Black Hole

The sky gradually darkened.

The moon rose in the east, like a jade platter hanging far on the horizon, inching toward the center of the sky.

Figures still stood around the mountain ridge, watching without pause.

Along the way, someone else grew restless and raised a powerful treasure above his head.

He cleaved the ridge with brute force, only for a pitch-black bolt of lightning to blast both him and his treasure into powder.

The sight left countless hearts pounding in terror.

This mountain ridge was far too sinister.

Almost no one who damaged it survived.

Bzz!

Suddenly, just as the bright moon was about to reach its zenith, strange whirlwinds rose out of thin air all around the Primordial Ancient Mine.

Green whirlwinds.

They churned blood-red sand and stones.

From afar, they looked like enormous red-and-green flowers blooming across heaven and earth, exquisitely beautiful.

At first, no one paid them any mind.

After all, the Primordial Ancient Mine lay hundreds of li away.

But as time passed, those eerie whirlwinds began spreading rapidly outward.

At a glance, the barren land stretching a thousand li seemed to be covered in red-and-green blossoms.

Beneath the glittering stars and moonlight, they were extraordinarily beautiful.

"This is bad!"

Watching the whirlwinds draw ever closer, someone cried out and instinctively fled as a streak of light.

There were far too many legends about the Primordial Ancient Mine.

Its unheard-of anomalies were beyond counting.

Every one brought a tremendous calamity.

The mines of the Seven Great Holy Land of the Eastern Wasteland and the Three Great Families had all been engulfed before, killing hundreds of thousands, including supreme elders.

At this moment, almost every cultivator with any knowledge fled as a streak of light.

Quite a few others, emboldened by their skill, summoned treasures to protect themselves and remained where they stood, watching from afar.

"What kind of wind is this?"

In the blink of an eye, the red-and-green whirlwinds shrouded heaven and earth, and someone cried out from within.

His voice actually brimmed with boundless delight.

The next moment, a powerful aura surged out of the wind.

"Hahaha... a fortuitous opportunity! An immense opportunity!"

The man shouted, his might climbing steadily until, in an instant, it reached the level of the Immortal Platform Realm.

"Hahaha... this is a divine wind that aids cultivation! I actually broke through to the Immortal Platform Realm!"

"Immortality! I feel like I can become an immortal!"

His laughter grew louder and louder, ringing through heaven and earth and echoing endlessly, as though he truly were an immortal.

Everyone could dimly see a figure within the green-and-red whirlwinds, divine light blazing around him.

Seven-colored radiance flowed over him, like a god descending into the world, an immortal stepping down from heaven.

"It's actually real!"

At the sight, quite a few people instinctively rushed inside.

Bursts of laughter followed, and auras belonging to the Immortal Platform Realm surged ever higher.

The sight stunned everyone.

That green wind actually aided cultivation.

They had watched a Sea of Bitterness Realm cultivator run inside and advance to the Immortal Platform Realm in mere moments.

His might rivaled a Saint's.

And it was still rising.

Moreover, when they sensed it carefully, they actually felt boundless vitality and divine radiance within the green whirlwinds.

The sight turned countless eyes red with desire, and people poured into the green whirlwinds one after another.

"Go! It's dangerous!"

At the sight, Li Qingyue's heart pounded with alarm, and she instinctively retreated.

The Tianquan Saint and the others followed without the slightest hesitation.

If such opportunities existed in this world, who would still toil away at cultivation?

Most of those who entered were people whose resolve in pursuing the Dao was weak, unable to withstand temptation.

The group retreated a hundred li. When they turned to look at the whirlwinds blotting out the sky and sun, they saw streaks of bloody light soaring from the green winds.

Beneath the moonlight, they resembled a canopy of brilliant red clouds, breathtakingly beautiful.

They also looked like strange, bloody fruit!

Those who had been laughing just moments before all fell silent.

When the whirlwinds receded, almost no trace remained of the cultivators who had rushed inside.

It was as though they had never existed in this world.

"So this is the Primordial Ancient Mine?"

Li Qingyue's heart raced. At first, even she had been somewhat tempted.

After all, it was a path to the strength she yearned for.

But when she recalled the memories in her mind, she broke out in a cold sweat.

The supreme beings within the Primordial Ancient Mine devoured the living beings of the world and possessed not a shred of humanity.

How could they possibly offer anyone a fortuitous opportunity?

Boom!

Suddenly, not long after the green whirlwinds dispersed, an enormous pillar of light rose from the center of the Primordial Ancient Mine.

A pillar of light that pierced straight into the heavens.

The moonlight and starlight between heaven and earth seemed to be drawn toward it, plunging directly into the pillar.

"What is that?"

Someone cried out. Within the pillar, streams of divine radiance bloomed, rising and falling along its length.

Like divine beings bathing in sacred light.

At the sight, everyone lost their voices.

It was too dazzling, like immortal light.

"Could it be divine source?"

Someone exclaimed, his voice filled with disbelief-and a greed more intense than ever before.

According to legend, some divine source could develop consciousness and become living beings, devouring the energies of heaven and earth.

"Even if it isn't divine source, it must be an unparalleled divine treasure!"

Someone shouted and tried to approach.

Suddenly.

Bzz!

The entire world seemed to tremble as an immense suction erupted beneath the pillar of light.

Heaven and earth went dark in an instant, so black that no one could see their own fingers.

A terrifying black hole seemed to have opened in the ground, swallowing all matter.

Those who had approached were drained into desiccated corpses in that very instant. All their vitality vanished, and they crumbled into piles of withered bones.

Among them were powerful cultivators of the Four Extremes and Dragon Transformation realms.

Yet they had not the slightest power to resist.

The heavens were black as ink, the stars and moon vanished, and everything seemed to have plunged into eternal darkness. A lifeless stillness settled around the Primordial Ancient Mine.

The darkness lasted only a moment before light slowly bloomed between heaven and earth.

Moonlight and starlight appeared once more.

Like smoke and mist, they dispelled the eternal darkness and swept away the lifeless stillness.

Then the enormous pillar of light manifested again.

Vaguely, there even seemed to be a faint sound of breathing.

As though the unimaginably ancient Primordial Ancient Mine itself were breathing.

"That's right! It's almost midnight now. According to legend, the Primordial Ancient Mine devours the essence of heaven and earth, absorbing everything."

At the sight, someone exclaimed in wonder.

They had thought it merely a rumor, but only upon witnessing it themselves did they understand how eerie and awe-inspiring the scene was.

The instant that voice fell silent, the pillar of light turned pitch-black, like a black hole, and unleashed another utterly terrifying suction.

Bzz!

Heaven and earth trembled again, and all light and vitality were swallowed completely.

The world plunged into pitch darkness once more.

At the sight, everyone involuntarily retreated another hundred li, staring at the immense spectacle in utter shock.

"No wonder... no wonder there isn't a trace of life around the Primordial Ancient Mine."

"So it was all devoured!"

At that moment, almost everyone understood the sinister nature of the Primordial Ancient Mine.

An indescribable terror filled their hearts.

Had they not retreated in time, all of them would likely have been drained into desiccated corpses like those few who had approached.

"Black hole... the Primordial Ancient Mine!"

Watching the scene, Li Qingyue's expression shifted.

It was as though she had glimpsed the path ahead.

The Primordial Ancient Mine was like a colossal beast that swallowed heaven and devoured earth. Each inhalation sucked dry everything within hundreds of li.

Even the light was drained away.

Everything was drawn in, without the slightest remainder.

This was true devouring.

That's right. According to legend, the Primordial Ancient Mine existed even before the Mythological Age.

During the Chaotic Ancient Era, when the Desolate Heaven Emperor lived, the Primordial Ancient Mine was already renowned throughout the world.

It could even be traced back to the Immortal Ancient Era!

Recalling the memories in her mind, Li Qingyue watched from afar, divine light shimmering in her eyes.

She carefully sensed that movement, as though heaven and earth were breathing.

She watched the black hole within the pillar of light.

Black hole...

Breathing...

Devouring!

Once I'm strong enough, I... must visit the Primordial Ancient Mine!

Even if I only watch from its outskirts!

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