Cold Eyes of the Abyss

As the former young master of the Jun Clan, Jun Wudao had long grown accustomed to having someone attend to him every day. Now that he suddenly did not even have a maid at his side, he truly found it somewhat hard to adjust.

Although he had a million Asuras, they all wore vicious, evil faces. Looking at them offered not the slightest pleasure to the eye.

"Still, whether I have someone to attend to me doesn't really matter. It's no great issue..."

Murmuring to himself, Jun Wudao gathered his thoughts and turned his gaze beyond the Nine Nether Rebirth Boat, beginning to admire the scenery of the alternate-dimensional space. His heart was filled with boundless curiosity about this wondrous spatial realm.

Deep in the void.

Within the alternate-dimensional space.

The Nine Nether Rebirth Boat continued its swift passage. Chaotic spatial undercurrents surged wildly in every direction, streams of them sweeping through the surroundings. Within them lay a riot of colors, carrying both the mysterious, ethereal presence of spatial power and an indescribable sense of chaos and disorder.

Alternate-dimensional space could be called a forbidden ground for cultivators, and indeed for all living beings and all things. Terrifying, boundless chaotic undercurrents filled every corner. If a cultivator accidentally fell into a spatial undercurrent, they would immediately be torn to pieces by its terrifying force, leaving not even bones behind! With good luck, they might instead be transported to some random location.

Yet within this very forbidden ground that could sweep away and annihilate everything, the Nine Nether Rebirth Boat traveled safely. The terrifying, boundless chaotic spatial undercurrents swept over the Nine Nether Rebirth Boat, only to be gently brushed aside by the eerie, dark radiance it emitted, as though they dared not approach it.

If such a sight were revealed to the outside world, it would surely shock countless cultivators and leave them unable to believe their eyes!

Jun Wudao sat upright in the dark-red pavilion, his eyes as dark as a deathly still deep sea. He quietly watched the scenery of the alternate-dimensional space outside, clicking his tongue in wonder from time to time.

Hmm?

The next moment, Jun Wudao paused, murmuring in amazement, "We're here already?"

Had it not been less than a quarter of an hour since he had directed it with a thought? As expected, anything produced by the system was guaranteed to be top quality. Such a vast distance, spanning several provinces, could be crossed in an instant.

With a thought, a dazzling burst of immortal light erupted from the immortal skull that radiated boundless holiness. With a tremendous rip, the brilliant radiance instantly tore a massive rift in the space ahead. The boat plunged into it in an instant, vanishing from the alternate-dimensional space.

Outside.

Rip!

An earth-shaking sound rang out as the Nine Nether Rebirth Boat sailed out of the enormous rift, immediately drawing the gazes of countless cultivators below. All looked up in curiosity and confusion!

"Holy shit! What is that? Isn't it way too huge?"

"No idea! But doesn't it look a bit like a warship? Wait, this presence... hiss! Why is it so terrifying?"

"This! This! Could it be... could some great figure of the demonic path have arrived?"

With the appearance of the Nine Nether Heavenly Boat, the ancient city immediately erupted into a clamor. Sensing the evil, eerie, ominous presence emanating from the Nine Nether Rebirth Boat, countless cultivators in the city trembled.

Clearly, they had all been frightened by the presence the Nine Nether Rebirth Boat emitted. This dread and fear of an unknown evil was an instinct that came from the depths of their souls.

"A magnificent city indeed. Although it can't compare to my Jun Clan's Jun Heaven City, it is still extremely prosperous. Judging by its appearance, it should also be a city baptized by ancient ages."

Aboard the Nine Nether Rebirth Boat, Jun Wudao surveyed the ancient, magnificent city below, revealing a faint trace of admiration.

This city was called Fire Cloud Main City, one of the ten main cities under the Star Divine Sect's jurisdiction. Its scale was more than a hundred times that of Storm City.

Unlike Storm City, where three great clans stood in a three-way balance, Fire Cloud Main City was governed by a city lord appointed by the Star Divine Sect. The city lord stationed here was a Late Divine Body Realm expert, with three Early Divine Body Realm experts under his command. All of Fire Cloud Main City was kept in perfect order under his administration, and no one dared act recklessly within it.

"May I ask which esteemed lord has graced my Fire Cloud Main City? This junior, Pokong, apologizes for failing to welcome you from afar!"

Just then, a powerful male voice suddenly rang out. In the next instant, a tall figure shrouded in dazzling radiance shot out of Fire Cloud Main City and into the void. The waves of presence surging from him were incomparably formidable, as though they could suppress the six directions and eight wildernesses.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several more figures then flew into the void and lined up behind Pokong, each radiating the terrifying fluctuations of the Early Divine Body Realm.

"It's City Lord Pokong, and the three elders, Heaven, Earth, and Human."

"Yes! There's no mistaking them. Who would have thought we'd get to see the city lord today, when he's usually like a divine dragon whose head is seen but never its tail? And the three elders, Heaven, Earth, and Human, who are normally so hard to meet even once!"

"I heard City Lord Pokong's cultivation and combat strength have already reached an extremely terrifying level. Especially that cultivation art he created himself-it's said to be incredibly powerful. I wonder if it's true?"

Seeing City Lord Pokong and Fire Cloud City's three elders, Heaven, Earth, and Human, fly into the void, countless cultivators in the city broke into discussion. All of Fire Cloud Main City grew exceedingly noisy, and the faces of its cultivators filled with excitement.

Just then.

"One at the Late Divine Body Realm? Three at the Early Divine Body Realm? They're all decent targets for a trial!"

Aboard the Nine Nether Rebirth Boat, Jun Wudao spoke mildly. Immediately afterward, a mighty, irresistible surge of power erupted around him!

Hum!

Dark light flashed, and Jun Wudao vanished from where he stood. When he appeared again, he was already outside the warship, standing in the void a hundred thousand feet above!

He stood tall, his hands clasped behind his back.

Standing there.

His black robe billowed fiercely, and his long, ink-black hair danced wildly in the wind.

His pale, stern face held not a trace of color. His expression was cold and still, and between his brows lay endless indifference and icy coldness.

His dark, fathomless eyes swept across the surroundings, looking down upon all living things, gazing disdainfully over every being beneath heaven. No one dared meet those cold eyes. Wherever his indifferent gaze passed, everyone trembled in both body and soul.

"Hiss! My heavens! What a terrifying young lord! This man! Just what sort of existence is he? How can he be so terrifying?"

As Jun Wudao's dark, cold eyes swept over them, the expressions of every cultivator in Fire Cloud Main City below changed drastically. They lowered their heads one after another, not daring to meet his gaze. Those cold eyes gave them a sense of limitless despair.

Not only the cultivators in Fire Cloud Main City reacted this way; even Pokong and the three elders, Heaven, Earth, and Human, all had drastic changes of expression, their brows knitting tightly. Those cold eyes were simply too terrifying, like a supreme sovereign looking down upon the mortal world, like a deathly still deep sea that had lain silent for ten thousand years, and even more like the supreme, baleful eyes within the abyss of hell.