The image transmitted to Xu Qing by Little Shadow was shocking beyond comparison.4

3,000 meters down in the muck was an absolutely spectacular cave. From the perspective of the cave, the muck was the sky. And the cave itself was like an isolated, standalone world. Everything was dark, but it was possible to see wisps of gray fog floating everywhere.4

However, that wasn’t what had Xu Qing’s head spinning. What shook him to the core was the gigantic shrine floating in the middle of the cave. [1]0

The shrine took up about ten percent of the entire space in the world of the cave. It was roughly rectangular, such that it initially could be taken to be a coffin.0

Rotten ribbons hung down from it, which swayed back and forth like tentacles. The long ones descended into the darkness below, while the short ones were still some 3,000 meters in length.0

The shrine was dark gold, but didn’t shine at all, as if it were completely corroded. It seemed to have existed for such a long time that it was completely infused with ancientness.7

There was something terrifying enshrined within. It was a creature that resembled a spider. It had dark golden spots all over it, a male head, and...15