Chapter 252: First Entry
The descent took longer than expected.
The moment Lin Qin fell into the darkness, the only sound in his ears was the howling wind. At first, it was shrill; gradually, it became muffled, until it vanished completely—not because the wind had stopped, but because he had descended too deep, so deep that even sound could not travel down.
He opened his eyes and looked below.
There was still darkness. Endless darkness.
He did not use divine power to slow himself, merely allowing his body to fall freely. According to Fiend Castle's records, Rifting Sky Canyon was over three thousand li deep, and an ordinary Highgod would need half a shichen to descend. He had plenty of patience.
Half a shichen later, light finally appeared below.
It was a faint yet tenacious deep-blue glow, spreading upward from the canyon floor. The light grew brighter, gradually revealing the surroundings. The cliff walls on either side were sheer as if carved by blades, covered in crisscrossing cracks. Occasionally, withered vines could be seen hanging down, dead for who knew how many years.
Lin Qin adjusted his posture and landed lightly on the canyon floor.
Black gravel lay beneath his feet, crunching softly when stepped on. He glanced down and saw white fragments mixed among the stones—bones, some human and some from divine beasts.
He raised his head and surveyed his surroundings.
The canyon floor was broader than he had imagined, roughly a hundred li wide. The cliffs on both sides towered into the clouds, their tops invisible even when he looked up. The sky overhead was only a narrow slit, leaking a faint gray light—the outside world, now impossibly distant.
The light came from moss on the cliff walls. The moss was entirely deep blue, growing densely across the