#9036 - Open the Abyss
"Sorry, I'm late!"
The Xuan Lord's words had just fallen when a hoarse voice came from afar.
A figure then appeared out of thin air, landing above another piece of land.
It was an old man with white hair and beard.
Lord Qiong!
The Xuan Lord smiled slightly and said, "Not late, I just arrived!"
Clearly, today was the agreed upon six-month deadline between the nine lords.
The nine lords were to gather here to open the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss.
The Ninefold Heavenly Abyss was not an unknown secret in the Land of the End.
On the contrary, many living beings in the Land of the End had long known of the existence of the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss.
However, many living beings might not actually see the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss in their entire lives.
Because the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss would only open when a cultivator qualified to become a new lord appeared.
The purpose of opening it was to allow qualified cultivators to enter the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss.
In short, the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss was a trial ground!
Only by passing through the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss would one be qualified to become a new lord.
This time, in order to appease the other eight lords, the Xuan Lord specifically allowed the eight lords to send people to try the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss.
As long as they could successfully pass through, then the Land of the End would have a tenth lord, an eleventh lord!
After Lord Qiong greeted the Xuan Lord, his gaze turned to the dark nothingness surrounded by the nine pieces of land, and a look of emotion appeared on his face as he said, "Back then, there was only one level of Heavenly Abyss here."
"Now, it has actually increased to nine levels."
"I wonder, after the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss is opened this time, will the number of Heavenly Abyss increase again!"
The Ninefold Heavenly Abyss was actually nine levels of checkpoints.
Originally, there was only one level of Heavenly Abyss, said to be naturally formed by heaven and earth.
When the earliest famous Lord Qiong successfully passed through it, that one level of Heavenly Abyss collapsed.
Whether Lord Qiong destroyed it, or it destroyed itself, no one knew.
However, later, Lord Qiong personally took action and arranged a brand new first level of Heavenly Abyss.
Moreover, he specifically set a rule.
That is, from him onwards, everyone who passed through the Heavenly Abyss must use their own power to arrange another level of Heavenly Abyss.
Although this rule was unfair to those who came later, Lord Qiong at that time was the heaven of the Land of the End, and no one dared to disobey his words.
Thus, passing down to this day, nine lords had already been born in the Land of the End, and the Heavenly Abyss had also become nine levels!
In addition, the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss also had a rule, which was that regardless of whether one could successfully pass through, no living being was allowed to reveal the specific situation inside each level of the Heavenly Abyss.
Therefore, the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss had a great attraction for all living beings in the Land of the End.
The Xuan Lord smiled slightly, continuing Lord Qiong's words, "We have given the opportunity, it depends on whether the cultivators participating this time can seize it and give us some surprises!"
Lord Qiong also said with a smile, "I am old, I need to rest before opening the Heavenly Abyss, I hope the Xuan Lord will forgive me!"
Opening the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss required a great deal of power.
However, whether Lord Qiong was really old, or deliberately saying this, only he himself knew.
The Xuan Lord naturally would not question it, nodding his head and saying, "Lord Qiong, please do as you please."
Thus, Lord Qiong sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.
The Xuan Lord also stopped talking.
The two, one sitting and one standing, quietly waited for the arrival of the others.
After a moment, it was as if a beam of fire fell from the sky, landing on another uninhabited continent.
Qi Lingzi, with his head full of red hair, nodded to Lord Qiong and the Xuan Lord, greeted them, and then, like Lord Qiong, sat down cross-legged.
As time passed, the other six lords also arrived one after another.
On the continent, there were actually patterns emitting white light lit up.
In an instant, these patterns had already covered the entire continent.
From a distance, the continent shone brightly.
Immediately afterwards, all the runes seemed to come alive, began to move quickly, and gathered towards the bottom of the continent.
In just a few breaths, all the white light completely gathered at the bottom of the continent, condensing into a white water droplet!
The water droplet slowly detached from the continent and dripped down towards the dark nothingness below.
"Buzz!"
The water droplet, which did not seem eye-catching at all, dripped into the darkness.
Strangely enough, this darkness, which could even devour sight and divine sense, could not conceal the light of this water droplet.
Everyone could clearly see that the water droplet, with a faint white light, continued to sink all the way down in the darkness.
After sinking to an unknown depth, the water droplet trembled slightly and finally stopped sinking.
As if shattering, it silently exploded, turning into a ripple, spreading in all directions.
In the end, a layer of white light with a coverage area of about ten thousand zhang appeared in the depths of the dark nothingness!
Within the white light, there were also countless shadows faintly shaking.
This was the first level of the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss!
"Huff!"
After completing all of this, Lord Qiong let out a long breath.
He also reached out and wiped the sweat beads that had seeped out of his forehead, and then nodded to the other eight lords and said, "Please wait a moment, everyone, the first level of Heavenly Abyss has not been completely opened."
Lord Qiong was equivalent to using a key to open the lock of the first level of Heavenly Abyss.
However, because the Heavenly Abyss had been closed for too long, and the inside of the Heavenly Abyss was a world of its own, even if the lock was opened, it would still take some time for the Heavenly Abyss to finally open completely.
The eight lords naturally understood this, and no one urged him.
Only Qi Lingzi suddenly said with a smile, "Lord Qiong, we have always been very curious, what did the original first level of Heavenly Abyss look like?"
"Also, why did you set that rule after passing through the Heavenly Abyss?"
"Today, we are all here, which is rare, I wonder if Lord Qiong can reveal a little?"
Among the eight lords, there were a few who really looked down on Lord Qiong.
For example, Qi Lingzi!
He had continuously passed through eight levels of Heavenly Abyss before becoming the Scarlet Lord.
And when he thought that Lord Qiong had only passed through one level of Heavenly Abyss and was sitting on an equal footing with him, Qi Lingzi always felt a little unbalanced in his heart!
This was not the first time he had raised this question, but every time, Lord Qiong had perfunctorily passed it over and simply did not respond.
This time, he knew very well that Lord Qiong would definitely not say it.
Therefore, he was just taking the opportunity to ridicule Lord Qiong a little, as usual.
However, to Qi Lingzi's, and everyone else's surprise, after a moment of silence, Lord Qiong actually opened his mouth and said, "That's fine, I have guarded this secret for so many years, it's time to tell it."
The eight lords couldn't help but look at each other, all showing surprised expressions.
They did not expect that Lord Qiong was actually going to tell the secret that had puzzled them for so long.
This made them all prick up their ears, waiting for Lord Qiong's narration.
At the same time, outside the cauldron in the void!
Inside the Demon Nether Azure Cauldron, which had always been floating here, the voice of the Lord of the Nine Cauldrons suddenly sounded, "They have opened the Ninefold Heavenly Abyss!"
"Ah!"
His words had just fallen when Ji Kongfan, who was in front of him, suddenly let out an angry roar!
