The journey back to the Howling Fang Mountains was proving… eventful, Bi De reflected, while the wind whipped around his face. They were currently travelling through the massive mountains at the outskirts of the province. Bi De’s face was locked in a grimace, his body crouched low and stable. His eyes were narrow with concentration, and his body burned with effort. Sweat poured down his human form’s back, and each moment felt like an eternity. Behind him, Yun Ren and Ri Zu were in similar states. Yun Ren was sweating, his knuckles white, while Ri Zu looked a second away from returning to her natural form to hide. Bi De needed all of his concentration for this. They all did. The wind howled around them, and Bi De carefully made minute adjustments, trying to save Qi, trying to reduce the wind on them—his eyes widened. The Qi fluctuations around them suddenly surged. “It's destabilizing!” he shouted back to his companions—just in time for the world to buck and shudder. Motes of silver light began to disperse around them. “Shit!” Yun Ren barely got out, while Ri Zu just squeaked. The jolt was so intense that Ri Zu left her feet, rising up into the air and started to fall backwards. Bi De grabbed her on reflex, but by that point it was too late. The silver disk they were standing on disintegrated beneath them as Bi De’s flight technique finally failed, throwing them into the open sky. “Why did I agree to test your weight limit?!” Yun Ren screamed, while Ri Zu was just making a high-pitched sound. The ground was very