Back on Earth, Bai Yang was still shaken half an hour later. The dark scene he had witnessed in Great Desolate City had truly terrified him.
What were those devil-god-like beings hiding in the darkness? Where did they go during the day? And who—or what—was that woman in red? Why had a single glance from her nearly killed him? What had she been murmuring...?
Everything about it was strange and terrifying. Thinking back on it, Bai Yang felt another shroud of mystery fall over Great Desolate City.
"If I remember right, the ancient well beside that woman in red was in the central plaza of Great Desolate City. But during the day, the plaza was empty. Did the well only appear when darkness fell...?"
Musing to himself, Bai Yang strongly suspected that the ancient well was connected to the Fountain of Life. It was even possible that the water inside it was the Fountain of Life itself!
But he hadn't examined the well up close, so he had no way of knowing what was inside. And after only a fleeting glance, he hadn't learned much else.
Still, if the well really was tied to the Fountain of Life, that would be a problem. To get close, he would first have to figure out how to survive in the darkness, then deal with the devil-god-like beings within it, and finally face the woman in red...
"With those three obstacles in the way, who could possibly get near that well? Besides, there's no way to know for sure whether it has anything to do with the Fountain of Life..."
The thought made Bai Yang restless. He figured only someone like Great Emperor Tianyuan could be confident of getting close to the well.
After turning the matter over in his mind, he finally