Out on the open water, the horizon had dissolved entirely, sea and sky bleeding into one seamless expanse.

A dragon's roar, thunderous beyond measure, seemed to pour down from the clouds themselves.

Through gaps in those clouds, one could catch fleeting glimpses—a scale here, a claw there—of an azure dragon whose serpentine body stretched endlessly, seemingly reaching all the way to the horizon.

Even its tail, revealed only for a moment, appeared as vast as a mountain range.

Xu Ke stood rooted to the spot, neck craned back, his body swaying slightly. "How is this dragon so... big?"

"I've seen azure dragons in the sect before. But compared to this one..." He shook his head. "Those can't even be called dragons. Little loaches would be...