South of Pearl Jade Immortal Continent, beyond Immortal Abandonment Ridge.
Four figures radiating vast auras stood atop the clouds, studying the distance with grave expressions. They were Kong Ce and the other True Immortals who had arrived ahead of the others.
Before long, a streak of sword light and a streak of mirror light flashed past, revealing Shen Mo and Immortal Maiden Yuquan in succession...
After accepting Kong Ce's invitation at Cloud Palace, Immortal Maiden Yuquan had gone to the ruins of the Myriad Saints Cave Abode to prepare to travel to Pearl Jade Continent with Shen Mo. However, Shen Mo had needed to deal with the Soul Refining Banner first, so the two had arrived slightly late.
After exchanging greetings, everyone cast their respective arts and fled deeper into Immortal Abandonment Ridge.
As far as the eye could see, the land was a scene of devastation. Immortal mountains had collapsed, the earth had sunk, spiritual energy was sparse, and all things had perished. Much like the north of East Jie's Continent, it had almost become a dead land.
Bound by the shackles of Heaven and Earth merit, True Immortals would avoid damaging this world as much as possible when fighting and killing. Only at the brink of life and death would they strike without restraint!
"Strange!"
Daoist Jinguang used an art to seize a lingering strand of Sword Qi. After crushing it, traces of an unusual aura rippled outward. "Why is there residual aura from the Ghost Realm here?"
As the "world that never withered," the Immortal Realm naturally could not be tainted by the Ghost Realm. These deathly auras had most likely originated from the Forbidden Land that had descended upon Immortal Abandonment Ridge.
"Could it be that this forbidden land was originally a withering world?" Kong Ce,