The Man’s Decree

Emerging from the water, Jared looked up and saw pitch-black darkness overhead. There wasn’t a single trace of light

above, as even the hole he had fallen through was no longer visible.

However, the water around him emitted a faint glow. Relying on the light, Jared noticed the water wasn’t ink-black but a

pale red. Moreover, the surface of the water even shimmered.

“Could this not be part of the Night Sea?” Jared was confused. After all, the island was in the middle of the Night Sea.

Since he had dropped from the hole, he figured he might’ve fallen right through the middle and into the Night Sea.

But now, judging by the color of the water, it seemed he wasn’t floating in the Night Sea, where the seawater was inkblack and gave off an unpleasant smell.

At that moment, the water around him was pale red and clear. Furthermore, submerged in the water, Jared felt

invigorated. Every pore of his body seemed to have opened up to absorb the spiritual energy in the surroundings, making

him feel warm all over.

The water appeared to possess the properties of cleansing one’s soul and rejuvenating one’s spirit. “How could the water

so rich in spiritual energy? How strange. Where exactly

were filled with astonishment. This is not

of how comforting soaking in the water felt, Jared decided it was best to head

noticed the ground was covered in pebbles. This looks like a sandbank,

possibly land on a sandbank? Could this be the inner part of the island? Is

evil spirits around. Those evil spirits seemed

he was too focused on not falling to his death that

to anything

tried extending his spiritual sense again but still couldn’t detect anything. It was

step on the pebbles and move forward, hoping to

but feel something was amiss after taking a few steps, prompting him to bend

the pebbles up for

shocked. These aren’t stones at all. They’re clearly

over time!

lapidified skeletons covering the ground, Jared felt a shiver run down his

to leave behind these countless remains? Considering that this used to

people who died here

of the skeletons littered across the ground became more distinguishable,

set foot in this place

Cultivators in the past, all had been reduced to nothing but piles