Thirty meters deep in Dingyun Lake.

Jiang Chen dove down to thirty meters, then swam toward the manor, directly arriving at the rock wall supporting the manor below.

The Dragon Saint and others gathered around Jiang Chen, following his gaze to the rock wall.

The rock wall was covered in moss, and amidst the large patches of moss, tiny, almost imperceptible bubbles emerged, carrying slight spiritual energy fluctuations.

"Is this also a crack?"

You Xuan asked in surprise through transmitted sound.

The Pope and others blushed with embarrassment; during their investigation, they paid most attention to the lake bottom, but overlooked this supporting part beneath the manor.

"Damn it! To find this crack, do I have to tear down my manor?" Jiang Chen transmitted angrily.

Everyone exchanged glances underwater, each revealing a smile.

"Mr Jiang, your Divine Soul has gone through Dragon Soul fusion, Martial Soul refinement, and heavenly punishment baptism, surpassing all of us. See if you can enter the crack with your Divine Soul." the Dragon Saint softly suggested.

Jiang Chen nodded slightly, closed his eyes, and extended a strand of soul force, penetrating the rock wall emitting spiritual energy bubbles.

With consciousness attached to the soul force, Jiang Chen felt himself entering a dark space.

In this dark space, there stretched a silver band, reaching deep into the darkness as if it had no end.

Outside the band was the violent chaos of space, where spatial hurricanes roared wildly, occasionally blowing across the silver band, each time weakening Jiang Chen's soul force.

Upon careful sensing, Jiang Chen found he couldn't perceive where the end of the band was!

Frowning slightly, Jiang Chen continued to spread his soul force, rushing rapidly toward the end of the silver band.

Swish, swish!

Fierce spatial turbulence and hurricanes howled by, further weakening Jiang Chen's soul force.

Finally, after advancing for an unknown period, his soul force was extinguished by passing spatial turbulence!

In front of the underwater rock wall.

Jiang Chen slowly opened his eyes, his face slightly pale.

"Mr Jiang, how did it go?" Dragon Saint transmitted softly.

"Let's go up and talk."

Jiang Chen pointed upwards through transmitted sound.

Everyone nodded, their figures moving toward the lake surface.

Splash, splash, splash!

Jiang Chen and nine others burst from the lake surface, flying directly toward the central villa.

"Hey..."

Supreme Hu Sha called out but found no one paying attention, dejectedly rubbed his nose, and leapt up to follow the others.

Returning to the villa hall, everyone looked at Jiang Chen.

"Within the crack is a silver band, surrounded by extremely violent spatial turbulence and hurricanes, where soul force can only remain if covered by the band."

Jiang Chen spoke softly: "But the spatial turbulence and hurricanes occasionally sweep over the band very swiftly, making it impossible to dodge, my soul force was wiped out by them!"

"Spatial turbulence and hurricanes? No wonder those who came are all souls!"

The Dragon Saint nodded in realization, then looked at Li Yuan: "Li Yuan, was it like this when you arrived?"

Li Yuan shook his head lightly: "No, when I arrived, there was no band, only a thin layer of light mist, and spatial turbulence and hurricanes were continually drifting back and forth within the mist. I was lucky to come over, among a group entering the crack simultaneously were twenty people, yet I was the only one who succeeded to come over!"

"Twenty people? What was your group's power level?" Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow and asked softly.

Li Yuan hesitated briefly, then spoke lightly: "All of us were at Unification Realm Peak, and had condensed Second Souls. Most importantly, we entered the crack after our Divine Souls and Second Souls had fused!"

"Divine Soul and Second Soul fusion!? Doesn't that mean... Divine Infant Realm!?" Everyone looked amazed at Li Yuan.

"The fusion of Divine Soul and Second Soul is a threshold to breakthrough to the Divine Infant Realm, but it doesn't mean one will become Divine Infant Realm after fusion, it exists in an enigmatic state, this state..."

Li Yuan shook his head lightly: "Similar to soul separation, but upon fusion, the soul senses the body and instantly returns to it. This process is uncontrollable by oneself and is a kind of summons by the body to the soul. As for us..."

Saying this, a trace of desolation flickered in Li Yuan's eyes: "We were shattered our bodies by senior sect members at the moment of soul fusion, so the soul wouldn't autonomously return to it, then we took elixirs to repair the soul and entered the crack!"

"Shatter the body!?"

"What!?"

"That's too cruel, right?"

Jiang Chen and others exclaimed in disbelief, staring at Li Yuan.

"Truthfully, none of us knew this situation during the selection tournament, nor did we know the danger within the spatial crack, until our bodies were destroyed and senior sect members told us! At that point, it was too late to regret!" Li Yuan said with a desolate look.

Everyone slightly frowned, such a method was undoubtedly deceitful, making them dislike people from the Void Nether Realm even more, if they treated their own sect members like this, would they show mercy if they truly arrived here?

"Your sect seniors seemed like they've lost their minds without heavenly tribulation, huh?" Jiang Chen's eyes showed obvious disgust.

Li Yuan fell into silence, unable to say they were wrong, the rules in the Void Nether Realm were more ruthless, some sect strongmen treated weaker ones like slaves, this was the harshness of the Void Nether Realm!

"Does the Void Nether Realm do this everywhere?" Jiang Chen asked softly.

"No, some sects treat their disciples well, among the Six Peak Powers, one island, two sects, and three major schools didn't force disciples into this matter."

Li Yuan shook his head: "Other sects also warned disciples of the danger and price needed to enter, though our sect was a bit more brutal, yet in the Void Nether Realm, there are far more ruthless sects than charitable ones!"

After a pause, a hint of unusual color appeared in Li Yuan's eyes: "Like those you mentioned Hu Hada, their Life Temple, and above the Holy Court, the Temple of Light and the Dark Church's Dark Palace."

"Though these three temples bear names of 'Life' and 'Light,' their actions are more fierce and domineering, yet they always present themselves as compassionate, but it's just... as you say on Life Origin Star, the emperor's new clothes!"

Everyone nodded together.

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