In the River of Purgatory.
Chen Daolin had no intention of tangling with the Purgatory army stationed along the banks of the River of Purgatory.
He knew that they were directly subordinate to some lord. If he caused too much of a commotion and attracted an immortal deity, he would be in serious trouble.
With the scanner's surveillance, everything in the surrounding area was clear at a glance. After avoiding those lords' armies, he secretly went ashore and flew inland, intending to capture some local Purgatory creatures and ask about the situation.
"The mission item required for the second layer is the Devourer Flower, located in Black River Valley in the eastern part of the second layer..."
Chen Daolin looked at the mission item list, frowning as he thought to himself.
"It's too troublesome to keep searching like this. Perhaps I should get a map of the Purgatory Abyss—but where can I get one?"
Chen Daolin had also realized that he was moving very slowly in the Purgatory Abyss.
Even the flight speed of a ninth-stage Domain Lord would take a very long time to travel across the vast Purgatory Abyss.
But Chen Daolin had no choice. His current speed was already close to that of a World Master. Any faster, and he would draw attention.
Chen Daolin had only just arrived and had no intention of being too conspicuous.
And using a spacecraft? That would be far too likely to attract Purgatory lords.
Not long afterward, Chen Daolin's scanner detected a magnificent giant city several hundred thousand kilometers away.
In the Purgatory Abyss, this had to be the city of some lord. Even World Master-level Purgatory creatures would not dare build a city so ostentatiously.
Chen Daolin had no intention of entering it. Instead, he came to a major