A Spirit Spring Capable of Advancing Avatar Quality! A Secret Realm from a Thousand Years Ago, and the Great Onmyoji of the Heian Era

The haziness brought on by crossing the vast tides and the Deep Sea gradually faded.

Uesugi Tetsu's gaze slowly focused, and he saw everything before him clearly.

The shattered pillars that had once reached the heavens had been restored, while the dust- and bloodstained steps were fresh and clean, bright enough to reflect Uesugi Tetsu's face.

He instinctively raised his head and saw the surging Deep Sea above through the translucent domed canopy.

Crash! Crash! Crash—

The surging waves made even Uesugi Tetsu's blood and thoughts pulse in rhythm. He stared blankly at the boundless, majestic sea, feeling as though his whole body were about to float away.

Then a small, pale hand forcibly pushed his gaze downward.

"I almost forgot. Walker Uesugi, you haven't become a god yet, so your resistance to these magnificent things is rather low... I should apologize."

Someone waved a hand, and the entire translucent dome was once again sealed beneath bronze.

The sound of the waves receded as well.

Uesugi Tetsu cast the strange sense of disorientation from his mind.

He took two deep breaths before raising his head again.

Before him, the white-haired girl in a snow-white hooded robe was gazing at him, with the faintest hint of apology on her face.

The blood-colored curses on her snow-white skin had faded considerably, and the terrifying, suffocating pressure he had sensed last time had been completely withdrawn into her body.

Judging purely by her appearance, Magatsu-Kami was hardly different from an ordinary little girl.

It seemed that her slumber on the altar last time had worked quite well.

After spending several more seconds recovering, Uesugi Tetsu nodded at her. He saw the same three question marks floating above her head.

"Long time no see, Lady Magatsu-Kami."

"Walker Uesugi, you've grown considerably." Magatsu-Kami spoke, undisguised