Beneath the boundless sea north of the Buddhist Realm, a massive black shadow swam past. Its head and tail were nowhere to be seen, and it appeared incomparably enormous.
In the Northern Abyss there was a fish, and its name was Kun. Its vastness stretched for thousands upon thousands of li, beyond measure.
The divine beast Kunpeng, which had existed only in legend, appeared in the mortal world for the first time, swallowing Ning Chen and Cihang Bodhisattva of the Fifth Realm in a single gulp.
Above the sea, raging waves churned. Beneath the surface, all was calm. After swallowing the two, Kunpeng returned to the depths of the sea.
Inside Kunpeng's stomach, Cihang Bodhisattva sat upon a lotus dais, Buddhist light gleaming around her to protect her body.
Ahead, Ning Chen likewise summoned the Heavenly Tome of Creation, using its power to resist the laws within Kunpeng's stomach.
"Bodhisattva, do you have a way out?"
Ning Chen looked at the Buddhist Bodhisattva before him and smiled.
Cihang Bodhisattva looked at the illusory time and space around them, her brows drawing together slightly.
When they had entered just now, she had vaguely caught sight of the monster's appearance. If she had guessed correctly, they had been swallowed into Kunpeng's stomach.
Kunpeng was a divine beast of legend. It was said that during the Ancient Era, even dragons and phoenixes had been Kunpeng's prey. With its physical body alone, Kunpeng stood invincible beneath the heavens; even the All Heavens Divine Demons had not dared provoke it.
She had never expected that a Kunpeng truly still existed in the northern seas.
"Bodhisattva?"
Ning Chen spoke again.
"Not yet."
Cihang Bodhisattva said solemnly, "You possess phoenix origin. Do you have a way?"
Ning Chen chuckled. "Even the Bodhisattva has no solution, much less