Cultivation through Skin Making

Chapter 588: 218. The sword turns into a flat boat to journey across the Sea of Suffering unexpectedly encountering the Cause and Effect from past times (6.5K words - large chapter seeking subscription)_4


The Obsession Layer and the Rotting Thought Layer here contain extraterrestrial demons, but more so the entities that once existed in this world.

As long as you follow the ocean current and head east, you can reach the edge of this world, the other shore where the Immortal Rank Divine List resides.

'Could this world have once had a True Dragon?'

'Just a mere Dragon Thought is so terrifying, how powerful would a True Dragon be?'

'That day on the Sea of Suffering's shore, I found a sticky white pebble, but the mysterious elder took it from me. This Sea of Suffering must still hide many secrets. Things submerged in the human world leave traces here, traces from the dawn of this world...'

'No matter what, follow the ocean current first, reach the other shore, obtain the Immortal Position, and the rest can wait.'

Song Yan contemplated, stepping forward to the sea.

Looking at the rolling Obsession-filled Sea of Suffering, feeling the wind at the shore...

Here, even a Late Stage of Purple Mansion cultivator would soon meet their end, and once stepping into the waves, a Divine Infant cultivator would have no hope of survival. This is because the obsessions are so many that each instant requires multiple confrontations.

Whoosh!

Song Yan took out a basket-shaped evil treasure, threw it into the water, and stood on it.

In this place, he felt his body and Divine Soul's power were infinitely compressed, leaving only Divine Thought to function.

The Sea of Suffering is a world of Divine Thought in its essence.

Turning back to glance at the coast, Song Yan raised his hand and pointed, saying: "Go!"

The basket entered the sea, transforming into a divine thought shield, starting to distribute the impact of the Sea of Suffering's waters.

Song Yan wobbly proceeded forward.

Going deeper, the world became only black and white, nothing more.

About three hours later, as the basket-shaped evil treasure was on the verge of collapse, Song Yan quickly replaced it with a ruler-shaped evil treasure before it broke, then used the Dragon Bone Blood Banner to repair the basket-shaped evil treasure.

Compared to the initial tension, at this moment, he had calmed down.

He intended to use nine evil treasures in turns while repairing them with the Divine Souls stored in the Dragon Bone Blood Banner.

Once all nine evil treasures and the Dragon Bone Blood Banner fully collapsed, he would then use the Profound Dragon Sword.

At this time, his eyes suddenly widened, looking with surprise and caution at the distant sea, where a massive, semi-transparent jellyfish floated beneath the waves!

Its tentacles were glued with dense obsessions, likely causing discomfort if touched...

Song Yan swiftly maneuvered the ruler-shaped evil treasure to the side, avoiding the mysterious jellyfish, while secretly marveling: 'There are such creatures in the Sea of Suffering?'

Fortunately, the jellyfish didn't chase him, merely pulsing its cap as it drifted away.

For the rest of the journey, everything was calm.

Yet when he switched to the fourth evil treasure, something felt off. Previously calm Obsession Layer started to stir; deep currents rose from below, vaguely revealing black structures upside down under the water.

'Obsession Undercurrent.'

Song Yan recognized it immediately.

From Ling Handeng, he had learned that the "Obsession Undercurrent" was one of the primary dangers of the Sea of Suffering.

Because the "Obsession Undercurrent" links the Rotting Thought Layer with the Obsession Layer, bringing many strange beings from the Rotting Thought Layer to the surface, among them... extraterrestrial demons.

During this time, your location would be completely disrupted and taken to unknown places, but when calm returns, the regular current will lead you to the end.

Song Yan carefully controlled the evil treasure but accelerated the switching speed, preventing the treasures from being easily destroyed.

About half an hour later, the undercurrent hadn't abated but intensified, with the waters swirling chaotically, surroundings indistinguishable, providing no means of orientation.

Song Yan had no idea where he had been taken.

Suddenly, his pupils contracted upon hearing a chanting sound.

He swiftly turned his head to see a massive beast skull floating up from the depths of the Sea of Suffering, emitting pious chants. On top of the beast skull lay a black, soft-bodied creature, resembling a leech.

However, the leech's surface constantly changed patterns, those patterns presenting various aspects.

Song Yan clearly saw those aspects were either dignified, compassionate, or meditative — unmistakably Buddha's divine appearances.

But their presence here appeared extremely eerie.

Unwilling to engage with such inexplicable beings, Song Yan maneuvered the evil treasure to the side.

Then, he spotted a purely white jellyfish with a canopy, different from the previous one. Within the canopy were faint scraps of text...

Recognizing them, Song Yan found he actually understood those text fragments.

They were fragments of human Buddhist scriptures, surrounded by bizarre mandala patterns in reverse.

As the white jellyfish approached, he heard the sound of a wooden fish.

Amid this sound, he felt a thought arising: "Life is dull; perhaps it's best to sever all emotions and desires."

No sooner was this thought born than Song Yan crushed it.

Increasingly alert, he tried to evade these peculiar entities.

No matter how he avoided them, the chanting and wooden fish sounds under the evil treasure grew louder.

Song Yan's Adam's apple bobbed, then he heard an unfamiliar voice utter familiar words.

"Husband, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Turning his head, Song Yan saw a dusky silhouette of a woman emerging from the sea, standing atop the grand chanting sounds, looking malevolently but playfully at him, holding five chains.

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Song Yan waved and said: "Long time no see, Five Sons Demon Mother."

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