This mountain in the deep sea, named "Evil Brahma Heaven" by the founding patriarch of the Blood River Sect, resembled an ancient behemoth crouching low.
The two True Persons walking along the ridgeline were as tiny as motes of dust.
Yet their footsteps were both serene.
The farther Kou Xuejiao went, the more she severed her emotions, the firmer her resolve became. She reclaimed the truth of this world.
Chongxuan Zun, meanwhile, had not been moved in the slightest from beginning to end.
The vermilion Mortal World Sword and the moonlight blade like frost and snow each possessed their own sharpness.
"Right here."
There was a break in the ridge ahead, almost impossible to notice from afar. Up close, it proved to be an abyss!
The abyss had no visible bottom, its dark waves piling atop one another.
Kou Xuejiao pointed into the distance, toward a black lotus seed floating there and radiating a dim glow. "Three thousand years ago, someone saw Qiongqi within this lotus-seed world. The Blood River Sect's secret sect records contain an account of it, and I have indeed sensed the Blood River Sect's secret marks."
Chongxuan Zun carried himself with an air of casual unconcern, as though nothing in the world required any effort from him.
His bright, ink-dark eyes gave the lotus seed a cursory glance. "Thank you for the trouble, Protector Kou."
He lifted a hand. "Please."
Kou Xuejiao did not hesitate. She stepped down into the abyss, toward that lotus-seed world that resembled the eye of the abyss.
There were no paths in the deep sea; she used the waves as steps.
Step by step, she descended, her vermilion fading into the darkness.
After walking in silence for a while, she suddenly sighed. "Over the years, Calamity Water's once blue-green expanse has