Blood Sea Shore, Smoke with Every Step

The moment this net connected, the stench of blood spread through the air. Surging torrents of vast and righteous information came rushing in, merging into that wisp of green smoke.

The next instant, the green smoke left Scholar Forest and entered an illusory world. The smoke expanded and took human form, bearing Qiu Yan's likeness, save for several scales upon its face. Then, the aura around the figure abruptly changed. Thought fused into it, and the whole person seemed to have been condensed from thought itself.

"The Blood Purgatory Net has been developing for some time. Since none of the Three Bodies has been stationed there, I can only sense the net's changes and growth, not interfere too much. Yet compared with the net in East Flower Continent, while the Blood Purgatory Net has not expanded much, its accumulated substance surpasses it still."

The net had originally been an extension of the Human Divine Path and was innately linked to Qiu Yan. Yet the Blood Purgatory Net differed somewhat in nature. Although it had been constructed around Qiu Yan's rules, its formation had been driven by the thoughts of many Grand Confucians and Grandmasters. Thus, Qiu Yan could not fully control it. At least, before one of the Three Bodies personally took charge and fused with it, he could not command it as he pleased.

Still, this did not hinder his perception and understanding of the Blood Purgatory Net.

After more than three years of development, the East Flower Net had not accumulated much learning. The reason was that the method of connecting to the net resembled a ritual. Those willing to connect were mostly unaffiliated scholars and students. Those with teachers and lineages, or inheritances from academies, rarely entered the net. Even if they did, they guarded their hearts