The Thing at the Bottom of the Abyss

After the Jade Pure Primordial Saint Body merged with the primordial spirit body once more, its "scent" suddenly vanished. The bombardment beyond the Mother River and the calls from upstream all faltered, then slowly subsided.

Only that thread of greedy will climbing up along the Return to Ruin Abyss remained unwilling, continuing to rise and probe.

It had just felt that it was extremely, extremely close to that "fragrant pastry." Naturally, it could not possibly let go now.

"What is that thing? It seems to be coming for our Three Pure Ones Sect!"

At that moment, Li Xuanji, one of the Four Sovereigns, flickered and appeared at the rear hall's entrance. His face was full of fear as he stared at the unfathomably deep Return to Ruin Abyss. He, too, could sense something crawling up from below, constantly drawing closer to the Three Pure Ones Temple.

Li Xuanji's existence was rather special now. He had originally been Li Qingyun's Past Life Body, yet after being "awakened anew," he could also be considered a future body.

No matter what, whenever Li Qingyun encountered some great terror or dire calamity, Li Xuanji sensed it as well, feeling that disaster was bearing down upon him too.

This time was no exception.

"I lay hidden in the Mother River for countless years, yet I never once heard that beneath the Return to Ruin, there was such a terrifying thing! Your breakthrough in the Dao De Jing just now must have been significant. Your aura spread out, and it smelled you..." Li Xuanji kept chattering.

The movements of "It" beyond the Mother River just now, and Its howl, had utterly terrified Li Xuanji, stirring up his most ancient memories of fear toward It.

Only after Li Qingyun's Jade Pure Primordial Saint Body hid itself within