Tranquility returned to Sword Continent after the battles at Cloud Dream Lake. Many found this rather strange due to the losses suffered by Sea Emperor Sword Kingdom.

They lost numerous elders and protectors yet they didn’t mobilize a punitive expedition. Some attributed this to their king still being in isolated cultivation. Others said that they have experienced enough of Li Qiye’s sorcery and no longer dared to take risks. Many speculated that this wasn’t the end of it. Sea Emperor was merely waiting for a perfect plan...