled. He did not rise, merely inclining his upper body slightly.
"Greetings, fellow Daoist. Greetings, Master."
Noticing the disturbance, the Ghost-Eyed Chi Dragon opened its eyes to glance at the two, then lazily closed them again.
Wang Ba swept his gaze over the void around Yuan Magnetism Rail Man. His expression grew slightly grave, and he said quietly:
"Thank you for your efforts, fellow Daoist."
Zhaojie, however, stared at Yuan Magnetism Rail Man's face in astonishment, then could not help turning to look at Wang Ba. Those two almost identical faces stirred a trace of amazement within him.
"This... could you also be..."
Yuan Magnetism Rail Man looked at Zhaojie and smiled faintly.
"You guessed correctly, Master. I, too, am an incarnation."
Although Zhaojie had already recognized it at a glance, hearing this still sent a jolt through his heart.
That Ice Daoist from before had already reached the