Inside the Starry-Sky Tomb Coffin, time and space seemed not to exist.
Beneath their feet, a boundless river of stars flowed, each splash of its waves seemingly a world unto itself.
In the distance lay the fathomless depths of the universe, stretching without end. Stars glittered like diamonds set into a black curtain, and that profound darkness could draw in even a cultivator's mind.
Xu Yan, Murong Ziyao, and Nie Wushuang.
The three stood where they were, looking around in mild astonishment.
None dared breathe too loudly, and their eyes kept flicking toward a spot nearby.
Over a thousand feet away floated the Immortal Pool Spirit Liquid that had been swallowed earlier, like a lake suspended in midair, its ripples spreading slowly.
Within that lake, a black-robed woman lay asleep, her eyes gently closed.
Beside the lake stood a woman in red with her hands behind her back. Her face was identical to the black-robed woman's, but her bearing was entirely different, and she gazed at the sleeping woman with profound eyes.
A bell hung at her waist.
The Nether King gazed at his own "physical body" in silence, seemingly recalling the past-memories from endless ages ago, and his plans.
The three remained in the distance, not daring to move lest they offend this towering figure from before the Primordial Era.
"What... is he doing?" Murong Ziyao frowned, clenching her hands as she watched the Red-Robed Lady's body. She was certain that this woman's meddling inside the Crystal Coffin had caused her Palace Guarding Cinnabar to disappear.
She wanted badly to ask, but given the Nether King's identity and Nie Wushuang's presence, she was too embarrassed to speak.
"Why are there two bodies of the Nether King?" Nie Wushuang muttered.
Of the three, only Xu Yan knew the secrets behind