As he descended, Mo Xie surveyed his surroundings in puzzlement.
It was truly strange. He was deep underwater beneath the earth, somewhere akin to an ocean trench where sunlight never reached, yet there was light all around him.
He had no idea where the light came from. It made everything around him look as though it were bathed in twilight, beautiful and vibrant in some places, yet terrifyingly still and desolate in others.
Below him lay the rocky crust, its uneven surface riddled with cracks of all sizes. The smaller ones were as narrow as alleyways, while the largest were astonishingly wide, like canyons.
Diving into a fissure in the crust, Mo Xie was surprised to discover that these cracks connected in every direction, forming an entirely new underground labyrinth.
Looking down, he saw a magnificent arc of red light, like dawn breaking along the horizon, slowly spreading through the depths below like a brilliant river of stars.
As he slowly descended, Mo Xie was astonished to discover that the water ahead seemed to have stopped moving. It no longer flowed downward.
Through the still surface of the water, he could see a vast Crustal Void below, as large as a city. That magnificent dome of red light resembled an oval canopy enveloping the entire Crustal Void beneath it!
Mo Xie swam to the bottom of the water and slowly reached through its surface. Feeling around, he confirmed that there was indeed no water on the other side. Instead, it was exceptionally warm.
His gaze sharpened, and his body passed through the water's surface. Rather than falling straight out of the fissure in the crust, he descended slowly.
A silver sheen flickered in his eyes, and his entire body gave off the same mysterious glow. Spatial power enveloped him, keeping