"Because I hadn't appeared in this world for many years, I never expected the number of powerful people to have grown so much."
As the thin man passed through the Cultivation World's temporary settlement, he was quite surprised when he first saw Jin Geng and Dao Zong. He had thought the eight people heading to the Sunken Ghost Realm were the strongest figures in Ling, yet he had not expected to encounter others here who felt just as powerful.
"One of them, that young man who controls lightning, is my natural enemy. Fortunately, he hasn't fully matured yet, or he really would have been difficult for me to deal with. And that old man who arrived afterward—his strange power was no weaker than those people at my sealing site. I'd like to see just how many more interesting fellows like this remain in the current world."
"The urgent matter is to head to the base they arranged for me and restore my body's energy. I wonder whether the base still exists after more than ten thousand years. Over those ten thousand years, this world of Ling has had most of its resources consumed by these creatures. Once I fully recover and seize the remaining seals, it will be time for a 'great cleansing.'"
The thin man's method of movement involved a dark teleportation roughly every three steps, shifting to a dark shadow within a two-thousand-meter radius. In less than half an hour, he reached the edge of Ling's landmass.
"The nature of the Endless Sea hasn't changed. It seems the base should still be there. The World Government went to great lengths to establish this sea region. Those human souls could never possibly dive to its deepest depths."
The man plunged directly into the Endless Sea. His body was utterly