Watching the figure disappear into the faraway night sky, the Nether Master was suddenly filled with reflections. "Here, we call that flying to heaven," he said.
There had once been many passages between Chaotian Continent and the Netherworld, but only certain creatures that already lived within those passages and the weakest yin spirits could cross the Abyss, enter those passages, and reach the continent's surface.
Even if those weak yin spirits reached the continent, they were of no use beyond giving humans a few bouts of illness and frightening a few timid people to death.
If the Netherworld's powerful figures wished to reach Chaotian Continent through their own strength, they faced exceedingly difficult obstacles, scarcely less difficult than ascension was for human cultivators.
That was how the Heavenly Access Well on the shores of the East Sea had received its name.
Only later, as the Netherworld's powerful figures grew more numerous and those passages grew sturdier, did reaching the continent become much easier.
That was also the period when relations between the Human Race and the Nether Department were most strained, and wars most frequent.
During those years, quite a few powerful humans had naturally also crossed the passages into the Netherworld, directly destroying all its hopes.
"Those powerful humans who came here were what we called Outsider Heavenly Demons," the Nether Master said.
The war between the Human Race and the Netherworld had long since ended. Tong Yan had no such reflections on the subject. "Are there still many hidden passages like this?" he asked.
The Nether Master would not answer his question. "That sword strike of True Person Liu Ci's caused some changes in the earth veins. Some ancient passages have been exposed again."
Tong Yan knew that his words were not entirely truthful, but did not expose