The Death Nether Canyon was rather strange, and Ling Tian had a vague feeling that there was more to it than met the eye. However, he knew his cultivation was still too low to venture deep inside just yet, so he planned to return another time. With Tian Xin leading the way, Ling Tian and the others headed toward the Natural Barrier.
As they pressed on, Ling Tian felt a chill in the air. It was unlike the Yin chill of Death Nether Qi; instead, it was a bone-deep cold, much like the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice he had encountered before. Studying their surroundings, they passed through an entrance several dozen zhang wide. This was the entrance to the Death Nether Canyon. As they continued forward, Ling Tian gradually noticed something:
The Natural Barrier seemed to enclose the Death Nether Canyon, with the frigid air stopping Death Nether Qi from spilling out. The passage they had entered through seemed to have been forcibly carved open. That was how it had come to exist. Though the passage was open, the cold still held back the Death Nether Qi, allowing only a tiny amount to escape.
"Wait, that entrance just now looks like someone opened it by hand." Ling Tian looked at Tian Xin, puzzled. "I also sensed traces of a formation restriction there. Those restrictions must have been meant to stop Death Nether Qi from escaping, right?"
"Mm, exactly. The entrance used to be sealed to prevent Death Nether Qi from spilling out." Tian Xin nodded, then gave a wry smile. "Several decades ago, the elders of the Golden Lion Clan and the other clans opened the seal to release the Death Nether Wolf Spiders against the Mysterious Spirit Bee Race. But they weren't capable of sealing the entrance again,