The Primordial Era: Starting from Being Forced to Become an Apprentice of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 282 The Great Abyss of the Northern Underworld

"You two will follow Taibai to Beiming to investigate the matter of demonic energy."

All actions must be carried out under Taibai's command without fail! If this matter is delayed, do not blame me!

Yingzhao and Guiche exchanged a glance, both revealing an undisguised reluctance.

They had a long-standing grudge against Li Bai, and now they were being ordered around by their enemy, which naturally filled them with resentment.

However, they dared not utter a word of dissent against Haotian's orders and could only suppress their dissatisfaction.

Taibai was incredibly perceptive and immediately noticed the emotions of the two.

He turned to Haotian, bowed slightly, and spoke in a respectful yet firm tone:

"Uncle-Master, it would be more appropriate for me to go alone."

These two fellow Daoists don't seem willing to travel with me. If they quarrel along the way due to old grudges, it might jeopardize our important mission. Wouldn't that be a greater loss than gain?

Actually, besides being afraid that these two people would hold him back, Taibai's words were also meant to put a bad word on them.

After all, these two people have already shown their dissatisfaction, so there's no need to hold back anymore. I believe Haotian will also suppress these two people.

Haotian nodded, and with a flick of his sleeve, a beam of light surged from his palm, enveloping Yingzhao and Guiche.

The light entered between their brows, causing Yingzhao and the ghost to tremble slightly. The light in their eyes quickly faded, leaving only emptiness.

Their once vibrant faces were now expressionless, like two soulless puppets, their bodies standing still.

"Then you can rest assured. I have temporarily sealed their consciousness; now they will only obey your commands and have no ability to resist."

Seeing this, Taibai knew he could no longer refuse and could only nod helplessly.

He bowed to Haotian again, then turned and transformed into a streak of light, fleeing straight towards the Northern Darkness.

Yingzhao and Guiche also set off at the same time, following closely behind, their movements perfectly synchronized, yet devoid of any vitality.

Although their cultivation was inferior to Taibai's, Yingzhao and Guiche were still quasi-saints, and their speed of flight was not slow.

In a short while, the two caught up with Taibai, maintaining a distance of three steps and following silently.

When Taibai arrived at the border of Beiming, he did not rush to go deeper.

He hovered beneath the hazy sky, calming his mind and slowly extending his divine sense into the depths of the Northern Darkness.

However, upon closer inspection, the Northern Darkness Land seemed to be unremarkable.

Not to mention demonic energy, even the birds and beasts of the Northern Darkness Land showed no unusual activity.

"If there's no reaction on the periphery, then it's likely in the core area."

After finding nothing on the outer perimeter, Taibai continued flying inward.

However, he always maintained his divine sense, which covered an area of thousands of miles, and no slightest fluctuation could escape his perception.

After flying for about fifteen minutes, they arrived at the core area of the Northern Sea.

This place was originally the site of the Demon Master Kunpeng's Daoist temple, but now it is just a huge abyss.

Just now, his divine sense had swept across most of the Northern Underworld, but he found nothing, not even the residual aura of the Kunpeng.

Now, only this abyss remains unexplored. Taibai did not rashly infiltrate it in his true form, but instead once again activated his divine sense to explore the depths of the abyss.

However, as his divine sense continued to extend downwards, Taibai gradually felt a sense of surprise.

He had cultivated for a long time, and his divine sense was strong enough to cover millions of miles. However, half an hour had passed since he began his investigation, and his divine sense still had not reached the bottom.

The depth of this abyss is beyond reason.

He secretly estimated that the depth his divine sense could reach at this moment probably already exceeded the overall width of the Northern Underworld.

This would be almost impossible in the primordial world. Heaven and earth have their own rules, and geography has its own laws. Such a bottomless abyss is truly against common sense.

This made him suspect that this place was not a huge abyss, but rather a space hidden inside the abyss that even divine sense could not detect.

Thinking of this, Taibai couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

In his view, someone capable of such a feat must be an extremely terrifying being, and one might be instantly annihilated if one were to go there in person.

Just then, Guiche and Yingzhao flew over and landed beside Taibai.

Upon seeing the two arrive, Taibai immediately conceived a plan:

Since I dare not risk my true self, I might as well let the ghost carriage go down.

After all, Guiche has lost its physical body and is on the Investiture of the Gods list. As long as its name is still on the list, it can be resurrected with the power of the Investiture of the Gods list, at most it will only be weak for a few days.

Of these people, the one with whom he had the deepest grudge was Guiche, so Taibai decided to send Guiche to scout ahead.

He also separated a wisp of his primordial spirit and attached it to the ghost carriage.

In this way, one can immediately sense the situation below, and even if this wisp of primordial spirit is destroyed, it can be restored in a short time with almost no damage to one's own cultivation.

"Ghost Cart, go down and investigate. See if there's any danger lurking below. If you encounter something you can't resist, just self-destruct."

"Yes."

The ghost carriage remained expressionless, cupped its hands in response, and then flew straight down.

The wisp of Taibai's primordial spirit attached to him silently observed the surroundings as the ghost chariot continued to fall.

All that could be seen was boundless darkness, and the deeper one went, the more profound it became.

At the speed of the ghost carriage, this distance is enough for a round trip between the Heavenly Court and the Northern Underworld.

Just as Taibai thought that such a bizarre abyss truly existed in the primordial land, his wisp of primordial spirit suddenly trembled, and the ghost chariot also hovered in mid-air.

Only then did Taibai realize that they had stepped into a strange space.

The moment the ghostly vehicle disappeared into the area, countless blue-green will-o'-the-wisps suddenly lit up all around, instantly illuminating the entire space with a dim, eerie glow.

Taibai's wisp of primordial spirit sensed its surroundings and immediately felt a chill run down its spine:

The place was indeed filled with dense demonic energy, and from all directions, countless creatures with identical appearances were crowded together.

What shocked him even more was that these countless creatures were all "Kunpeng".

Several of these bodies had wisps of golden spirits floating above them.

Taibai's wisp of primordial spirit sensed it for a moment and was completely certain: it was indeed the true spirit of Kunpeng.

Meanwhile, Taibai's true form stood at the entrance to the abyss, observing the changes below with a wisp of his primordial spirit.

When he realized the truth about Kunpeng's true spirit, even with his profound cultivation, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

"So that's how it is... This is actually the true spirit of the Kunpeng? No wonder it could never be destroyed; I didn't expect its true spirit to have already dispersed into so many parts."

Hidden between heaven and earth... wait a minute, how can a true spirit in this state still possess the cultivation of a perfect quasi-saint?

Thinking of this, Taibai already held his fingers together like a sword and made a sweeping motion in the air.

A beam of clear light burst forth from his sleeve, transforming into a sword aura that tore through the sky and pierced straight towards the ethereal spirit below.

The sword energy pierced through the void and finally reached that strange space.

However, just as the sword light entered, the demonic energy surged up all at once.

And that sword energy was eventually worn away by the demonic energy.

As Taibai focused his mind on sensing the surrounding clouds, his brows furrowed slightly; this outcome was completely unexpected.

With a tap of the fingertip, one is instantly transported to the magnificent world of the vast abyss in Chapter 282, the Northern Darkness Land.