Volume Twenty: "A Hundred Thousand Fair Faces, a Hundred Thousand Streams of Blood" - Mysteries Seem Unraveled, Yet May Sow the Seeds of Disaster

The God's Field in the Ghost Spirit Abyss, whose name had shaken the four corners of the world, was, for all its talk of gods and ghosts, merely a somewhat unusual ocean trench in the boundless South Sea.

In the Ghost Spirit Abyss, sinister winds howled all day and black waters swirled. Even under a clear sky in broad daylight, mournful ghostly cries could be heard. Not only did the creatures of the sea give it a wide berth, but even seabirds soaring high overhead would turn and fly away the moment they spotted that dark, fathomless patch of ocean, never daring to approach.

As for this God's Field in the Ghost Spirit Abyss, after Boyu ascended as the new Water Marquis and formally surrendered to the Mysterious Spirit of the Four Rivers on the second day of the second month, the Calamity Hound God, the Blazing Clouds Pass Lord charged with guarding the trench, also pledged allegiance to the new Water Marquis with his entire clan. No sooner had they surrendered than secret envoys sent by Boyu and Long Ling entrusted them with a special task: continue guarding the Ghost Spirit Abyss closely and prevent anyone from entering or leaving-especially the newly deposed Water Marquis, Meng Zhang.

Moreover, since the Twelve Beast Gods Who Devour Ghosts, who had previously helped defend the Ghost Spirit Abyss, remained rather obstinate, Boyu ordered the comparatively trustworthy Blazing Clouds Pass Lord to secretly watch their every move, lest they cause any trouble.

Of course, these were only temporary measures. According to Boyu and Long Ling's plan, once the surrender ceremony was complete, they would send trusted troops of the Dragon Army to take over the defense of the Ghost Spirit Abyss. For now, with the surrender so recent and a thousand tangled matters