Inside the Holy Land, the Saint Deity carried Xiao Shang's body with both hands and walked down the stone steps into the abyss.
The abyss was bottomless, only endless darkness. The deeper the Saint Deity went, the thicker the darkness around her became. It was as though the stone steps would absorb light. All light would vanish when it reached here.
If not for the holy light emitted by the Saint Deity, one wouldn't even be able to see a few fingers.
Even someone as powerful as the Saint Deity's holy light could only illuminate a three-foot radius.
As it was too dark, he couldn't see the surrounding mountain walls at all. He didn't know if there was anything else beside him. Only the steps beneath the Saint Deity's feet could be seen blurry due to the holy light.
In the end, even the holy light on the Saint Deity's body was devoured by the darkness. The surroundings were as dark as the world of the dead.
After an unknown period of time, the Saint Deity arrived in front of a lake.
The surroundings were still dark, but the water in the lake emitted a lustrous glow like a diamond in the darkness.
The Saint Deity placed Xiao's body by the lake and said calmly, "Walk into the lake and perhaps you will be reborn with the strength to defeat your enemy."
Xiao Yiran still looked like a skinned and bloody person. The injuries on his body hadn't healed.
After struggling to get up, Xiao walked towards the lake without a word.
"Don't you want to know where that lake is?" the Saint Deity suddenly asked.
"All I need to know is that there's a power here that can allow me to defeat An Tianzuo and take revenge." The wound on Xiao's throat had recovered significantly. Although his voice was still hoarse and ear-piercing, he could already speak.
"Dimensional creatures are unable to establish themselves on Earth. Any dimensional creature that comes to Earth will be suppressed by Earth's laws. Even invincible experts at the Apocalypse stage are no exception. Therefore, if dimensional creatures wish to descend, they have to borrow the bodies of Earth's native creatures to retain a portion of their combat strength."
The Saint Deity paused for a moment before continuing, "But later on, an expert from a dimension discovered a place where he wasn't suppressed by Earth's laws and could use his strength at will."
"Isn't that the Holy Land?" Xiao asked.
"In the beginning, there was no Holy Land. There was only a lake." The Saint Deity continued, "Within a certain range of that lake, the powers of dimensional creatures will no longer be suppressed. However, once they leave the lake, the suppression of Earth's nomological powers will reappear. Therefore, that dimensional expert entered some research, hoping to use the water in the lake to help dimensional creatures completely escape the suppression of Earth's laws. "
"However, any dimensional creature that comes into contact with the lake water, no matter how powerful it is, will melt into the lake water like snowflakes. After that, the expert found many dimensional creatures and Earth's native creatures to experiment with, but the results were very surprising. None of the powerful dimensional creatures can withstand the power of the lake water, but the native creatures of Earth aren't affected by the lake water. To you humans, this terrifying lake water is no different from ordinary lake water. It won't cause any harm to your bodies. "
Xiao listened quietly and did not interrupt the Sheng God.
The Sheng Deity looked at the lake and continued, "But all the Earth's native creatures that entered the lake died one by one. None of them returned alive."
"Why? Didn't you say that there's a power here that can allow me to take revenge? "Xiao turned around and faced the Sheng Deity with his featureless face. He questioned with an ear-piercing voice.
"Later, that expert looked through many human historical resources and myths and finally learned that this lake's name is Lake of Vexation," the Sheng Deity said.
"Vexation? I've never heard of such a lake in any zone's myths and legends, "Xiao said after some thought.
"You might not have heard of this lake's name, but you must have heard of the other side of the lake." The Sheng Deity looked into the distance.
Xiao's eyes were destroyed, so he could not see anything. All he could do was ask, "What's on the other side?"
"Paramita." The Sheng Deity's answer shocked Xiao.
"This lake leads to the other side?" Xiao was pleasantly surprised. He knew what the word Paramita meant. "With life and death as the shore, Nirvana as the shore, abandoning all worries to obtain boundless merit and wisdom?"
"That's just a guess. No one knows if the other side of the Lake of Vexation is the other side because no one has ever reached it. Although this lake is small, even an expert at the Apocalypse stage is unable to reach the other side. Only by swimming across the lake can one reach the other side. However, none of the creatures that have entered the lake have returned alive. "
"Then what's the point of me entering the lake?" Xiao asked.
"I once saw with my own eyes a person who was absolutely impossible to survive swim across the Lake of Vexation and reach the other side alive. Furthermore, a human who was absolutely impossible to advance to the Mythical stage with a pure human body actually broke the taboo and advanced to the Mythical stage with a pure human body," the Sheng Deity said calmly.
"Who is he? What happened in the end? "Xiao asked.
"You don't need to know that. All you need to know is that it's very difficult for you to fully recover from your injuries. Even if you don't die, you will only be a cripple in the future. Now, there are only two paths in front of you. Swim across the Lake of Vexation to the other side and be reborn in Nirvana, or … "
Before the Sheng Deity could finish her sentence, there was a splash as Xiao jumped into the lake.
Strangely enough, the lake water looked clear and translucent like a flawless crystal. One could clearly see the bottom of the lake. It wasn't too deep.
However, after Xiao jumped in, no matter how hard he struggled, his body couldn't float on the surface of the water. He kept plummeting.
It looked like the lake had no buoyancy at all. No, it should be said that not only did it have no buoyancy, but it was more like an abyss with a terrifying suction force that constantly pulled Xiao's body down.
Furthermore, no matter how Xiao struggled, the lake didn't stir at all. There was no sound of water at all. It was dead silent.
"It's really not a good habit to not wait for someone to finish speaking." The Sheng Deity looked at Xiao, who was constantly sinking in the lake, and muttered to herself, "Even Calamity-grade Earth creatures will be entangled by countless invisible wraiths after entering the lake. They will be pulled to the bottom of the lake and eventually die, becoming a part of the lake. Over all these years, only one person has been able to reach the other side. There are no less than a hundred thousand creatures that have sunk into the lake. "
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Zhou Wen originally only wanted to take Ya 'er to the West District, but to his surprise, Li Xuan took the initiative to follow Zhou Wen to the West District after learning of the news.
"Old Zhou, I heard that the very popular female host's home is in this city." Li Xuan looked around as he drooled.
"Which female host?" Zhou Wen asked casually.
"The one who hosts the show with Professor Gu. Her name is Su Yi. She's extremely popular now." Li Xuan's eyes were still looking around, but it was unknown what he was looking for.
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