The moment the Source of the Netherworld erupted, a gigantic face appeared above the sea, gazing deeply down at the ocean's surface.
Seeing the Dark Primal Qi already beginning to spread through the depths of the seabed, the expression on its face clearly froze for a moment.
Then its brows furrowed slightly, and its expression grew somewhat complicated.
Clearly, it had not expected matters to slip beyond its control and become troublesome.
Before long, this stretch of sea, which had been calm just moments ago, immediately became turbulent, waves surging violently.
Strands of Dark Primal Qi drifted up from beneath the seabed before dispersing in midair.
Even with the Heavenly Dao's lightning-fast reaction, quite a bit of Dark Primal Qi had already escaped in all directions.
Moreover, the quality of this Dark Primal Qi was nothing like the Dark Primal Qi that had seeped from the black passage before.
After many sea beasts became tainted by it, the auras surrounding their bodies surged at once.
Ordinarily, they could rise by one or two grades. Some even broke through directly, and several Saint Realm sea beasts had already appeared.
If the Heavenly Dao could collect the souls of these sea beasts that had broken through after being corrupted, it probably would not bother with them.
Unfortunately, these sea beasts that had been tainted by the Dark Primal Qi and had just broken through into the Saint Realm—
there were no divine souls at all within their spiritual seas.
Moreover, martial artists and strange beasts tainted by the Dark Primal Qi would even lose their consciousness. They basically could not break through or advance in rank.
This had completely severed the foundation the Heavenly Dao relied on to continue advancing.
Thus, whether for the sake of its duty or its own advancement,