Lu Yun vacated a tiny clearing near the Gates of the Abyss for the Ascension Pool rather than set it up directly in the depths of hell. He flung it into the void, a place that was formless and directionless. With only the enormous treasure there and the emptiness of the void, taking one step out of the pool would land arrivals in the world of immortals.

He didn’t want everyone to learn about the existence of hell for now. Even Silverblaze had only thought it was a special dimension when she trained inside.

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As the Ascension Pool completed its reconfiguration, the ascent protocol disseminated throughout the world of immortals and into the immortal dao. At almost the same time, all of the world’s immortals and those of the multiverse sensed the treasure’s ripples and...