This… this is the true Covering Sea Calamity!

Covering Sea does not mean the great sea overturning, but rather the utter extinguishing of the entire vast ocean!

The true test of this calamity does not stem from the great sea itself.

The sun draws ever nearer.

That great sun, hanging high in the heavens, plunges irrevocably towards the mortal realm, towards the great sea, and towards the sea within Jiang Wang.

This scene, resembling the impending end of days, breeds profound despair.

Reason repeatedly whispers to Jiang Wang, ‘This is an illusion, this is an illusion.’

Yet, the experience of the Flying Snow Calamity has already proven that everything that transpires within the Red Makeup Mirror cannot be simply dismissed as illusion.

To die here is to truly perish.

Within the seawater, he would be slowly boiled alive. And to rush out of the great sea would likely result in instant ignition by the sun.

In this predicament, with no path for advance or retreat, Jiang Wang raises his index finger. A bean-sized flame, stubbornly, ignites within the seawater.

Divine Ability: Samadhi True Fire!

Essence, energy, and spirit perfectly unified, this single spark of fire explodes outwards in that instant!

The flames, astonishingly, spread along with the seawater, extending continuously in the front, back, left, and right directions.

The entire great sea, already dyed crimson by the sun’s illumination, is at this moment ignited by all-consuming, fierce flames.

Before the sun has fully fallen, the flames have already set the seawater ablaze!

Just at this moment…

The sun fully descends.

Heaven and earth plunge into a silent darkness.

Jiang Wang’s vision and hearing are both stripped away.

Looking directly at the sun would burn him blind, listening closely to its roar would shake him deaf.

Fortunately, he is within the Samadhi True Fire.

Fire cannot harm fire, especially not the Samadhi True Fire.

The divine ability protects him, and his vision returns in the next instant.

He thus beholds a scene so bizarre, so utterly unforgettable, that it will remain etched in his memory for a lifetime.

He knows not whether it is because he views this world under the protection of the Samadhi True Fire, but everything is bathed in a fiery red hue.

And within Jiang Wang’s field of vision, that seemingly boundless expanse of seawater which had pressed upon him, suffocating him, is now completely gone.

Boundless water vapor surges towards the sky, filling every crevice between heaven and earth, transforming everything seen before him into a vast, white, misty world.

The scene is magnificent beyond compare.

The infinite, endless seawater, all turned into boundless, endless scorching water vapor.

After the fierce sun plunges into the sea, the great sea is instantly baked dry!

Jiang Wang hovers in mid-air. Because the great sea is boundless, he cannot see the coastline, making it difficult to ascertain precisely how deep the great sea was, or how much seawater the sun has baked dry.

But far, far below, where the seabed should have been, there is not a single drop of water remaining, only stretching dry hills.

The vast sea has become hills.

His divine soul should have been consumed by the fallen sun along with that seawater.

But because of the Samadhi True Fire’s divine ability, he merged into the fire first, thus being bypassed by the scorching sun.

Then, where did the sun go?

After plunging into the sea and baking it dry, why did the sun disappear?

Jiang Wang lifts his head to gaze at the sky. The boundless water vapor is still steaming, seemingly without end. But he does not see that round, red sun.

Light still exists between heaven and earth, but that light does not originate from the sun; it comes from the burning Samadhi True Fire.

The sun has disappeared!

And only at this moment does Jiang Wang realize that the voice, so constant, so resentful and poisonous, has also vanished.

“The Covering Sea Calamity dissipates.”

That cold voice sounds once more: “The sun extinguishes.”

The spreading Samadhi True Fire also abruptly vanishes in a certain instant, and heaven and earth fall into darkness.

It is a darkness devoid of any light, a dead silent darkness, as if it will continue for eternity.

Jiang Wang’s divine soul whirls, already returning to his physical body.

The instant he opens his eyes, a fierce light surges within them.

Xiang Wang, guarding in front of him, has to close his eyes to shield them from the sharpness.

“Ended?” Xiang Wang asks.

Jiang Wang nods.

Xiang Wang says nothing more, turning back and leaping onto the tree he had been sleeping on earlier.

He does not ask Jiang Wang about his gains, nor does he pursue what Jiang Wang had just been doing.

And Jiang Wang is still immersed in that profound shock.

After passing the Flying Snow Calamity, the mirror world saw the ice and snow melt, and spring arrive with the growth of grass.

Yet, after passing the Covering Sea Calamity, the mirror world seems to have fallen into eternal night.

These are two completely different endings.

What particularly makes Jiang Wang ponder deeply is whether the event of the fierce sun plunging into the sea has ever truly happened before.

If he had not chosen the Samadhi True Fire, how could he have passed this Covering Sea Calamity?

Perhaps the clue lies in the Flying Snow Calamity.

Perhaps only by simulating the Flying Snow Calamity, freezing the great sea, and using ice mountains to bear the sun, could he have passed. That way, when the sun descended, the instantaneous heat would melt the glaciers, but it might not necessarily bake the great sea dry again.

But even in the mirror world, how easy is it to simulate the Flying Snow Calamity again?

He originally passed the Flying Snow Calamity by relying on the power of the Qing Yang Townspeople’s prayers and the pull of the blessed land challenge in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm. He did not pass the Flying Snow Calamity entirely on his own.

His divine soul was not that strong.

This time, he passed the Covering Sea Calamity with the blessing of a divine ability; one can only say it was thrilling yet without danger. If he had had the Samadhi True Fire within the Flying Snow Calamity, he would not have needed to fear the flying snow.

Passing the Flying Snow Calamity allowed Jiang Wang to complete the baptism of his divine soul’s fiery essence, forcing out the hidden Jiang Nightmare. He forced it to promise not to influence his will again.

Then, what benefits will the Covering Sea Calamity bring?

First are the changes in his divine soul power.

More sensitive, more freely controlled, more solid; these are all just approximate feelings, not specific.

There is a very intuitive testing method.

Jiang Wang sinks into his inner mansion. Jiang Nightmare should be able to perceive his divine soul’s expansion, but cannot precisely determine how much it has expanded. Jiang Wang also has no intention of letting it know.

Therefore, he chooses to test within his inner mansion rather than in the Tong Tian Palace.

His first inner mansion has the Samadhi True Fire stationed within it, making it even more advantageous than the Tong Tian Palace. Jiang Nightmare absolutely would not dare to enter.

With his divine soul settled upon the inner mansion, Jiang Wang displays the Divine Soul Hidden Snake for the first time.

Mysterious black snakes swim out madly, instantly reaching three hundred.

Three hundred was the previous limit, and the black snakes are still continuously surging out.

Four hundred, five hundred, seven hundred…

Still continuing, still surging, still not reaching the limit.

Dense divine soul hidden snakes continuously expand towards the rooms within the inner mansion.

One thousand two hundred… three thousand…

It’s fully ten times the previous amount!

The number of divine soul hidden snakes is very intuitive; perhaps it can explain how much Jiang Wang’s divine soul has been strengthened after experiencing the Covering Sea Calamity.

Jiang Wang satisfactorily ends the test, then enters the Red Makeup Mirror with his physical body again.

The mirror world space expands again, becoming a fifty-step radius. Movement within the circle is free, but outside the circle, a white mist cannot be crossed. And the range reflected by the Red Makeup Mirror has indeed also expanded to fifty *li*.

One step in the mirror world corresponds to one *li*.

If the Red Makeup Mirror continues to expand in this manner, will it not one day be able to see through the entire current world?

Jiang Wang shakes his head, dismissing this thought. How could a treasure of that level be so simple?

Besides, the Red Makeup Mirror’s ability to fold and project illusions has also changed.

Previously, the Red Makeup Mirror’s illusions required the holder’s physical body to be within the mirror to move. Their practicality was not strong. Because the Red Makeup Mirror itself was easily discovered and shattered, and the illusions had no substantial combat power. Jiang Wang only used it in the battle with Xi Zi Chu, mainly to test its effect, and did not use it again afterward.

But after passing the Covering Sea Calamity, one no longer needs to be in the mirror world to project illusions using the Red Makeup Mirror.

Although the illusions still have no killing power to speak of, they significantly enrich the variations in combat!

The harvest from the Red Makeup Mirror is truly considerable. However, what constantly weighs upon Jiang Wang’s heart is not joy, but that sentence after passing the Covering Sea Calamity:

“The sun extinguishes.”

Even the eternally scorching sun, with its infinite light and heat, will extinguish?

P.S.: I’d like to recommend the new book, “Sword卒 Over River,” by the esteemed author Qing Dua. The author is very dedicated. Friends experiencing a book drought can go give it a read.

Qing Dua is an author who achieved fame with one book. I wish him an early ascension to godhood.