At the same time.
Within the profound, boundless Heavenly Abyss, amid an infinite ocean of darkness condensed almost into substance, the lair belonging to Supreme Ming—the Tai Ming Forbidden Zone—floated in silence.
As a Supreme's lair, the Tai Ming Forbidden Zone had existed for countless passing years.
This generation's Supreme Ming had lived for more than four hundred thousand years, and the Tai Ming Forbidden Zone had accompanied him for over four hundred thousand years. Before him, it had also accompanied generation after generation of Supreme Mings.
It had been passed down through countless generations in the hands of the Supreme Mings of this lineage, its foundations unimaginably deep.
Within the forbidden zone stood twelve towering black steles.
The steles were covered in high-level demonic runes that exuded a chilling evil aura. As the runes surged, they gathered powerful Tai Ming evil force and, with the entire Tai Ming Forbidden Zone as their center, upheld a formidable shield barrier.
This cold and sinister barrier could both ward off attacks from the Heavenly Abyss's abyssal baleful intent and Demonic Beasts such as calamity beasts, and effectively resist invading enemies.
Over the thousands upon thousands of years, this barrier had stopped countless enemies who did not know the difference between life and death.
At the heart of the forbidden zone.
The luxuriant Taiyin Nether Soul Tree towered high into the sky, its vast canopy blotting out heaven and earth. Heavy Nether Soul Fruits hung from its branches amid the gaps in its leaves, while a majestic, boundless aura spread outward from it in wave after wave, as though eternal and unchanging.
As the formation core of the entire forbidden zone, the Taiyin Nether Soul Tree was rooted in a divine vein. All energy within the forbidden zone was channeled and circulated around