Inside the General Affairs Hall, densely packed text appeared across jade walls.
Chu Mo slowly approached. The words shifted across their surfaces, with no shortage of missions involving the Otherworld, though most concerned developing Minor Realms, gathering resources, or suppressing localized unrest.
His gaze swept over line after line, but he found no mention of Unification. It was not entirely absent: one section did mention a world slated to be squeezed utterly dry, but its projected deadline was more than twenty years away.
"Too slow."
Chu Mo murmured inwardly. Twenty-odd years was not long for a cultivator, but it was far too slow for his present needs.
He sighed to himself, then decided to look into the Life-Ending Society. After all, the Extinction Life lineage was the quickest at ruining worlds.
The other three lineages at least had to spend some time managing them. Extinction Life alone thought of nothing all day but killing, killing, killing.
"Perfect. I still have Jue Ming as an Other-Selves Aspect to use..."
After a brief moment of thought, he turned and left the General Affairs Hall, riding a rainbow back to his Cave Abode.
The sun and moon wheeled on, and more than three months passed in a flash.
Inside Chu Mo's Cave Abode, a deep, dark vortex silently opened. An object promptly dropped out and flew into his hand.
[Area Event triggered: Ghost Chain]
As the panel notification appeared, the object began to manifest its uncanny nature. Chu Mo snorted coldly and exerted a little force with his hand, making it shudder and settle down again.
Only then did he examine it closely. An unusually miniature, dark-black chain lay obediently in his hand, shimmering with an eerie black light.
"A rare physical-object Urban Legend. Once it coils around a living person,