The Void

Gu Chen smiled. "What happens in the Fallen Dao Abyss concerns the very survival of the merchant association. This old man had no choice but to come personally. I am deeply grateful that little friend Chu was willing to come." His tone was sincere, without the slightest trace of pretense.

But Chu Ming noticed that the two Dark Division Inspectors behind him had kept their eyes fixed on him.

There was a faint, almost imperceptible... killing intent in those gazes.

It was extremely faint, so faint it was nearly impossible to detect.

Yet Chu Ming caught it.

He did not show it, merely looking calmly at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen stepped aside, revealing the entrance to the Fallen Dao Abyss behind him.

It was an enormous, irregular spatial rift.

The rift was thirty zhang tall and twenty zhang wide, its edges flickering with strange seven-colored light.

Within that light, countless tiny runes could vaguely be seen dancing. They were the tangible manifestation of chaotic laws.

Inside the rift was utter blackness.

It was not ordinary darkness, but a blackness capable of devouring even divine sense.

Gu Chen raised a hand and pointed at the rift. "The entrance is here. Once you enter, this old man will be unable to offer you any help.

"I can only tell you that the object lies in the deepest part of the Fallen Dao Abyss, within a palace called the 'Order Ruins.'"

Chu Ming asked, "What is that object?"

Gu Chen fell silent for a moment before slowly saying, "The final supreme treasure left behind by the Order Dao Ancestor before his fall—the 'Order Heart.'" The Order Heart?

Chu Ming's heart skipped a beat.

He said nothing, only watched Gu Chen.

Gu Chen continued, "Back when the Order Dao Ancestor fought the Abyss Overlord,