Chu Xisheng and the others followed the white jade avenue for about twenty li before they had to stop.
Ahead of them lay an enormous chasm.
Its bottom was nowhere in sight, and they could make out nothing in its pitch-black depths.
More importantly, they had no idea how wide it was. Clouds and mist obscured everything ten li ahead, hiding the opposite side.
Nor could they tell how long the deep ravine was. From east to west, neither end was visible.
In short, it stretched before them like a natural moat, difficult to cross.
Wu Zhishang of the Supreme Mystic Sect, Hu Xinmei of Xuanyuan Tomb, and the others ahead of them had all been stopped here.
Another "Divine Ao Rogue Person" stood before the chasm.
The sight of him gave Chu Xisheng an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
He felt like an NPC in a game, someone they could run into everywhere.
Then Chu Xisheng frowned, stopped his aerial movement technique, and landed twenty zhang to Hu Xinmei's left.
He had no choice but to stop.
An extraordinarily keen aura lurked deep within the chasm, making the spot between his brows sting faintly.
His Supreme Communication with the Divine was warning him that something incredibly dangerous lay hidden in the ravine.
Chu Xisheng lowered his head and examined it carefully, but could make nothing of it. All he discovered was that the walls were exceptionally smooth, as though they had been sliced by a saber or sword.
Great Black Heaven, Ri Jialuo, who had been behind them, caught up as well.
Once everyone had gathered before the ravine, a spiritual gleam appeared again in the eyes of Divine Ao Rogue Person, who had been standing motionless.
With a slight sweep of his sleeve, he conjured an enormous white crane