What Was Buried Beneath the Myriad Sha Abyss?
Crack!
After the second cracking sound rang out, the entire depths of the Myriad Sha Abyss began to shake violently.
Lu Yuan slowly drew in his enormous fins and did not continue attacking.
The presence that had suddenly appeared was so unusual that he had even set aside the thought of continuing his fight with Shen Ni for the moment.
It was too ancient.
Within that presence, there seemed to be a world from an even more distant age.
Rich Fierce Sha Qi, the origin of chaos, and some indescribable, terrifying power were mixed together within it.
Lu Yuan took only a small breath of it, and the Qi and Blood in his body suddenly surged.
The feeling was countless times stronger than when he had devoured Shen Ni's attacks!
"What on earth is down there?"
Lu Yuan slowly lowered his head.
His immense Divine Sense extended farther and farther down through the fissure in the abyss.
The deepest region of the Myriad Sha Abyss had always been shrouded by a special power, which severely disrupted any Divine Sense that entered it.
Now that cracks had appeared in the seal, the obstructing power had finally begun to weaken.
Lu Yuan's Divine Sense gradually passed through layer upon layer of Sha mist.
Soon,
an incomparably vast underground space appeared within his perception.
There were almost no mountains or rivers there in the ordinary sense.
Vast currents of gray-black chaotic Qi churned incessantly. The surrounding rock walls had long since been transformed by the erosion of countless years into an extremely sturdy, dark red crystal of some kind.
And at the center of the space,
something unimaginably enormous seemed to be coiled there.
Lu Yuan tried to probe farther.
The next instant—
Boom!
An ancient, terrifying pressure surged toward him!
The Divine Sense that had penetrated deep underground shuddered violently from the impact.
Lu Yuan hurriedly withdrew it.
The pressure was overwhelmingly domineering.
Even though he had just completed his bloodline transformation and his Divine Sense was far stronger than before, he still could not directly see the whole of what lay within.
But that fleeting glimpse had already given Lu Yuan an extremely bold conjecture.
Chaos.
Demon God.
That presence seemed remarkably similar to the Demon God's remnant will he had sensed when devouring the Sha liquid.
The difference in power between the two, however, was simply too great.
Those scattered fragments of remnant will had been eroded by the passage of countless years, leaving them with very little power.
The presence underground, however, was purer.
Especially the ancient physical-body origin it contained.
It even caused the Grand Void Sky Whale bloodline within Lu Yuan to resonate intensely.
Could it be...
Lu Yuan's eyes gradually lit up.
Before he could think it through any further,
Shen Ni spoke from a distance.
"Stand back!"
His voice was low.
It carried an unquestionable authority.
Lu Yuan looked up.
Shen Ni's previously calm expression had turned extremely grim.
His scarlet eyes were fixed on the fissure in the abyss, and the Beast Emperor Mark on his brow blazed with rich blood-colored light.
Lu Yuan could clearly sense it.
Shen Ni's presence had changed once again.
The fighting spirit he had shown while clashing with Lu Yuan gradually receded.
In its place was unmistakable wariness.
Lu Yuan grew even more certain.
Shen Ni definitely knew what was buried below.
"Do you know what that is?"
Lu Yuan asked directly.
Shen Ni did not answer immediately.
He raised a hand and waved it.
The Fierce Sha Qi that had covered the entire Myriad Sha Abyss was instantly drawn together, forming enormous chains that stretched down toward the bottom of the abyss.
Rumble!
Vast swathes of formation patterns lit up again.
Those patterns were clearly different from those of the Heaven-Locking Sha Formation.
They were more ancient, and in many places, they had even fused completely with the earth veins of the Myriad Sha Abyss.
As Shen Ni activated them, streaks of blood-colored light began to cover the fissure underground, attempting to seal away the constantly escaping presence once more.
But the fissure had already appeared.
In particular, Lu Yuan had previously devoured a vast amount of the Myriad Sha Abyss's energy, affecting some of the Sha Veins that had maintained the restriction.
Now the seal had also been cracked by the force of their battle.
Restoring it immediately would naturally be no easy task.
Shen Ni had just activated the first set of formation patterns
when another tremendous crash came from underground.
Boom!
A current of gray-black chaotic Qi suddenly burst through the blockade and slammed straight into the blood-colored formation patterns.
Crack!
Vast swathes of formation patterns shattered on the spot.
Shen Ni let out a muffled grunt, his body swaying slightly.
The chill in his eyes grew more pronounced.
"Damn it!"
The ferocious beasts watching from afar finally noticed that something was wrong as well.
Although they were far from the battlefield, the ancient pressure that had suddenly appeared was simply too terrifying.
At first, only a few of the weaker ferocious beasts were affected.
Immediately afterward,
great numbers of ferocious beasts began to tremble uncontrollably.
A Golden Immortal ferocious beast had been looking up at the clash between Shen Ni and Lu Yuan when it suddenly felt an intense pressure deep within its soul.
Its body abruptly stiffened.
Its legs gave way.
It fell straight to its knees.
"What is that?!"
The ferocious beast let out a terrified growl.
It desperately circulated the Law Power in its body, trying to resist the pressure.
But no matter how it circulated its power, it could not shake the fear in its heart, as though it were facing its natural predator.
Several ferocious beasts beside it were in even worse shape.
A Mysterious Immortal ferocious beast even lost consciousness outright, its enormous body crashing to the ground.
The Taiyi ferocious beast king's face was deathly pale as well.
It stared fixedly at the bottom of the abyss, its eyes full of shock and suspicion.
"This presence..."
Its throat slowly bobbed.
"Why do I feel that it's even older than His Majesty the Beast Emperor's origin?"
As soon as it said this,
the expressions of several nearby ferocious beasts changed.
Older than the Beast Emperor's origin?
How was that possible?!
Shen Ni was the supreme emperor of the Ferocious Beast Clan.
He possessed the origin of ancient ferocious beasts, and neither his cultivation nor his innate origins were anything ordinary ferocious beasts could compare to.
Yet now an even more ancient presence had emerged from the depths of the Myriad Sha Abyss.
What on earth was hidden in there?
A Golden Immortal ferocious beast with relatively high intelligence suddenly thought of a possibility.
Its eyes widened abruptly.
"Could it be..."
The words were on the tip of its tongue,
but it still did not dare say them.
The conjecture was simply too shocking.
Inside the Beast Emperor Palace,
Qiongqi and the others had also sensed the change within the Myriad Sha Abyss.
The black water mirror that had been floating in the center of the hall had now begun to shake violently.
Streams of gray-black Qi constantly spilled from its surface.
Even the water mirror itself showed faint signs of cracking.
The black-armored giant's expression changed abruptly at the sight.
"The Heaven-Observing Sha Mirror His Majesty left behind can't withstand that presence?"
Qiongqi also sprang to his feet.
He stared at the ancient space gradually coming into view in the water mirror, his expression shifting.
"There's actually something hidden beneath the Myriad Sha Abyss...?"
The bone giant could not help taking a step forward as well.
He could sense it.
That presence was unmistakably different from that of ordinary living beings in the Primordial World.
The origin of chaos it contained even caused the bloodline within him to feel an involuntary pressure.
"Chaos Demon God?"
The bone giant's voice was noticeably trembling.
Qiongqi's expression changed abruptly at those words.
He looked at the water mirror again.
Then,
he fell completely silent.
Deep within the water mirror, a small part of the true appearance of the underground space Shen Ni had sealed away for countless years was finally revealed.
In the Myriad Sha Abyss,
after activating several seals in succession, Shen Ni saw that the fissure was still widening and finally stopped for the moment.
He knew
that in the current situation, continuing to force the formation into operation would only put greater pressure on the already unstable earth veins.
To seal away the thing underground again, he first had to stabilize the surrounding world.
And Lu Yuan had clearly sensed the abnormality within as well.
Shen Ni slowly turned his head.
His gaze fell on Lu Yuan.
"You just devoured a vast amount of the Myriad Sha Abyss's Sha Qi, leaving its earth veins depleted. Then you fought a great battle with this emperor here, finally cracking the restriction below."
Lu Yuan did not dispute him.
The change in the depths of the Myriad Sha Abyss was indeed connected to their battle.
But Shen Ni had controlled this place to begin with.
He clearly knew better than Lu Yuan what the seal was holding down.
Lu Yuan asked directly, "You still haven't told me what exactly is down there."
Shen Ni was silent for a moment.
At last, he slowly spoke.
"A Chaos Demon God Remnant Body."
Just five words.
Lu Yuan's enormous golden eyes lit up at once!
Just as I thought!
He had not sensed it wrong just now.
What truly lay hidden in the depths of the Myriad Sha Abyss was a Chaos Demon God Remnant Body!
Moreover, the fact that it could produce such terrifying pressure meant that this remnant still retained an extraordinarily vast amount of origin power.
This was a real treasure!
A storm of emotions surged in Lu Yuan's heart.
Compared with ordinary Fierce Sha Qi, the energy contained in the Chaos Demon God Remnant Body was clearly on a far higher level.
Even a tiny portion of its origin power could probably bring about astonishing growth in his physical body.
What was more...
It could also continuously release Fierce Sha Qi.
The dense Sha Qi that had accumulated in the Myriad Sha Abyss over countless years had very likely all come from this remnant body!
At that thought, Lu Yuan grew even more excited.
"No wonder the Sha Qi here is so dense."
Lu Yuan gazed at the fissure in the earth and could not help saying, "So the real source is down below."
When Shen Ni heard this, a complicated look flashed through his eyes.
"You guessed right."
He looked back at the abyss.
"Back when Pangu split open the heavens, countless members of the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods perished. Some of their remains were swept into the newborn Primordial World by the torrent unleashed when the heavens were opened."
"Buried beneath this Myriad Sha Abyss are the remains left behind by one of those demon gods."
"Over the long ages, this remnant body continuously released Fierce Sha Qi, gradually forming the Myriad Sha Abyss as it is today."
As Shen Ni reached this point, his tone gradually grew solemn.
"After this emperor discovered this place, I sealed it away and used the power released by the remnant body to nurture the Ferocious Beast Clan."
"By now, this place has become an important foundation of the Imperial Court. Naturally, I cannot let you damage it as you please."
After listening, Lu Yuan finally understood the whole story.
So that's how it is.
No wonder Shen Ni placed such importance on the Myriad Sha Abyss.
Although ordinary veins of Fierce Sha Qi were precious, they were ultimately resources that could gradually recover.
This Chaos Demon God Remnant Body before them, however, was the very foundation that allowed the entire Myriad Sha Abyss to produce Fierce Sha Qi over the long term.
If the remnant body were lost, the resources the Myriad Sha Abyss could accumulate in the future would inevitably decrease drastically.
For Shen Ni, that was indeed a loss he could scarcely bear.
But Lu Yuan could no longer concern himself with all that.
The increasingly dense Chaos origin power was constantly stimulating his body.
His flesh, bones, and scales all but cried out with intense desire at the same time.
Compared with the ordinary Sha Qi he had devoured before, the pull of this power was even more direct.
Lu Yuan slowly swam forward a short distance.
Seeing him move, Shen Ni's expression instantly darkened.
"Lu Yuan, what are you doing?"
Lu Yuan did not conceal his intentions.
"Going down for a look."
Shen Ni immediately said coldly, "This emperor advises you not to act rashly. That is a Chaos Demon God Remnant Body. The power inside it is far beyond what you can withstand right now."
Hearing this, Lu Yuan calmed down a little.
Shen Ni did have a point.
A Chaos Demon God's origin power was incomparably formidable.
Although he could now devour vast quantities of Fierce Sha Qi, he had only just entered the growth stage.
Trying to swallow an entire Chaos Demon God Remnant Body in one go was clearly somewhat unrealistic.
But...
What if I took only a small portion?
The thought gradually took shape in Lu Yuan's mind.
Just then...
The fissure in the earth widened again.
Rumble!
Vast sections of the rock walls collapsed outright!
The gray-black Chaos Qi currents that had been sealed underground finally broke completely through one of the restrictions.
The next instant...
An indescribably vast, dark-gray object slowly emerged from the depths of the fissure.
At first, only a small part of its surface could be seen.
It was covered in exceedingly ancient markings.
Those markings were embedded deep in its flesh, like naturally formed Great Dao runes, and emanated a Chaos pressure that had yet to dissipate completely after countless years.
Then...
More and more of it emerged.
The thing actually extended even farther into the earth.
Tens of thousands of li.
A hundred thousand li.
Two hundred thousand li...
Lu Yuan finally saw it clearly.
It was a finger.
An ancient severed finger from a Chaos Demon God!
The exposed portion alone stretched for hundreds of thousands of li!
Although the flesh on its surface had long since lost all life, it still contained a vast sea of Chaos origin power within.
As the severed finger gradually emerged...
The entire Myriad Sha Abyss trembled violently.
Boundless Chaos Qi currents rose continuously, even forcing the dense, black-and-red Sha Sea around it back to either side.
Shen Ni's expression turned utterly grim.
As for Lu Yuan, he stared at the enormous severed finger before him, his golden eyes blazing with an astonishing light.
He slowly drew a breath.
That irresistibly alluring scent of energy immediately flowed into his body with it.
Lu Yuan's entire body trembled slightly.
This scent...
It smells so delicious!