# Chapter 2027: Deep in the Mist Sea
As Yun Che continued deeper, the concentration of Abyssal Dust had reached an extremely terrifying level.
So dense that it could suppress the perception range of a Divine Lord realm profound practitioner to less than ten zhang... and this region was already far beyond what any Divine Lord realm profound practitioner could tread.
Because the Abyssal Beasts "dwelling" here were almost all already at the Divine Annihilation realm.
In the living world, the Divine Annihilation realm was a boundary countless profound practitioners yearned for but could hardly reach. Once one entered the Divine Annihilation realm, it meant attaining a demigod's body and standing at a high position within the Abyss.
Even among the powerful and noble Abyss Knights, over ninety percent were at the Divine Annihilation realm. Less than ten percent were at the Divine Extreme realm.
But in this region of the Mist Sea, Divine Annihilation Abyssal Beasts were everywhere. Wherever Yun Che's spiritual sense reached, there were utterly terrifying Divine Annihilation auras. Their sheer number forced him to be cautious with every step.
His Divine Lord aura moved among these Divine Annihilation auras, appearing especially humble and pitiful. No wonder the depths of the Mist Sea were called a death ground by Abyss profound practitioners. Even an Abyss Knight like Ximen Boyun—how noble and powerful they were in the eyes of this world's profound practitioners—if thrown here, would probably be torn to nothing but scraps within ten breaths.
Coupled with the suppression of the heavy Abyssal Dust... it was said that even a legendary Divine Extreme realm profound practitioner who came here wouldn't be able to last long.
Yun Che still advanced following the density of Abyssal Dust, but his steps had become much lighter, and he restrained his aura as much as possible. Layers of Abyssal Dust were absorbed onto his body, making him almost completely merge with the Mist Sea.
Over the past six months, Yun Che's mastery over Abyssal Dust had advanced by leaps and bounds. Now, he could instantly mobilize all the Abyssal Dust in the surrounding area and even directly use the Abyssal Dust as a medium to extend his soul force over great distances.
His control over Abyssal Beasts had also gone from barely managing at first to gradually becoming proficient. The level of profound beasts he could control was also getting higher and higher.
The control over Abyssal Beasts was essentially still control over Abyssal Dust. During these six months, Li Suo had been watching Yun Che's every move every day... He took only three days to refine the source force given to him by Lin Shen, and then used a shockingly short nine hours to seamlessly integrate Lin Shen's source blood and source marrow with his own body.
Without the slightest rejection or dissipation!
Then, in the second month, he cultivated the unique protective divine technique of the Lin Shen lineage—the one she remembered as the strongest—the Qilin Sacred Hall. Although Li Suo knew he possessed the Void Saint Body personally bestowed by the Primordial God, she didn't know about his experiences before obtaining the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal. Even so, when her cognition as a Creation God was shattered time and time again right before her eyes, she still couldn't help but be deeply astonished.
And his control over Abyssal Dust showed visible progress almost every day.
That was clearly a primordial power of annihilation that, according to common knowledge, could not be interfered with. But in Yun Che's hands, controlling Abyssal Dust seemed just like... starting to control another kind of profound force from the very beginning.
Once a beast clan member was corrupted into an Abyssal Beast, as long as it remained in the Mist Sea, it would be eternally undying and could only be completely annihilated.
Under normal circumstances, a profound practitioner in the Mist Sea could never defeat an Abyssal Beast of the same realm.
Because a profound practitioner's profound force and soul force would be suppressed by Abyssal Dust, but an Abyssal Beast would possess nearly endless destructive power within Abyssal Dust, and even wounds would be quickly repaired by the Abyssal Dust.
Thus, when facing an Abyssal Beast of the same realm, it often took two or three people to have a chance of killing it.
Outside the Mist Sea, it was a different matter.
The denser the Abyssal Dust, the stronger the Abyssal Beast. Yun Che's steps became slower and slower, and the divine sense he released became more and more cautious.
"It seems this place is basically the limit." Yun Che muttered softly.
Because just with the previous step, his external spiritual sense had touched two auras that made his soul suddenly jolt.
That should be the aura of a Mid-stage Divine Annihilation realm Abyssal Beast.
In a direct battle against a Mid-stage Divine Annihilation realm Abyssal Beast, he absolutely had no chance of winning. But he should be able to exert the most basic control... though that was when facing one or two.
If he carelessly alarmed one of them, causing all the surrounding Abyssal Beasts to swarm in, he would probably be done for.
Such a terrifying place—probably no one had set foot here for countless years. For a Divine Lord realm body to penetrate this deep, Yun Che was absolutely the first in Abyssal history, and he would be the only one.
Li Suo spoke up: "Could it be that you want to take a look at the legendary 'Primordial Dead Abyss'?"
"That's right," Yun Che replied. "But it seems impossible for now."
The Primordial Dead Abyss was rumored to be at the very center of the Mist Sea, and it was extremely vast—the Abyss within this Abyssal world.
Based on the rumors about the Primordial Dead Abyss, Yun Che guessed that it was probably the unaltered primordial Abyss... the original Abyss from the Age of Gods, where even true gods could be reduced to nothing in an instant.
The true Abyss of death.
This was also why the closer one got to this Primordial Dead Source, the denser the Abyssal Dust became.
If he continued further and encountered a Late-stage Divine Annihilation realm Abyssal Beast, or even a Divine Extreme realm Abyssal Beast... once alarmed, he might not even have a chance to flee.
"Then find a suitable place nearby."
Yun Che suddenly muttered a strange sentence.
Li Suo asked in doubt: "A suitable place?"
Yun Che didn't answer and continued moving forward slowly... He didn't have to search for long. After advancing less than ten li, the aura of Abyssal Beasts suddenly decreased sharply.
Further ahead, the Abyssal Beasts within his spiritual sense began to grow fewer and fewer. Gradually, when Yun Che stopped, within a radius of fifty li, there wasn't even a single Abyssal Beast aura.
"...?" Yun Che frowned deeply, feeling vaguely uneasy.
He was indeed looking for a quiet place where he could avoid alarming any Abyssal Beasts as much as possible. But this place was too quiet.
It seemed like a suddenly appearing "forbidden zone."
He attached his perception to the Abyssal Dust and slowly extended it around him... but aside from the extreme silence, there was nothing unusual.
Probably a gift from heaven.
Yun Che no longer hesitated. He dispersed the Abyssal Dust covering his body, and a red light appeared in his hand.
Li Suo recognized this red light: "This is what the master of the Cosmic Thorn gave you before you fell into the Abyss. I remember there were two of them."
"That's right." Yun Che closed the red light in his palm and carefully erased the seal on its surface. "The Space Divine Pivot and Space Divine Stone imprinted with all the remaining power of the Cosmic Thorn. By planting the Space Divine Pivot here, within a certain range, I can use the Space Divine Stone to teleport here at any time."
"Why do you want to place the array pivot here?" Li Suo asked.
Yun Che said in a low voice: "The perfect place I envisioned was the edge of that Primordial Dead Abyss. But since I can't get close, I have to settle for the next best."
"But this place... is enough!"
As his words fell, the red light in his hand plunged straight into the ground beneath his feet.
Zheng!
The space divine light bloomed like a vermilion flower, spreading at Yun Che's feet to form a red profound array only about a zhang wide.
The array rotated slowly, then its light dimmed. Within two short breaths, it had completely disappeared. Yun Che took out the connected Space Divine Stone. Sure enough, the space divine light emitted by the stone had undergone a noticeable change. Although still dim, it had gained a bit of depth. Now, being close to the Space Divine Pivot, Yun Che could even faintly perceive the special spatial connection between them.
Shui Meiyin had emphasized at the time that because it was too rushed, the space force contained in the Space Divine Stone wasn't very much. The farther the teleportation distance, the greater the consumption, but it could replenish itself. Additionally, because the Cosmic Thorn had been used repeatedly to escape Mo Beichen's pursuit, by then the remaining divine power of the Cosmic Thorn was pitifully low. Being able to successfully imprint the Space Divine Pivot and Space Divine Stone was already extremely difficult. The spatial level imprinted also couldn't reach the highest.
Therefore, when activating the Space Divine Stone to teleport to the Space Divine Pivot, it couldn't be instantaneous. Even the Space Divine Stone itself would be left at the original location because of opening and maintaining the teleportation profound array.
Thus, it was basically useless for escaping. But... it could achieve a temporary connection between two spaces.
Once the Space Divine Pivot was planted, it couldn't be moved. Yun Che looked around... From now on, this place would be where he frequently set foot.
"Let's go."
Yun Che turned around... But before his steps could move, his entire body suddenly stiffened.
His soul, like a larva suddenly pierced through, convulsed and twisted in an instant.
His blood seemed to freeze, and a numbness spread throughout his body. His stiff neck slowly turned, and in his contracted pupils, two terrifying glows were reflected... slowly opening.
Divine... Extreme...
Two utterly terrifying words emerged in Yun Che's consciousness like a nightmare.
In the Linyuan Realm, he had once touched the powerful pressure of a Mid-stage Divine Annihilation realm.
During his deep advance into the Mist Sea, he had sensed the terrifying auras of countless Divine Annihilation Abyssal Beasts.
But the destructive aura pressing down on him now was so terrifying that it nearly shattered his will in an instant. Even his vision became blurred.
Such heavy pressure might no longer be within the Divine Annihilation realm. Instead, it was the legendary... the Divine Extreme realm, the peak of demigod, approaching true god.
An Abyssal Beast of such a level should not have appeared in this region.
It had been quietly dormant all along, and even Yun Che had not detected it at all.
Until now, awakened by the space divine light.
...
...
"Pan Xiaodie?" Qianye Ying'er frowned as she looked at that stone tablet. "It sounds like a name... but then again, it doesn't seem like one."
Chi Wuyue said slowly: "This is from ten thousand years ago. I found it at the place where I obtained the Nirvana Wheel Demon Soul—an ancient stone tablet."
"It's from a distant era. At that time, I found countless ancient artifacts and demonic tools. This stone tablet was the most useless and inconspicuous item. The only three readable characters were also inexplicable, so I shelved it and forgot about it."
"From Mo Beichen, I learned about the six great divine kingdoms of the Abyss. One of them was called the 'Xiaodie Divine Kingdom.' At the time, I felt a faint familiarity, but because it was so old and vague, I didn't recall it immediately. After Yun Che went to the Abyss, I finally remembered where this vague familiarity came from."
"But even after finding this stone tablet again, I gained nothing."
"So..." Qianye Ying'er interjected, "what I said earlier made you think of something new?"
"That's right." Chi Wuyue's eyes flashed with an unusual light. "If the three characters Pan Xiaodie are a name... in the present world, no one has ever used Pan as a surname. But among the ancient demons, the character 'Pan' cannot help but make one think of a Demon Emperor's name."
"Among the Four Great Demon Emperors—the Panming Demon Emperor."
Pan Ming...
Ming...
Ming Mirror!?
As if countless demonic lights were flashing in Chi Wuyue's mind, the originally chaotic and unrelated fragments were bizarrely connected together.
Hong weng————
A sudden roar scattered the thoughts of Chi Wuyue and Qianye Ying'er.
Both of them frowned and turned their gazes... This was the Jiehun Realm, Yun Che's territory as emperor of the Northern Domain. Who would dare to cause trouble here!?
"The sound source is very far, coming from the east." Qianye Ying'er said with schadenfreude. "It seems the Demon Empress's rule over the Northern Domain isn't that obedient. Such a big commotion, it's probably..."
Before she could finish, the sound transmission jade suddenly shook violently.
Such urgency clearly indicated something major.
Qianye Ying'er frowned and took out the sound transmission jade. Immediately, the voice of a Fan King, extremely solemn and heavy, rang out: "Reporting to the Divine Emperor! A strange, loud noise came from the east. Its magnitude and impact are unprecedented in my life. It is certainly not ordinary, and I fear there may be a calamity."
This transmission made both Chi Wuyue and Qianye Ying'er's expressions change slightly.
The east of... the Fan Di Divine Realm?
If it was the same loud noise... it had actually reached the Northern Domain!?
Without time to consider anything else, Chi Wuyue quickly activated a sound transmission profound array:
"Huajin, quickly send word to all the Realm Kings of the Eastern Divine Region, and find out the source of that sound as soon as possible."
A quarter of an hour later, a message returned from Huajin:
"Master, it has been confirmed that this sound did not come from the Eastern Divine Region, but from east of the Eastern Divine Region. The extremely violent sound waves triggered varying degrees of beast turmoil in most of the star realms of the Eastern Divine Region, but it is still within controllable limits."
"We traced several reachable lower realm planets and found that the sound source was even further east. Huajin suspects, could it possibly be... the Chaos Wall?"
Chi Wuyue and Qianye Ying'er exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.