Under the night sky, a river hundreds of meters wide surged through the mountains, its waters pitch-black and exuding a foul, decaying aura. Barren land stretched for a kilometer along its banks; not a single blade of grass grew.0

The river used to be brimming with vitality, nurturing countless mutated aquatic beasts. However, a fierce battle between two heavenly-king-level powerhouses had contaminated it with toxic laws.0

Beneath the toxic and demonic-qi-filled river, a shadow tens of meters long moved swiftly and silently. In no time, it crossed hundreds of kilometers, reaching a point where the riverbed formed a black waterfall that dropped into a thousand-meter abyss.0

Boom! Boom! Boom!0

Explosions erupted along the riverbank as five people radiating Eighth Heavenly Realm auras and one emitting a middle-stage Ninth Heavenly Realm aura burst from the river. Black water trailed behind them as they landed on the shore.0

Leading them was a ten-meter-tall True Purgatory Demon....0