Lu Xueqi (49)

Who did this?

Or was it caused by the Soul Devouring Beast's remnant soul striking out on its own?

"We... have to cross the River of Forgetfulness and walk the Yellow Springs Road?" Bi Yao looked at the murky river, where countless suffering souls floated, her face turning pale. Even though she came from the Demon Cult, she could not help but feel afraid when facing this River Styx that had existed only in legend.

Legend had it that if a living person fell into the River of Forgetfulness, they would sink into eternal oblivion and lose all their memories.

And the Yellow Springs Road was an even more hopeless road of death, with no return.

Su Han shook his head and pointed toward the riverbank at the start of the Yellow Springs Road.

There, a battered little wooden boat was tied up all alone.

Its hull was pitch-black and looked utterly unremarkable. A lantern giving off a faint green glow hung from its bow.

The lantern's halo illuminated a small, relatively "safe" area on the dim yellow waters of the River of Forgetfulness.

"There's a ferry there," Su Han said. "The mark's information says that those bearing the Netherworld Mark can use this boat to cross the river, set foot on the Yellow Springs Road, and head for the sealing core. This may be the only way."

Following Su Han's finger, Lu Xueqi and Bi Yao indeed saw the small boat and its green lantern.

In this eerie environment, both the boat and the lantern seemed especially sinister.

But there truly seemed to be no other path.

Retreat? The stone stele entrance they had come through was one-way. They had already tried and found they could not return.

They could only move forward.

The three exchanged glances and saw