Once the Dragon Daughter began her Water Journey, she devoted herself to it body and soul. No matter how thoroughly she had prepared or how long she had accumulated strength before bursting forth, transforming into a dragon through a Water Journey was an exceedingly critical matter that allowed no distraction. As for her parents, she could only place her hopes on Uncle Ji and her elder brother.
Though the waters of the Tongtian River had already become very gentle, at this moment they immediately surged into turbulence. Torrential rain poured down all along the river, and the water level rose rapidly.
Fortunately, the changes in the Tongtian River had been plain for all to see in recent years. Within Great Zhen, many Talented and Extraordinary Individuals had foreseen certain events. Some warned the common folk, while others did everything possible to advise the emperor, so the Great Zhen authorities had long since made arrangements along the banks of the Tongtian River.
At this moment, the Dragon Daughter finally understood just how terrifying the pressure of a Water Journey was. The river water, ordinarily so obedient, now refused to heed her commands. It was as though a gentle mount had suddenly become a savage wild horse. She needed several times her usual effort merely to barely control the current, while even the rain descending from the heavens seemed to carry the oppressive might of Heaven.
The river's raging waves, every tributary flowing into the Tongtian River, even every drop of rain falling from the sky—every ripple and every droplet seemed to gather their pressure together and bear down upon the Dragon Daughter with incomparably crushing weight. This force did not only assail her spirit; even her flesh suffered a pain as though it were being torn apart.
That crushing sensation nearly