The group traveled for quite some time aboard the flat boat until, when the sun was high overhead, they finally glimpsed the distant shore.
Overnight the forest had become flooded, and as they traveled with the current, they moved from the edge and into the depths of the forest.
Previously, neither Bai Junjun nor Li Wenli had ventured into the forest; they only stayed active along its edges.
Considering the forest's fathomless depths, and the unknown dangers lurking within, everyone instinctively steered clear of it.
Now, driven by the Earth Fire, the group had no choice but to move deeper into the forest.
But the deeper they went, the deeper the water became, almost submerging the trees around them until only clumps of treetops resembling little hills remained visible.
Drifting amongst this vast expanse of water for a long time, they finally saw the end of the lake, and Xiao Shan was the first to excitedly exclaim,
"We're reaching the shore, we've finally reached the shore."