Invincible Dad

Chapter 824 824: The Well

If the Sea Eye could be removed, the cultivation environment of the Northern Immortal Domain would be several times stronger.

A hundred eras have passed.

Dozens of Great Emperors from the Northern Immortal Domain have managed the North Sea Eye, but all efforts were in vain.

In the end.

The Sea Eye still exists.

It has devoured the corpses of several Emperor Realm cultivators and numerous Quasi-Emperors, becoming the 'Mass Burial Mound' of the Northern Immortal Domain, truly lamentable.

"The Supreme Emperor, what do you intend to do?"

Sikong Jiu's heart tightened; years ago, even Tiangui had lost half his life here, well aware of the Sea Eye's danger.

"Do you want to go down and take a look?" Xu Lai's gaze was burning.

Sikong Jiu hurriedly retreated, awkwardly smiling: "Please, don't joke, Supreme Emperor. In my heyday, I was no weaker than you, and I wouldn't dare enter it, let alone now."

"How about this, you go in first, I'll watch over you from here, and alert you at the first sign of trouble."

"The Eight Desolate Cauldron is likely always watching the Sea Eye." Xu Lai said leisurely.

"So what, I, Sikong Jiu, should fear a mere Emperor Artifact?" Sikong Jiu retorted.

"True, it's just a cauldron made of Hongmeng Purple Qi, if not fully activated, it can at most crush a few Quasi-Emperors or Immortal Venerables."

Xu Lai nodded, saying: "Although Li Shenhuang's fall may have some causal connection with you, the Eight Desolate Cauldron is sure to understand your predicament."

"..."

Sikong Jiu clasped his hands, saying: "Supreme Emperor, I believe the Sea Eye is very dangerous, let me accompany you."

The Supreme Emperor's concern is justified.

Who knows if the Eight Desolate Cauldron will take advantage while he enters the Sea Eye to attack him?

A young Emperor Artifact lacking integrity, he, as a senior, cannot afford any mishaps, or it would be embarrassing.

Naturally, Sikong Jiu was not one for worrying about face, only felt the Supreme Emperor needed a guard at his side.

Mutual benefits.

This is indeed a good tradition in the Immortal Domain.

"No, absolutely not."

Xu Lai waved his hand: "I need you to watch over me from above."

"Supreme Emperor, can you bear to leave me alone in this perilous place?" Sikong Jiu's eyes were tearful.

Xu Lai stopped teasing Sikong Jiu and together they entered the Sea Eye.

Being the most terrifying forbidden area of the Northern Immortal Domain, it was Xu Lai's first time there, and its interior was certainly fraught with dangers.

The epoch of the Emperor's Fall is near.

Xu Lai hoped to investigate the origins of the Sea Eye.

If it can be eradicated, it would be akin to removing the mountain weighing down on the Northern Immortal Domain's cultivators.

At the moment Sikong Jiu and Xu Lai entered the slowly rotating gigantic vortex.

In another place in the Northern Immortal Domain, a huge inland lake's center also began to stir.

"What's happening..."

Boats and fishermen were on the lake, locals from nearby villages, and sensing the lake's anomaly, their faces changed dramatically.

The lake named Nameless Lake is the largest inland lake in the Northern Immortal Domain, its area not much different from the North Sea.

Unlike the North Sea, which has harmed the Spiritual Energy of the Northern Immortal Domain, Nameless Lake has nourished countless residents along its shores.

It can be said to be the mother lake of the Northern Immortal Domain!

For a hundred eras, Nameless Lake has never seen large waves, always peaceful, and stories of fishermen dying within it have never been heard.

Thus, the sudden vortex in Nameless Lake made the fishermen on the boats fear, sensing a major event was imminent.

...

Near the Sea Eye.

Spiritual Energy is densest here; even Immortal Venerables entering would get 'spirit poisoned', unable to stay long.

Xu Lai initially thought the interior would be a lake or sea of extremely viscous spiritual liquid, similar to the North Sea flowing through the Northern Immortal Domain.

The dross outside, the essence inside.

But what surprised him was the Sea Eye was bottomless, like a 'well', only a very large well...

The diameter might be ten thousand feet long!

Every ten breaths, spiritual liquid would flow down like a waterfall.

On the well's edge were densely-packed pits, the moment the spiritual liquid waterfall descended, it would be sucked into the well wall's pits, repeating endlessly.

During pauses.

Inside the well was eerily silent.

The soundless silence made Sikong Jiu's scalp prickle; he couldn't imagine the Sea Eye having such a sight.

Each ten-breath spiritual liquid waterfall would be absorbed into the well wall...

This damn thing seemed like a giant being inhaling and exhaling, much like Earth's whales, evidently rhythmic.

"Supreme Emperor, let's retreat quickly."

Sikong Jiu's ominous feeling intensified, this place was too dangerous, he didn't want to stay even a moment.

Xu Lai didn't stop but continued flying downwards.

He flew for three full hours at Emperor Realm's speed without seeing the bottom!

"It could indeed be a living thing."

Xu Lai sighed lightly, fearing this was a space constructed by spatial laws.

Otherwise, in three hours, he could fly from the Northern Immortal Domain to the Southern Immortal Domain, how could he not reach the bottom?

"Retreat, Supreme Emperor."

Sikong Jiu was panicking.

Unable to reach the bottom, the only light was the faint white dot overhead, the exit.

"I must see what's peculiar here."

Xu Lai suddenly punched the pit on the well wall, under Sikong Jiu's tense gaze.

This punch.

Couldn't leave any mark on the pit on the well wall.

"..."

Xu Lai fell silent.

Sikong Jiu murmured, "Supreme Emperor, this... this is purely an accident, why don't you punch again?"

"No matter how many punches, the result will be the same."

Xu Lai meticulously observed the pits on the well wall, feeling a headache coming.

Resisting a cycle of the spiritual liquid waterfall, these unknown pits were as strong as an Emperor Artifact.

Even several times more robust than an Emperor Artifact!

Like standing at the wind's edge, even pigs could fly.

After the waterfall washes over a cycle, resisting an Emperor Realm punch isn't surprising.

Xu Lai didn't punch again; instead, he brought his two fingers together for a slash.

Qingfeng Sword Intent has nine forms.

A year ago, Xu Lai forged a Sword Ranking from a wisp of sword intent from one form, now he slashed out the complete first form!

"Szzzzz——"

A very harsh sound.

The pit on the well wall was left with a very shallow mark.

"This..."

Sikong Jiu was genuinely stunned.

That sword of the Supreme Emperor could easily kill Quasi-Emperor Realm, yet left only a barely visible white mark?

What on earth was this well within the Sea Eye!

Xu Lai wasn't surprised; he was prepared, slashing out the second sword of Qingfeng Sword Intent's first form.

Followed by the third sword, fourth, fifth...

Xu Lai expressionlessly slashed one sword after another, ten sword intents in total, finally bringing a change to the well wall.

No longer just a white mark, but a half-meter deep, hundred-meter long crack.

"Strong, Supreme Emperor!"

Sikong Jiu rejoiced; at this rate, perhaps a hundred or eighty swords could penetrate the well wall.

However.

The ten-breath time was up, the spiritual liquid waterfall descended, seeping into the pits on the well wall, and the crack slashed by Qingfeng Sword Intent...

Started writhing as the spiritual liquid seeped in.

In the blink of an eye, it returned to normal.