A thin sheen of silver radiance was to be found under the fifth abyss instead of the same, weighty darkness.

When Lu Yun transformed back into human form, the Tome of Life and Death once again materialized to shield his body. He had to burn another karmic fruit to barely keep himself protected.

What came into view dumbfounded him. 

A giant pair of lungs resembling a mountain thirty thousand meters tall hovered over a silver altar, respirating quietly. It was so big that it caused a great gale every time it breathed, drawing in gaseous nascent spirit dirt. It was then exhaled after being converted into pure qi.

“The Metal Altar!” Lu Yun shifted his attention from the giant lungs to the giant altar below, where the hazy silver glow came from.

He’d never seen it before, but he recognized it as the Metal Altar at first glance. Its presence was identical to the Water and Fire Altars he’d previously encountered.

“That’s the qilin nest, turtle nest, and kunpeng nest… There’s also another one...” Various sacrificial goods filled the altar beneath the great lungs—all precious items from different worlds that Lu Yun had only seen in the memories of some of his...