The Ferry Boat
Hearing Xu Zimo's question, Elder Ming pondered for a moment.
He said, "Black Whale Sea is a forbidden land. The living cannot enter, and the dead cannot leave.
"Unless you can ride the Ferry Boat."
"It is said that the Netherworld Domain was once a Graveyard Domain.
"One day, beneath a mysterious force, every living being in that domain was slaughtered."
Although Xu Zimo had not witnessed it with his own eyes, he could still sense the horror of it.
How many people could there be in an entire domain?
Tens of millions, hundreds of millions, perhaps even more.
All of those people had been killed.
When he imagined the scene, even mountains of corpses could not describe it.
The image was enough to make one shudder, enough to set one's heart trembling.
Corpses covered the mountains and plains; wherever one went, there were dead people.
Whether you were an ordinary person, a Great Sage, or a Dao Fruit Expert, it made no difference.
There was only death.
Before death, all living beings were equal.
So-called Dao Fruit Experts were merely slightly stronger ants.
Xu Zimo had imagined and comprehended all this on his own.
"Do not ask me who did it, or why they killed everyone in an entire domain.
"I do not know. Nor can I come into contact with matters at that level," Elder Ming explained.
"I can only tell you that the Lord of the Dead later came to this domain.
"With a Supreme Divine Ability, he refined all the corpses and let everyone rest in peace.
"In the end, those corpses became the Black Whale Sea before us."
"There are only two ways to cross this sea: the Ferry Boat, or becoming a Black Whale Guard and traveling atop a black whale."