Deep within the Myriad Puppets Mountain Range, at the lofty peak where the Puppet Emperor Palace stood, tens of thousands of Netherworld Spiders with faint golden patterns on their bodies had gathered. Countless Netherworld Spiders crawled around the peak, their bodies black and devoid of a single golden marking.
Within the Secret Realm connected to the Ten Thousand Puppets Palace stood a precipitous peak soaring ten thousand zhang into the sky. A gigantic Netherworld Spider lay sprawled atop it, its entire body golden and its back marked with black patterns. This Netherworld Spider had already reached the Tier 4 High-Grade, only one step away from the fifth tier.
Large numbers of Netherworld Spiders roamed the Secret Realm. Their bodies gleamed gold, with black patterns on their backs. Every Netherworld Spider living here had mutated; there were over a hundred fourth-tier Netherworld Spiders alone.
After breaking out of the Restriction, the Netherworld Spiders devoured vast quantities of things containing spiritual energy, including Spirit Wood, ores, Demon Beasts, and more. Some high-grade Tier 3 Netherworld Spiders thus advanced into the fourth tier. The Netherworld Spiders had already made this Secret Realm their lair.
The Secret Realm was a complete mess, not a blade of grass growing anywhere.
Within a vast locust forest, every locust tree stood over a hundred zhang tall. Enormous white cocoons hung from the trunks of most of the trees, occasionally swaying as though living creatures were inside.
With a muffled rip, a white cocoon split open, revealing a Middle-Aged Daoist clad in a purple robe. His eyes were filled with terror, as though he had encountered something horrifying.
A great mass of purple flames surged from his palm and burned through the white cocoon. The Middle-Aged Daoist fell to the ground.
He stared blankly at the white cocoons