Di Jun and Taiyi arrived at the North Nether Sea. They gazed at the pitch-black expanse, where countless reefs jutted from the water. A bone-chilling cold hung in the air, and the sea lay deathly still, as if shrouded in the breath of death.
Di Jun cast a spell and called out to the North Nether Sea, "Fellow Daoist Kun Peng, Di Jun has come to visit!" His voice had barely faded.
A colossal creature suddenly surged up from the depths of the North Nether Sea. The shadow sped through the water, growing ever faster as its form changed. Then it burst from the sea and shot toward the heavens—a monstrous beast, part fish and part bird. As its body rapidly unfurled, a pair of enormous fleshy wings spread wide, blotting out the sky.
A strange, birdlike cry rang out, and the enormous Kun Peng drew near the two men in an instant.
Wild winds swept in, and furious waves soared skyward.
Taiyi flew into a rage at Kun Peng's rudeness and hurriedly activated the Chaos Bell in his hand. The bell rang out with a mighty resonance. Clang! Clang! Its tolls echoed across the North Nether Sea, sending invisible ripples streaming from the bell.
Boom! Boom! In an instant, countless reefs scattered across the North Nether Sea were destroyed, and towering waves surged over the ink-black water.
The moment the ten-thousand-zhang waves rose, the bell's mighty toll transformed them into mist. Its waves swept outward, and the wild winds stirred up by Kun Peng's true form were instantly dispelled.
The Chaos Bell floated in midair, sending out ten thousand rays of rosy light. The cosmic formations engraved upon it had activated, their threads of light coiling toward Kun Peng.
This was the Chaos Bell's sealing formation. If caught within