Taboo Against Taboo, Unearthing the Traitor

"Could I take a look at this master's body?" Upon hearing that he had died from a poison targeting the soul, Qin Yang immediately tried asking. If the body was still there, he naturally wanted to lay the poor master to rest.

"There was an unknown soul poison. It was far too dangerous. His body was sent into the Void Storm for burial; that place can deal with any poison." Blood Phoenix shook her head, indicating that there was no way to see it.

Qin Yang felt a little regretful, but he was not particularly surprised. Before coming here, he had known that anyone who died here, no matter how they died, could never be brought back to the Great Wilderness for burial.

Who knew what strange thing might be hidden inside a corpse? Let alone someone who had died of poison—the body had to be disposed of in the safest manner at the first opportunity. Otherwise, if the poison spread and evolved into a plague, it would not be just one or two people dying.

There was a saying: "West beyond Yang Pass, no old friends remain." Here, though, the meaning was entirely different. It meant that those stationed here might never be able to return to the Great Wilderness in their lives. "No old friends" was not merely a reminder that they had no old friends here; it also meant that those guarding this place were no longer themselves.

Everyone here had already lost their own names. They addressed one another only by code names.

Qin Yang followed Blood Phoenix away from the Inverted Pyramid. At its edge, enormous chains likewise linked it to the depths of the void.

Following the chains, they threaded through them, crossing one Inverted Pyramid after another, large and small. They traveled for