Myriad Sha Abyss

Biodata

Geography and hazards

• Scale and appearance: The abyss is tens of thousands of miles wide and stretches beyond the horizon. Black mist churns within it, and dark-red lightning flashes among the Sha clouds 18.
• Sha Sea: At depth, the black-and-red mist condenses into a vast sea of viscous liquid Sha Qi. Ferocious beasts inhabit its seabed, caves, and passages 19 23.
• Danger: The Sha Qi grows more violent with depth and can corrode Divine Sense. Ordinary ferocious beasts regard the abyss as a forbidden zone; weaker cultivators struggle even to enter its outskirts 11 12 18.
• Remnant wills: Demon god grudges are mixed into the accumulated Sha liquid. After Lu Yuan consumed a vast quantity, they gathered inside him and launched a mental attack 21.
• Sealed depths: Beneath the abyss lies a vast underground space filled with gray-black Chaos Qi. Its rock walls have been eroded into a sturdy dark-red crystal 29.

Resources and defenses

The abyss accumulated its Fierce Sha Qi over countless years. Its reserves sustained ferocious beasts and were used by many of the Imperial Court’s beast kings for cultivation 12 19.

• Chaos Demon God remnant finger: Buried beneath the abyss, the severed finger continuously released the Fierce Sha Qi that formed it. Shen Ni sealed the remains and used their power to nurture the Ferocious Beast Clan 29.
• Sha veins: Passages connect the abyss to Sha veins. Shen Ni reopened sealed passages to increase the energy available to Lu Yuan, and later redirected additional Imperial Court Sha Qi into the abyss 18 24.
• Heaven-Locking Sha Formation: This defensive formation bound targets with chains connected to the abyss’s Sha veins. The chains drew in more Sha Qi and grew stronger when Lu Yuan struggled against them; the formation eventually collapsed after Shen Ni flooded the abyss with more energy 22 23 24.
• Underground seal: Ancient formation patterns, distinct from the Heaven-Locking Sha Formation and fused in places with the earth veins, restrained the remnant finger 29.

History

Lu Yuan’s arrival

Following Shen Ni’s orders, Qiongqi told Lu Yuan about the abyss after their battle. Shen Ni intended to let the Grand Void Sky Whale feed there to test the limits of his appetite and growth 10 12.

After sleeping for centuries, Lu Yuan traveled north, following the increasing concentration of Sha Qi. At the abyss, he tested the mist with a fin before descending, having found that the deeper Sha Qi attacked his Divine Sense 13 15 16 18.

Devouring the Sha Sea

Lu Yuan consumed enough liquid Sha to lower the sea’s level and reduce the abyss’s normal outflow of Sha Qi. His growing body collapsed sections of rock wall, while beasts in the depths fled or were caught in his suction 19.

At 100,000 li in length, Lu Yuan underwent his first major bloodline transformation. Shen Ni subsequently activated the Heaven-Locking Sha Formation, then sent more Sha Qi into the abyss in an attempt to overwhelm him. Lu Yuan absorbed the energy until the formation’s core broke and the formation collapsed 20 22 24.

Battle over the remnant

Shen Ni confronted Lu Yuan in person. After Lu Yuan refused to join the Imperial Court, the two fought inside the abyss 25 26 27. Their clash cracked the weakened underground restriction, exposing the Chaos Demon God’s severed finger 28 29.

Lu Yuan fought Shen Ni for the remains and tore away several thousand li of weathered flesh. Shen Ni protected the finger’s core, but Lu Yuan escaped the abyss with pieces of flesh 30 31 33 35. The revelation also drew the attention of Hongjun, Luohou, Qiankun Ancestor, and Yinyang Ancestor 30.

Aftermath

Shen Ni repaired the damaged seal around the finger and later ordered the depths sealed again and the Sha veins restored 35 38. He also sent Qiongqi to warn Lu Yuan not to raid the abyss again or devour the Imperial Court’s main Sha veins 38.