Outside of the continent of South Phoenix, in the depths of the Forbidden Sea, an enormous snake-shaped sea beast was pursuing its prey along the dark seafloor. Moving with astonishing speed, it opened its huge mouth and swallowed its prey whole. Then it let loose a howl of contentment. Its cry echoed out across the seafloor.0

Xu Qing suddenly appeared out of that very sound. The moment he did, his body swelled up until he couldn’t sustain the force, and he exploded. An instant later, the light of the sealing mark within him glittered, and he was back, this time back as his normal size. Only after coughing up seven or eight mouthfuls of blood did he manage to stabilize himself.0

Expression grim, he looked down at his fleshly body. He was covered with cracks that oozed immortal mercury, which made him very horrid to behold. His soul was fractured and looked extremely weak through and through. As a result, Xu Qing’s vision was blurred....1