Taotie Court · City of Ten Thousand Devourings

"I'm not chasing you. I'm just—"

Lin Ye took one step forward, carrying the fury of seven hundred and twenty-nine civilizations behind him and the fear of an entire court before him. "Going to your house."

The Taotie Court lay within a Devouring Domain in the deepest reaches of the dimensional rift.

There was no complete space-time here, only the remnants of countless devoured civilizations drifting slowly through a dark crimson glow. These remnants had long lost their original forms, transformed into enormous, writhing "digestive organs"—the nests of the Taotie, as well as warehouses for storing their "nourishment."

At the very center of all those remnants floated a colossal structure beyond the description of any language—

The City of Ten Thousand Devourings.

The entire city was built from the cores of tens of thousands of devoured civilizations. Every brick and stone had once been the most precious treasure of a civilization—vaults of knowledge, totems of faith, crystallized art. But now, they were merely bricks and stones, symbols of the Taotie Court's power.

At the center of the city stood a throne condensed from pure devouring intent.

A figure sat upon it.

That was the ruler of the Taotie Court—the [Devourer Lord].

It had never personally participated in any devouring campaign, because it had never needed to. So long as it sat upon the throne, the entire Devouring Domain would operate on its own, breaking down, absorbing, and converting any intruder.

But at this moment, it opened its eyes.

Because an intruder was walking toward it from the edge of the domain, one step at a time.

"Interesting." The Devourer Lord's voice sounded like countless civilizations wailing in unison. "When Greedy Wolf fled back, he said he had encountered a 'ferryman,' someone capable of awakening the obsessions of the devoured. I