"Descend into the Filth Abyss?"
Li Ling looked surprised when he heard this.
"Your Highness, is the Filth Abyss you speak of the legendary secret realm and cave heaven, Filth Abyss Cave?"
Li Ling had heard of such a place many years ago.
Books such as Deepwater Guestland Customs Research, Travels in the Merfolk Kingdom, Scenic Cave Heavens, Records of Hidden Wonders, Strange Tales of Sea Demons, and even the Gazetteer of the Ten Thousand Nations had all recorded this secret realm in the Merfolk Kingdom's Deepwater Guestland.
Legend had it that this was a deep cavern in an undersea volcano, connected by chance to a rift in the void through which one could reach the netherworld.
However, it led neither to the Dream Realm nor to the Underworld, but to an even more elusive realm of the mind: the Mindscape.
It was a place where mind reigned supreme, where spiritual power flourished and matter was suppressed.
Sea Ji said, "That's right. This is the place outsiders speak of, a place that reflects the heart, and it is also the sacred ground of our merfolk race.
"Outsiders have many misconceptions about Filth Abyss Cave and have invented all sorts of legends. But the common thread in those legends-that Filth Abyss Cave can distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, and loyalty from treachery-is true. We often use it to judge our people, and it also cleanses the heart and strengthens conviction.
"If you are sincere and friendly, entering it will not harm you. Instead, you will gain considerable benefits. If you are deceitful and malicious, the seawater will gradually crush you as you dive deeper into the cave, until you can no longer bear it.
"When Senior Yellow Cloud traveled here years ago, she too entered the cave to test