Every year, the furious typhoons would uproot colossal trees and carry away living beings into the sky as if it were nothing out of the ordinary; for thousands of miles inland from the coastline, there was scarcely a soul to be found.
Today, it was still raining over the vast expanse of the Southern Sea.
However, it was exceptionally rare, a continuous drizzle without the fierce winds playing any tricks.
As the drizzle fell, the usually temperamental Southern Sea seemed to have calmed down somewhat.
In the depths of the Southern Sea, a gigantic mountain hidden in the deep sea gradually began to split open, revealing a huge cocoon of light.
The cocoon flickered faintly, a weak hint of life beginning to revive within it, as a heartbeat slowly emerged. The halo above the cocoon swelled and contracted with the heartbeat.
The sound of the heartbeat spread in all directions across the ocean floor.