Sword-blade peaks stood throughout the Demon Graveyard. Below their slopes, almost everything was covered in impenetrable mist, while clouds obscured the sky above. A flock of dim-witted, invariably friendly Demon Bone Birds sped through the air.
This place was not actually very large.
Looking down from above, one could see roughly a dozen li across.
Everything farther out was shrouded in mist.
At its center lay the mountain-sized remains of the Dog General.
There was no distinction between day and night here, as though it were forever daytime.
After powerful demons or humans with profound cultivation died, their souls entered from the Mortal World, then crossed over from here.
This place was also rather like a layer between the [inner world] and the [outer world].
If the Mortal World outside was the first layer, the outer world, and the Underworld farther in was the second layer, the inner world, then the Demon Graveyard was the interstitial space between them.
Of course, the three could also be compared to three bubbles.
The real world where living beings dwelled was one large bubble, the Underworld where the dead rested was a second large bubble, and this Demon Graveyard was the bridge between them.
One side led to the Mortal World.
However, its gateway was closed to the living. Only dead souls drawn by the Underworld could pass directly through the spatial barrier. By the time those souls entered this place, though, their consciousness had already become muddled.
Aside from that, entering this place required using Sōunga, the Underworld Blade, to open a passage. Alternatively, only someone holding Tenseiga or a similar treasure could safely leave through a certain gateway in the spatial barrier.
Its other side led into the depths of the Underworld.
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