At the Floating Cloud Platform in the Que Luo Immortal Abode of the Incense Accumulation Sect.
Li Ling quietly sensed the changes in Lin Rouniang, when suddenly he felt that he could control the blood marking before him.
Before he could react, the blood marking had vanished, replaced by an unseen death dao fruit that lay within his grasp.
Li Ling slipped into a trance like the one he entered when using Dream Dao secret arts, comprehending its true meaning as though it came naturally, without instruction.
As it turned out, this was a power originating from the abyss of death, one of the many laws of death.
Laws and origins both touched upon the fundamental level of the Great Dao of heaven and earth. They belonged to a single whole, with no intrinsic difference; only, the origin was the trunk and the laws its branches. Their relationship was one of derivation and differentiation, so the power of a law could also be regarded as a piece of the puzzle that formed an origin.
The abyss of death was a manifestation of the origin associated with death. The powers it gave rise to encompassed many laws and principles that caused death. Even an ordinary person who acquired them could transform them into divine abilities of their own.
Just as no two leaves in the world were completely identical, the law of death Li Ling had acquired immediately displayed corresponding characteristics when combined with his own dao path and dharma power.
He soon understood what it represented.
Death at a whiff...
This was a scent that would kill mortals and low-level cultivators the instant they smelled it!
"How strange! To think Nether Heaven's power actually contained something like this!"
Li Ling pondered inwardly.
But he soon realized that the power previously