Black qi churned, demonic intent seeped through the air. To immortals and Buddhas, it was a corrupting, filthy force, but to the Devil Lord, it felt like an awakening revelation, bringing comfort to every part of his body. His Spiritual Sense seemed to spread and disperse without end, probing into countless universes like a tentacled octopus, feeding on every negative emotion and every scrap of nourishment born of slaughter.
"If only the whole cosmos were an abyssal sea..." the Devil Lord sighed. He paid no heed to the grotesque or uncanny figures that appeared and vanished in the surrounding darkness. If these Evil Gods and demons dared to cross him, they would become drops of his blood.
Even the Endless Abyss Sea, formed from nothing more than leaked Nine Abysses demonic qi, made him feel as though his injuries were healing and his strength was nearing its peak. If he entered the true Nine Abysses, he would surely do more than return to the summit. He could climb still higher, reach perfection, and perhaps even touch an Other Shore Trait.
His body sank at incredible speed, almost as if it had flashed through space. None of the Demons and Spirits around him stirred; they seemed to fear him instinctively.
In just a few moments, the Devil Lord saw a pale-gold, glasslike barrier that seemed to be the bottom of the abyssal sea. It was at once Buddhist and Daoist, layered with a Heaven Realm that the Dinghai Pearl had transformed. Five-colored light drifted faintly across it, while Myriad Homes' Lights shone quietly and the Power of All Beings flowed slowly, repairing the damage that kept appearing.
Just as the Devil Lord's eyes turned into swirling vortices and darkness arose within them, as he prepared to unleash the Taishi Heavenly Demon