Thunder Swamp.

Luo Xiu, Luo Ying, and the demon Kuang Pi traveled together. Meanwhile, Dou Dou, Yaya, and the Three Bandits were busy with construction and development in the Land of Lawlessness.

Kuang Pi sighed. "Cracks used to appear in my Burial Sword Tomb of the Thunderstorm, but not this time. It seems we can only go outside and look for one."

Luo Xiu smiled. "There's no way around it. You said it yourself—these rifts appear randomly, not in any specific place."

Luo Ying suddenly frowned. "Young Master, I just released my Divine Sense and detected spatial fluctuations over there. Could it be the rift you're talking about?"

"Which direction?"

"That way!" Luo Ying pointed.

"That's the direction of Zhangwei Mountain," Kuang Pi said. "Are you sure you detected spatial fluctuations there, Sister-in-law?"

"I'm certain."

Kuang Pi laughed heartily. "You're incredible, Sister-in-law! Your Divine Sense is so powerful that even I didn't detect it. Xiao Luo, let's go check it out. While we're at it, we can raid Zhangwei Mountain!"

...

「A few hours later.」

Atop Zhangwei Mountain, Luo Xiu indifferently scanned the trembling Zhangwei little demons kneeling on the ground. His left eye suddenly flashed, opening a spatial portal connected to the Land of Lawlessness.

The Three Bandits emerged and were immediately startled.

Pig Dragon exclaimed, "Damn, Big Bro, you actually raided Zhangwei Mountain! You've got some serious ambition!"

"Cut the crap," Luo Xiu said impatiently. "Hurry up and move the supplies. Call out Yue Yong and Yue Zhan, too."

"You got it, Big Bro!"

Luo Xiu asked, "Where are Dou Dou and Yaya?"

"Sister Dou and Sister Ya, along with that Hua Muyan, are busy treasure hunting. Big Bro, let me tell you, this Land of Lawlessness may look dilapidated on the surface, but there are actually quite a few treasures buried underneath!"

Luo Xiu smiled without a word, unsurprised by this revelation. After all, the Land of Lawlessness was once a vast power established by Tuof. How could it not have some hidden depths?

Just then, Little Pouch suddenly flew out from Luo Xiu's body. "Big Bro, Big Bro, these little demons will be homeless now! It's so pitiful. How about you let me eat them?"

"You glutton, get lost! Weren't all those Demon Beasts on the battlefield enough to fill your stomach? I have other uses for these Zhangwei little demons."

...

It took nearly three hours to completely pillage Zhangwei Mountain, moving all its resources into the Land of Lawlessness. The Three Bandits of Thunder Swamp truly lived up to their name, refusing to spare even the pots and pans. Everything they laid eyes on was hauled into the Land of Lawlessness, all while they chanted their slogan: "We're not bandits; we're just the movers of the Shanhai Territory!"

Furthermore, the two hundred-plus Zhangwei little demons were captured and brought into the Land of Lawlessness to serve as laborers.

Luo Xiu suddenly called out, "Yue Yong."

"What are your orders, Your Majesty?" Yue Yong trotted up to Luo Xiu, a chamber pot in hand.

"From now on, the Zhangwei little demons will be under the management of your Fox Clan."

"Rest assured, Your Majesty. I will ensure they are thoroughly tamed."

...

After thoroughly raiding Zhangwei Mountain, Luo Xiu and Luo Ying descended to a canyon at its base, where they found Kuang Pi. The spatial fluctuations Luo Ying had sensed with her Divine Sense originated from deep within this canyon. After exploring it, Kuang Pi confirmed that there was indeed a spatial rift leading to the Ancient God Ruins.

"There you are, Xiao Luo! What took you so long?" Kuang Pi urged impatiently as Luo Xiu and Luo Ying strolled over. "Hurry, hurry! This rift could disappear at any moment. If we miss it, we'll have to start searching all over again!"

After a moment, Luo Xiu approached the spatial rift. "Brother Xiong," he asked curiously, "where do you think we'll end up after going through this?"

Kuang Pi stood up on his hind legs, rubbing his chin with a paw as if deep in thought. "Nobody can say for sure. Like I told you, the destination is random.

"The world within the Ancient God Ruins is vast, and so far, very few have managed to explore it completely. Hopefully, we'll be transported somewhere decent.

"Anyway, let's just go in and see. I'm not sure if there's danger on the other side, so I'll go scout ahead!"

With that, Kuang Pi decisively leaped into the rift and vanished. Luo Xiu and Luo Ying exchanged a glance and jumped in as well.

PLOP!

The moment he jumped into the spatial rift, Luo Xiu felt a sense of weightlessness before plunging into icy water. Immediately, a strong burning sensation spread across his entire body.

A slender hand suddenly grabbed his arm, pulling him out of the water and into the air.

"Young Master, this is acid! Are you alright?"

Luo Xiu gave Luo Ying a grateful glance, then looked around. They were in the middle of a boundless sea. Just as he was about to speak, he noticed a dark, fleshy ball floating in the air not far away. The dark mass was trembling.

Upon closer inspection, he realized it was Kuang Pi! He was in a sorry state—completely hairless, nothing but a bald bear.

"Don't look, little brother! You're making me shy!" Sensing Luo Xiu's gaze, Kuang Pi hurriedly curled into a ball and turned his back to him.

Luo Xiu looked at him with a strange expression, then took out the Thunderbolt Divine Boat and injected it with Spiritual Power.

A moment later, Luo Ying flew onto the spacious deck of the Thunderbolt Divine Boat, still holding Luo Xiu's arm.

Just as Luo Xiu was about to make fun of the hairless Kuang Pi, he realized his own clothes were gone, leaving him stark naked. He whirled around to look at Luo Ying and saw that her long white dress had been corroded into a miniskirt, revealing her long, snow-white legs.

Kuang Pi muttered a few curses, then said to Luo Xiu, "Xiao Luo, it seems our luck isn't very good. We've ended up in the Acid Sea.

"As the name suggests, this entire sea is filled with extremely potent acid. Just look at me—all my fur has been dissolved!"

Luo Xiu stared at Kuang Pi, his shoulders shaking and his eyes brimming with tears.

Kuang Pi sighed. "Xiao Luo, I know you feel bad for me, but don't cry. What's a grown man like you crying for? I'm not hurt, really. It's just the fur that's gone."

Luo Xiu took a deep breath and quickly turned away. He couldn't possibly tell Kuang Pi that he was actually trying so hard to hold back his laughter that tears had started to stream from his eyes.

Kuang Pi's current appearance was truly comical. He looked like a giant, shaved husky—completely bald, but with eyes that were still bright and fierce.

Watching the bald bear, Luo Ying couldn't help but cover her mouth to stifle a giggle. She then took out a bath towel to wipe Luo Xiu down. "Young Master, you should put some clothes on. It's terribly unsightly to be so... bare."

Luo Xiu's constitution was robust. When he had fallen into the Acid Sea, only his clothes had been corroded; his body was completely unscathed, without a single hair out of place.

This level of acidity is probably comparable to sulfuric acid.

After changing into a set of casual clothes, Luo Xiu walked to the ship's railing. He looked down at the calm sea below and said with concern, "I wonder if the Thunderbolt Divine Boat can withstand this."

"You don't have to worry about that," Kuang Pi said. "The Thunderbolt Divine Boat is a treasure of the Seal Clan, after all. Its hull is made entirely from ten-thousand-year-old Yin Wood, making it impervious to both fire and water."

Suddenly, Luo Xiu frowned. "Such a strong Aura of the Dead!" He had only just realized that the air was filled with an extremely dense Aura of the Dead, several times more concentrated than that in the Land of Lawlessness.

"Xiao Luo," Kuang Pi said, "this 'Aura of the Dead' you're talking about is actually just Spiritual Energy that has been contaminated by a Death God." He glanced at Luo Xiu before continuing. "As an Ancient God's corpse decays, it causes a terrifying level of pollution that mutates the Spiritual Energy of the world.

"Furthermore, this Acid Sea was likely formed from the stomach of an Ancient God. All the acid in this ocean evolved from its gastric juices."

Luo Xiu was astonished. "A single stomach can become an entire sea?"

"That is the terror of the Ancient Gods," Kuang Pi stated.

At this, Luo Xiu couldn't help but think of his own left eye. The Land of Lawlessness was filled with the Aura of the Dead precisely because it had been contaminated by that eyeball. Is the pollution from a decaying Ancient God's corpse really this dreadful?

Just then, Luo Ying seemed to remember something. "Oh, Young Master," she said hurriedly, "do you think we could use a siphoning effect to extract all the Aura of the Dead from the Land of Lawlessness?"

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