The dark Small Cauldron slowly rose into the air, its mouth turning downward as it breathed out an eerie light.
"Collect!"
Chu Mo held two fingers together before him and gave a sharp command.
A beam of profound black light shone down from above and spread outward, enveloping the ground for dozens of miles around.
The yellowish-brown soil immediately peeled away and heaved upward. The entire earth seemed to break free of its tethers and soar into the sky.
The brown soil, over a hundred feet thick, turned into streams of earthen-yellow light that flowed in orderly succession into the cauldron's palm-sized mouth.
The cauldron seemed to contain a world of its own. No matter how much soil poured inside, it never filled.
The entire process went more smoothly than he could have imagined. In mere moments, the yellowish-brown soil for dozens of miles around had been uprooted and collected in its entirety, exposing the smooth, glassy bedrock below.
[Area Event: Nether Road has ended]
Chu Mo beckoned, and the Small Cauldron spun back into his palm. Its body was cold, and its weight seemed unchanged.
Without taking the time to examine it closely, he let the Rainbow Light beneath his feet envelop his entire body and plunged into the nearby passage between the Two Worlds.
The vortex closed, and the golden radiance dispersed.
Only the mirror-bright bedrock remained.
The already barren and impoverished First Ghost Market now looked as though someone had scraped away three feet of earth, leaving nothing behind.
Fuli Heaven, the Quiet Chamber in his Cave Abode.
Chu Mo sat cross-legged on the Meditation Cushion, looking down at the dark Small Cauldron in his palm with a peculiar expression. "Just like that?"
Even now, he could scarcely believe it. He had braced himself as