Looking at the place he had cleaved open, Chen Yuan's Gang Qi surged out from within him, enveloping his body.
Then, he dove headfirst into the pit below.
Inside the mound was a huge cave, with faint formation patterns carved onto the ground. Touching them with his hand, Chen Yuan's gaze sharpened, recognizing the patterns as those of a large Gathering Essence Array.
Could it be.....
Was this the reason why the Qi in this secret realm was so thin?
His gaze indifferent, Chen Yuan continued forward. Because he had opened a huge crack, the cave was not dark but rather brightly lit.
After merely a hundred breaths-worth of time, Chen Yuan stopped in his tracks.
What appeared before him was a massive altar with nine tiers of stairs made from greenstone and inscribed with ancient and mysterious formation patterns.
Atop the altar was an extremely thin Spirit Pool, in which a lotus emitting a mystical glow was in full bloom.
