Some things were like wine: rather than fading with time, they grew richer and more potent as the years passed.
Hatred, for instance.
Third Young Master Su gazed at the utterly still Sea of Bitterness beneath the bridge.
The sheer quantity of Profound Nether Weak Water, with its weight and power to bind and suppress, was enough to make this place a perfect natural prison.
The Five Directions and Five Emperors had long since been annihilated, and the Ancient Netherworld itself had vanished without a trace back in the Ancient Era.
Who, then, had the Mysterious Capital Palace and Ling Weiyang worked together to seal beneath this Sea of Bitterness?
Who would have thought that, after countless ages, the Five Directions and Five Emperors and the Lord of Mount Tai would all be gone, while the one sealed beneath the Sea of Bitterness still seemed full of vigor?
How intriguing.
Su Che made a mental note of this. Once he left the Netherworld, he would have to find a chance to ask the Yin-Yang Dharma King.
That elder prided himself on being the Ancient Black Emperor's inheritor, so he ought to know a fair amount about the Ancient Era. Wasn't he always saying he had been right there when the Black Emperor and the leader of the Yellow Heaven Sect worked out cultivation methods together?
The Yin-Yang Dharma King's familiarity with the Ancient Netherworld certainly surpassed Shikshananda's.
Su Che knew full well that this trip would amount to little more than scouting the way ahead. Now that these ancient ruins had emerged, he would have opportunities to return a few more times.
Third Young Master Su cautiously advanced along the stone bridge. The farther he went, the more he could sense threads of icy killing intent.
The chill in the