Nine Abyss was also known in the Immortal Realm as the Immortal-Fall Land.
It was a place where many cultivators sought enlightenment before breaking through from Celestial Immortal to Golden Immortal.
But how arduous that step was! Countless dazzlingly gifted Celestial Immortals had fallen at this very threshold.
They sought to comprehend the Way of Returning to Ruin, only to return to ruin themselves.
Merely standing there, Gu Yuanqing could sense the terrifying aura contained beneath Nine Abyss.
Even his Void Piercing Heavenly Eye was affected by those auras, unable to see through everything.
"What lies below isn't the abyss we see on the surface, but one small world after another. Some formed naturally from heaven and earth, while others were born from the power of Celestial Immortals who perished within."
No wonder Cheng Yi had said that even the Immortal Lord from the Great Void Immortal Sect seemed to have failed to find Miaoxuan after coming here.
This place was extraordinarily dangerous. Leaving everything else aside, most of the Celestial Immortals who perished here had already reached celestial immortal great accomplishment and sought to comprehend the Way of Returning to Ruin, searching for the meaning of indestructibility.
Yet they had ultimately failed to cross that final threshold, dissolving into the Dao as they sought enlightenment and adding still more peril to this already treacherous place. Beneath Nine Abyss, everything looked reasonably calm, but with Gu Yuanqing's cultivation, he could easily see the layer upon layer of spatial turbulence.
There were cultivators around Nine Abyss as well. Places with such strange phenomena often gave rise to unusual heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Those practicing certain cultivation techniques or refining special dharma treasures would also come here to gather and refine its power.
There was even a Celestial Immortal sitting cross-legged