The Yellow Brocade Handkerchief burrowed through the earth with astonishing speed. Relying on this treasure, Shen Luo reached the border of Southern Jambudvipa in little more than half a day. An endless expanse of murky water appeared ahead-the very sea he had encountered after leaving the ruins of the Treasure Gathering Hall.
He had learned from the white-robed elder and the others that this expanse of water was called the Nether Sea, a natural barrier between the Northern Uttarakuru Continent and Southern Jambudvipa.
The origins of this perilous place went back to the ancient Witch-Demon War, when Gonggong rammed Mount Buzhou in his fury. The pillar of heaven collapsed, plunging the living beings of the Human Realm into devastation.
To halt the disaster, a sage severed the four legs of a giant turtle on the Northern Uttarakuru Continent and used them to support the heavens. The giant turtle died full of resentment, and its body transformed into boundless miasma that shrouded the entire Northern Uttarakuru Continent. The surrounding sea was also contaminated by the miasma, becoming a sea of poison.
Yet it was precisely this natural barrier that prevented the witch and demon races, exiled to the Northern Uttarakuru Continent after the Witch-Demon War, from easily leaving for the other three continents.
Shen Luo had experienced the terrors of this sea firsthand. Moreover, Earth Escape could not be used within it, making the crossing troublesome indeed.
But he was now far stronger than before, and he had several more powerful treasures to protect him, so he was not afraid.
With time pressing, he summoned the Zhenhai Refined Iron Rod and merged with it, transforming into a meteor-like streak of golden light that shot into the depths of the sea with the speed of wind and lightning.
Before he had traveled