Inside the conch.
Before Jiang Ping An, the crystalline Yan Guan Zhuo slowly melted beneath the high heat, turning into a pool of liquid crystal that shone with dazzling light.
He began studying how to forge this mass of crystal into a King-level Sixth-Order Divine Weapon.
While he hid here and quietly improved his strength, the Fifth Layer of Creation Mountain had already descended into chaos.
No one knew who had first spread the news, claiming:
The corpse of the Half-step Main God Ancient Being that had appeared in the Quicksand Sea contained enormous danger. Any living being that absorbed its power would suffer a strange infection, causing their strength to plummet.
At first, everyone thought it was merely a rumor, fake news maliciously spread by certain factions.
However, as the five factions that had obtained the Ancient Being's corpse came under attack from their enemies, all sides realized that there really was something wrong with the Ancient Being's corpse!
The factions that had failed to obtain the Ancient Being's corpse began gloating and discussing it one after another:
"Good thing we didn't get that Ancient Being's corpse back then, or we'd be the ones suffering now!"
"These five factions are finished this time! Their experts have suffered severe losses in strength. The factions that bear grudges against them will definitely seize the chance to strike and kick them while they're down!"
"I heard half of the Star Sea Clan's experts have already fallen! Hurry and seize their territory—this is an opportunity that comes once in a thousand years!"
Because of this upheaval, the balance throughout the Fifth Layer was shattered, and countless factions took the opportunity to wage war.
The five factions that had obtained the Ancient Being's corpse suffered devastating blows.
Many factions looted amid the flames, rushing