Broken mountains stretched in swaths. The peaks that had once towered majestically had all snapped apart for some unknown reason. Not a single spirit herb remained, leaving nothing but desolation.
The place was quiet, without beasts or birds. Its silence was frightening enough to put them on edge.
"Something's strange. I seem to remember something about this forbidden zone. It's different from the others..." Puppy murmured, growing solemn as he examined it more closely.
The mountains were charred black, and ashes covered the ground, as though something had scorched everything before it rapidly cooled.
"Solar essence!"
Lin Fan immediately identified what had caused this devastation. Scorching heat washed over his face, identical to what he had felt from the Solar River in the Lower Realm.
They continued onward and encountered an entirely different sensation. Bone-piercing cold enveloped them, as though they had fallen into an ice cellar.
It came from a dried-up lake that still released wisps of black mist-the traces left by the Taiyin River.
Before long, they made another discovery. Beneath the ashes lay ruins and the bones of powerful deities, a horrifying sight.
"This is the right place. The entrance is nearby, but we have to make the Solar and Taiyin Rivers manifest," Lin Fan said.
However, that was beyond him. The power of the Taiyin and Solar Rivers was not something a Divine Fire cultivator could withstand.
"Human pet, hurry up and dig three thousand zhang down! Unearth the forbidden zone for me!"
Puppy gave the order and leaped off the black-haired man's head. Naturally, this sort of backbreaking labor fell to him.
The Profound Heaven Sect's Cult Master's eyelids twitched furiously. He was livid, but despite his utter reluctance, he gritted his teeth and obeyed.
Soon, he cleared away a vast expanse of ruins. Broken