Six hundred miles southwest of Zhonghui City, upon land scorched crimson by flames, a ray of Life and Death light linked Heaven and Earth, drawing upon the power of the earth and causing the already fragile, heat-baked ground to crack without end.
In the blink of an eye, dense fissures covered the earth. Rich Earth Vein aura seeped from those cracks, followed by a surge of pitch-black death aura.
Looking down through the fissures, one could see an underground fortress stretching in all directions beneath the earth. At this moment, however, chaotic Earth Vein spirituality filled every room within it.
Looking closer, one would find countless Qi practitioners melted by the extreme heat within those rooms. Yet the spirit veins in their flesh remained alive, throbbing relentlessly amid the melted flesh and giving off dense, chaotic spirituality. Some cultivators who had entered a realm had even had their flesh and spirit veins grow into enormous twisted creatures.
These twisted creatures emitted black death aura from their entire bodies. They resembled spirit turtles in shape, yet were exceptionally nimble and capable of wielding Earth Vein power. The cracking earth had been caused by their reckless use of that power, leaving Wen Hai no choice but to suppress them with the Life and Death Light Screen.
Yet these twisted creatures appeared completely immune to the Life and Death Light Screen. They had already connected themselves to the Earth Vein power of this land, and the Life and Death Light Screen likewise drew upon the power of the earth. Rather than threatening them, it became their nourishment.
The Life and Death Light Screen appeared for but an instant, then vanished in the next.
When Wen Hai fled the underground fortress with his two disciples and flew into the sky, all manner of chaotic