P.S. Thanks to Hermit Passing Years, Fallen Rice Cake, Nai?Zui, and Black Moonlit Night 008 for the tips! Thanks to 90-Degree Ice Water for the monthly vote! This chapter's a little late. I only just finished up—sorry about that! And please send a recommendation my way!
Sinking... sinking...
Endless darkness, endless descent.
The instant Er Dongsheng stepped through the door, the world seemed to turn upside down. His whole body began sinking into unknown depths.
Before he could react, much less see his surroundings, his mind went hazy and he lost consciousness completely.
Vast amounts of destructive energy gathered around him, forming terrifying ripples that looked almost solid. They spread outward in wave after wave.
Unable to move, Er Dongsheng could only float there, falling into the endless darkness.
One second... two seconds...
Deep in the darkness, his body slowly reached the bottom.
His feet came to rest on ground that felt slightly soft. Trenches crisscrossed its surface at random, some hundreds of meters deep, others no more than a few millimeters, like shallow scratches.
Every so often, enormous bubbles rose from the trenches.
Strangely, the bubbles contained all manner of images: scenery of incomparable beauty, terrifyingly powerful figures, enchanting goddesses, and fearsome monsters.
The bubbles drifted and swayed through this sea of energy. Some vanished without warning; others burst with a boom, leaving behind a few mysterious fragments.
Gurgle...
An enormous bubble emerged from below. The bubbles around it scattered at once, retreating as though they had encountered a king.
Unlike the transparent bubbles filled with flickering scenery, this one was covered in black ripples. It appeared directly beneath Er Dongsheng, as though it had been waiting for him.
His falling body was abruptly swallowed inside it.
Countless mysterious lights sprang from the bubble's surface. Rule Patterns and Runewords