Primordial Wilderness.
Scarlet light filled the sky, revealing winding dense forests whose undulating canopies resembled mountain ranges.
A majestic portal formed from vast quantities of seawater stood in the air. Chaos, corruption, icy malice, and savagery spread unchecked... Azure ice pillars, like gigantic bars, imprisoned this entire stretch of heaven and earth.
Yin Jiang and the male Human Mahayana at the Eighty-one Tribulations level stood on guard, blocking the way in front of Chui Yu and the others who were not Human Mahayana at the Eighty-one Tribulations level. Their cold gazes fixed on the air ahead.
On the crown of the Sky-Reaching Giant Wood, seven figures stood in midair, looking down with equally frigid eyes.
The seven or eight figures were led by a woman with her hair coiled into a high bun. Her features were exquisite, but her skin was as dark as the night sky. A high, domed shell rose from her back, its ridges spiraling like a seashell.
The seashell woman wore a short garment of merfolk silk. Strings of shells hung from her waist like jewelry, and her aura was flawless.
She held a pure white short staff. Its shape was bizarre and twisted, as though it had been forged from some creature of the deep sea. At first glance, it looked smooth and lustrous as jade, but a closer look revealed countless tiny holes across its surface, as if it had long been hollowed out by worms. The sight sent a chill through the soul.
The other figures beside her were grotesque and absurd, like a nightmare winding into view: icy vertical pupils, black tentacles, pale claws... Countless uncanny forms flickered in turn, concealing their true appearances. Only their aquatic features appeared faintly between them.
An icy aura surged into the sky, dimming the crimson