Across the abyss, the King of Slaughter's palace had likewise become a field of ruins. From afar, only a few buildings could vaguely be seen standing in the cold wind.
A frigid gust drifted up from the abyss, yet Zhao Xuan felt as though a chill had risen from the soles of his feet and shot straight to his head, making his scalp tingle.
"Is there something in there?"
Zhao Xuan instinctively took several steps back, uncertainty flickering in his eyes.
A dark purple moon hung high in the sky, casting its light over the ruined, gloomy remains below. The cold wind howled, and the place was dark and lifeless, like hell itself.
The cold wind snapped Zhao Xuan's robes about him as he tried probing downward with his divine sense.
At first, nothing seemed unusual. But the deeper his divine sense went, the greater its depletion became. Violent astral winds were hidden in the depths of the abyss; even divine sense would be shredded upon entering. Zhao Xuan stared into the abyss, gritted his teeth, and instantly transformed his divine sense into divine lightning to resist the astral winds.
In an instant, dazzling Purple Gold radiance flickered within the pitch-black abyss. Supreme light illuminated every shadow, allowing this place, untouched by light for countless years, to welcome brightness for the first time.
In that flash of lightning, Zhao Xuan vaguely saw something at the bottom of the abyss. His heart jolted, and he hurriedly extinguished the divine lightning.
"What was that?!"
Cold sweat trickled down Zhao Xuan's forehead. His heart pounded wildly as an ominous feeling rose within him. Something immensely terrifying lay dormant below.
In that fleeting glimpse, he had seen a colossal creature coiled at the bottom of the abyss. It might have been a dragon, or