The Divine River shimmered brilliantly, wreathed in nether azure mist. Stretching for untold miles, it lay across the land like a heavenly blade.
It cleaved the outer region and the Inner Domain in two, cutting them off from each other.
The river ran deep, its waves rising and falling, surging with spiritual radiance.
Amid the waves, strange fish glowing with eerie demonic light and river beasts leaped, soaring skyward on demon power. All were immensely powerful, as terrifying as water demons.
The water was clear, as pristine as glazed glass. Even through the churning waves, the wondrous sights on the riverbed remained visible.
Dimly, an enormous shadow swam beneath the water.
The shadow was truly vast. Just the portion of its body that showed surpassed towering mountains and great ravines.
After watching for a few breaths, Xiao Chen's expression shifted slightly. What a terrifying river beast. Shrouded in black mist, its true appearance remained hidden.
Yet its crimson scales, which seemed to burn like raging flames, its purple horns wreathed in terrifying lightning, and its appalling demonic might all proclaimed it a ferocious demon unmatched in this age!
"Just approaching the Inner Domain brings demons this terrifying. If I crossed all the way through it, who knows how dangerous it would become!" Xiao Chen muttered.
"You must be Xiao Chen! Not bad. Your vitality is robust, and your sword intent burns fiercely. You have some ability, but your cultivation is too low to amount to much. Still, for someone from a backwater to reach this level, you could be called a prodigy unmatched in this age!"
A blood-robed man wreathed in golden lightning appeared. Like a peerless phantom arriving from the Jiuxiao Evil Land, he descended from the sea of clouds and appeared before Xiao Chen without warning.
He stood