The thought had barely formed when the female immortal before him dissolved like a dream or a bubble, sending ripples through the air.
Her origin power became an invisible, delicate fragrance and quietly flew toward Li Ling.
These motes were even finer than Xiyi, and Li Ling alone could sense them.
Without betraying anything, he absorbed them into his body. Instantly, as though born with the knowledge, he completed the Death Origin he had previously lacked.
Beyond that, this delicate fragrance seemed to contain other mysteries.
It was a power intimately tied to the Netherworld, and also the secret of life, death, reincarnation, and attaining eternity.
For some reason, Li Ling kept feeling that it resembled a dream.
Other Shore Flowers, flowers of the Netherworld... guiding the way through Yellow Springs... perhaps death is nothing more than an eternal dream?
This inspiration had not come out of thin air. It was an intuition that arose naturally after Li Ling smelled the fragrance of these Other Shore Flowers.
The thought came to him without any instruction.
But now was not the time to ponder it, for the floral fragrance around them was growing stronger, even exceeding the bounds of fragrance and turning into a stench.
As the female immortal's figure vanished, the enormous Other Shore Flower began to wither. Its leaves and branches fell away, while bloodlike liquid flowed incessantly from it, soaking the surrounding earth.
The other Other Shore Flowers were bleeding as well.
Gradually, the blood formed marshes and pools that joined together, covering several miles around them.
The scene was a vivid portrait of a newly formed Netherworld hell.
They sensed at least four powers of law associated with the Netherworld and death within it: the law of instant death, Yellow Springs Water that dissolved all tangible matter,