Chapter 366: Chaos

Above the gray mist, inside that ancient palace.

Ke Lai En leaned against the high‑backed chair belonging to the fool, set down the sea‑god staff he was holding, and the large‑scale influence he had just exerted on the sea had taken a heavy toll on his spirit.

He exhaled slowly, spreading his spirit to envelop himself, preparing to leave the space above the gray mist.

His gaze swept around, and when it landed on the high‑backed chair belonging to the White Tower, a vague bad premonition rose in his mind.

A thought that something was about to go wrong flashed through his mind; Ke Lai En quickly retracted his spirit. As an extraordinary being skilled in divination and standing above the gray mist, he trusted his intuition.

He immediately waved his hand, summoning a paper figure from the gray mist beside him, and at the same time reached out with his left hand to pick up the Black Emperor lying face‑down on the table.

He swiftly poured spirit into the paper figure and flung it; the figure swelled and twisted in midair, becoming a tall angel with twelve pairs of jet‑black wings.

Following Ke Lai En's thought, the tall paper‑angel quickly merged into the deep‑red star representing Lei Ke Dun.

Ke Lai En's brows furrowed; he felt that the paper figure he had just released seemed to have had no effect.

Immediately, he spread his spirit to touch the deep‑red star representing Lei Ke Dun, but his spirit made no response at all, as if whatever connects to the star did not exist.

What's happening, blocked by some powerful force? Yet even the Abandoned Land of the Gods, I can still reach through this gray mist—could this be a special extraordinary ability? While pondering, Ke Lai En swiftly spread his spirit to envelop himself, simulating the sensation of falling.

He needed to return to shore quickly, find a safe spot, and provide aid to the troubled A Er.

His mind slightly hazy, Ke Lai En returned to the massive sea creature's mouth, removed the black cloth sack from his waist, and, using a pre‑marked sign, retrieved a talisman that could communicate with the sea beast.

"Storm!" he uttered in the Ancient Hermes Tongue, invoking the surroundings.

The white‑tin talisman in his hand instantly turned to flying ash, and a wisp of pale‑blue light surged out, merging into Ke Lai En's body.

He felt a strange connection forming with the massive sea creature, allowing his thoughts to be transmitted into its mind.

"Approach the coast, rise upward."

Ke Lai En had just sent the command to the sea creature telepathically when a feedback message surfaced in his mind: "Danger, above, danger!"

Ke Lai En again fumbled for a talisman that could increase affinity with the sea beast, whispering, "Storm!"

The talisman again turned to flying ash and vanished; in an instant, Ke Lai En sensed the sea creature's goodwill toward him.

While the talisman took effect, he transmitted another thought: "Carry me upward, close to the coast."

The massive sea beast again sent a dire warning, yet its body honestly rose toward the surface. After reaching the sea surface, the creature dared to continue upward regardless of what it said, so Ke Lai En forced it to open its mouth and escaped from its jaws.

Using an underwater breathing talisman, Ke Lai En began to swim toward the surface; once out of the water, he could advance with a levitation talisman.

The best way would be to have the fish in the sea escort me, which would be far faster than swimming back myself. Unfortunately, the earlier chaos caused all the nearby sea creatures capable of fleeing to disappear, and the few left probably can't swim as fast as I can.

After swimming toward the surface for a while, his movement suddenly halted; in his view, a yellow‑green foam rose on the once‑shimmering sea surface.

His spirit's intuition sent a warning, instinctively urging him to stay away from the surface toxins? If this continues, the whole sea will be polluted; why hasn't the Sea King of the Storm Church acted yet?

As if answering his thoughts, a howl rose over the sea surface, whipping up a gale that swept warm rain upward into the sky. Boom! A terrifying sonic boom erupted from nowhere, mingled with the whine of the wind domain; the massive impact instantly shattered the invisible webs on the sea surface and ripped apart Lei Ke Dun's sleeping body. "Hmm~" a breathy, whimpering sound drifted from the void beside them, as if an unseen curtain were torn aside, revealing a figure clad in a simple, pristine white robe, with glossy jet‑black hair flowing freely.

Her ears, eyes and nostrils were tinged with faint blood seeping out, and her gaze fixed on the spot where Lei Ke Dun's body had been torn apart, filled with bewilderment and disbelief.

In the next instant, her figure darted forward, reaching out to seize a piece of the torn flesh.

The moment she touched the scattered flesh, it disintegrated, turning into light composed of successive waves of tangled knowledge.

The light quickly converged at Lei Ke Dun's former location, reconstituting his body from chaotic yet pure knowledge—free of slumber, poison, or paralysis.

A cloak adorned with numerous sigils and a strange eye draped over Lei Ke Dun, and thanks to the Sage's robe's ability to reset one's state within thirty seconds, he successfully shed the effects upon him.

His form solidified for a moment, then suddenly became transparent, turning into a translucent statue formed from brilliant starlight.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Massive sonic booms mixed with the wind's whine rang out in succession; the translucent statue of brilliant starlight shattered instantly, scattering specks of starlight toward the distant sea, and the witch's figure that had just emerged was likewise hurled away by the overwhelming force, far from this sea.

Dark clouds in the sky began to gather in layers, and as a silver‑white lightning serpent slithered out, countless bolts of lightning rained down, enveloping the surrounding few hundred meters with a tangible, brutal destructive aura, cloaking the area in a thunderstorm forest.

Brilliant starlight burst through the swirling currents, specks darting into the sea and swiftly flowing toward the deep ocean.

Alongside him, another pure‑white, graceful figure made the same choice—perhaps she was chasing Lei Ke Dun.

Pressed by the water, her proud form was laid bare; the simple pure‑white robe, soaked by the sea, became faintly translucent, vaguely revealing what lay beneath.

Her hair spread in the water like seaweed, wildly extending; each black strand was linked to an invisible transparent filament, and these filaments tangled together into an exaggerated spiderweb.

Suddenly, deep, silent black flames leapt along the unseen ethereal filaments, using spirit as fuel, burning calmly and eerily within the water.

The brilliant starlight that surged freely in the water gradually slowed, as if disturbed, and began converging toward the center.

Among the star shards, the brilliant light dimmed, taking on a layer of deep, dark gloom.

That darkness spread outward swiftly; in a moment, the surrounding water turned black, and a fallen aura instantly permeated.

The surrounding webs of deep, silent black smoke became coated with a viscous blackness, some instantly corroding and snapping, others showing a tendency toward decay, and they attempted to turn against the witch whose hair was flaring.

The witch in the simple white robe constantly wore a faint, ambiguous smile, seeming confident; when the surrounding black decay spread, a flash of surprise flickered in her deep‑yet‑innocent blue eyes.

Immediately, layers of frost began to spread around her, instantly freezing both the decayed filaments that had turned against her and the black flames.

Such a high‑level of fallen power—where did she decipher this level of extraordinary ability? As her thought flickered, the surrounding water surged upward rapidly, as if pushed by an unseen hand, rushing toward the sky and toward the dense silver‑white forest.

The newly spreading blackness saturated with fallen aura, constantly hammered by lightning that carried the brutal destructive aura, soon began to dissipate and gradually contract.

The blackness full of fallen aura surged like water, converging until it quickly coalesced into a humanoid three to four meters tall.

(End of Chapter)