The following morning.

The simulated dawn in the Pocket World Blessed Land seeped through the latticed windows, carrying the fresh scent of vegetation to awaken the slumbering courtyard.

Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei tidied up and pushed open the courtyard door, just in time to encounter Wei Banmeng, Chu Kuanglan, and Lu Jiuyuan, who were also preparing to head to the top floor.

"Morning."

Wei Banmeng's cool voice sounded, her gaze lingering briefly on Fang Qingyu.

With a hint of barely perceptible apology and inquiry.

"Did my master... come looking for you last night?"

Fang Qingyu nodded calmly: "Yes, I met him."

Wei Banmeng gently exhaled, seemingly relieved of some burden, yet her tone still carried a trace of resignation: "Sorry. My master was a bit impatient. Mainly regarding the matter of these 'Profound Qilin'..."

Instinctively, she raised her hand, gently brushing over the ancient-looking, entirely dark black twin sword handles behind her, where only the sword spine concealed a luminous icy blue glow, "They've been brought into 'the Abyss' several times, and encountered Source Material tides twice, but it was always slightly insufficient, never completing that step of transformation."

Fang Qingyu followed her movements.

For the first time, he carefully examined the pair of swords called "Profound Qilin."

The sword body had smooth and restrained lines, made of a material neither metal nor jade, possessing a deep sense of consuming light under the dawn, while the traversing icy blue glow carried a piercing chill, like the breath of a Chi Dragon lurking in extreme abyss.

"I didn't know before that these were Divine Armament."

Fang Qingyu's tone carried a hint of realization and emotion.

No wonder back in the Songdu Pit, Wei Banmeng's blade could always precisely slice through Corpse Ghost tides, wielding a sharpness and chill that surpassed her own realm.

"Not a big deal."

Fang Qingyu waved his hand, his tone straightforward, "What Pavilion Master Yan said is right, this is also beneficial for me. Dragon Sparrow also needs Source Material tides."

He patted the Dragon Sparrow Calamity Slash hanging from his waist.

The sword scabbard was ancient, yet the concealed blade and Thunder Fire aura faintly emanated.

Chu Kuanglan grinned at the side, his fan-like hand thumping his chest loudly: "Fear not, God Fang! Once we're in the Abyss, count on us brothers to watch your back! If there's even a hint of Source Material tides, we'll risk our lives to grab it for you!"

Lu Jiuyuan nodded, his gaze sharp: "Mutual assistance is a given."

The five of them left the Pocket World Blessed Land together, taking a dedicated elevator straight to the top floor.

The massive A1 conference room was already filled with over a hundred people.

As Fang Qingyu's group entered, the previously somewhat bustling venue quieted down noticeably.

Curious, scrutinizing, or subtly hostile gazes, like invisible arrows, all focused on them, especially on Fang Qingyu!

Fang Qingyu surveyed the crowd with a calm gaze.

Indeed, as Wei Banmeng had mentioned, everyone seated here exuded the aura of the Profound Realm!

Qi Blood like a furnace, mind concentrated, eyes piercing like hawks, carrying the unique confidence and pride of core disciples from prestigious clans or sects.

Among them, many gazes shifted to icy, sharp, and even undisguised scrutiny and rejection upon encountering Fang Qingyu.

Some Martial Arts Hall disciples listed in the registry eyed Fang Qingyu particularly unfavorably.

Fang Qingyu's expression remained unchanged, as if those glances were merely a gentle breeze brushing his face.

Accompanied by Jiang Wei, he followed the trio of Wei Banmeng to find a few empty seats near the front and sat down.

Wei Banmeng sat beside him, while Chu Kuanglan and Lu Jiuyuan intentionally or unintentionally positioned themselves on the sides.

Soon, everyone was gathered.

A middle-aged officer in a neat military uniform, adorned with a star on his shoulder badge, with a resolute face and eyes like sharp eagles, strode up to the podium.

He wasted no words, immediately activating the holographic projection.

In an instant, the entire conference room was engulfed in an abyssal, chaotic, bizarre spectacle!

In the image.

The sky rolled with dark red clouds thick as blood plasma, countless massive twisted purple lightning bolts tearing through the sky silently yet with heart-stopping roars.

The land was cracked, with scorched black plains flowing with lava, fierce winds whipping up sand to form ground-reaching black tornadoes.

The ocean boiled, with ink-green giant waves towering hundreds of meters high crashing against jagged reef that resembled beastly fangs...

"This is the 'Abyss'!"

The officer's voice resonated with the clashing of metals, piercing through the shock of the holographic projection, clearly reaching everyone's ears.

"I know many of you have heard of the 'Abyss.'" The officer's gaze, sharp as lightning, surveyed the room, especially pausing on Fang Qingyu and a few old men with obviously profound auras beside him, "But today, I'm telling you about the essence of the 'Abyss'!"

"You should know," the officer's voice carried a peculiar resonance, seemingly echoing the violent natural forces depicted, "outside of our world, there exist dimensions invisible and unfathomable to living beings?"

Fang Qingyu quickly recalled the words from the books he read, murmuring: "The dimension where Life Ghosts lurk?"

The officer seemed to hear him, casting a glance at Fang Qingyu and nodded slightly: "Correct! Life Ghosts are not born out of nothing in our world. They originate from a dimension adjacent to ours yet fundamentally different and twisted!"

He pointed at the chaotic imagery in the holographic projection: "That dimension is extremely unstable! The spatial structure resembles glass riddled with cracks, rules are chaotic, and energy tides are tumultuous and disorderly. Life Ghosts are the twisted offspring of such a chaotic dimension! They can 'pierce through' dimensional barriers and appear in our world because the 'membrane' between the dimensions, particularly in unstable regions, becomes exceptionally thin, sometimes even forming temporary 'holes'!"

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