Master of Strange Dao

His body was swept to the bottom of the sand sea, the heavy pressure coupled with the strangulation of quicksand was of no use. As time passed, he began to gradually merge into the sand sea, following the quicksand as it rose and fell within it.

He seemed to be in a three-dimensional space, continuously tracing one ellipse after another, until all the trajectories slowly overlapped, traversing the entire sand sea once completely.

Seven days later, Yu Ziqing's head emerged from the center, his eyes closed, his body floating on the sand sea as if he had surfaced from the water.

Having completed the full flow trajectory, he was spat out by the sand sea, treated as an indigestible foreign object.

In the end, the Big Array was just a Big Array—if it were in the real Sand Sea Forbidden Land, this situation wouldn't have occurred.

The quicksand in the Sand Sea Forbidden Land would have buried him in the deepest part forever, trapping him alive, and if not in a century, then in ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years...

After a lap around, Yu Ziqing gestured to Cece.

"Come on, I think it shouldn't be a problem. If it can't be swallowed in one go, then do it slowly, following the rhythm of the Big Array, it should work, after all, this is just a Big Array."

Cece flew over, reached out, and held Yu Ziqing's hand.

Together with Yu Ziqing, they submerged into the sand sea.

"Follow my power and devour it."

"Alright, I understand."

As the new circulation began, Yu Ziqing guided Cece, following the rise and fall of the sand sea, the vast quicksand seemed to encounter a black hole, continuously pouring into it and disappearing.

But on the surface, the disappearing quicksand seemed unchanged, as if nothing had altered.

Seven days later, at the moment when the entire cycle was completed, the eight steles outside also began to sink, collapsing toward the center.

The entire Eight-direction Sand Sea Array started to distort into a vortex, continuously flowing into the central black hole.

The Despair Abyss started to unfold too, the sweeping yellow sand taking the small blessed land with it, transforming into a yellow tornado, pouring down into the abyss below the cliff.

The yellow sand world before their eyes folded and twisted, and a new world replaced it.

Gradually, the Eight-direction Sand Sea Array completely vanished, and the two of them found themselves in the Despair Abyss.

Cece's face turned ashen, and the entire Despair Abyss trembled slightly.

"Young master, we should leave quickly."

At a thought, Cece and Yu Ziqing vanished from the Despair Abyss and appeared in the normal world.

And it was dark and lightless here, damp and chilly, possibly some cave.

Floating in mid-air, Yu Ziqing turned to glance at the exit imprinted on the stone wall.

As the two emerged, that exit remained unchanged, with a camouflage formation at the side to conceal its aura.

"Is that exit now directly connected to your Despair Abyss?"

"It should still be connected to that formation, as that formation hasn't been destroyed and still exists, it's just existing in the abyss under the cliff now."

Cece seemed to be under great pressure, looking pale, almost unable to maintain her form, about to transform into the hungry ghost form.

Yu Ziqing took out a bottle of sweet rain and handed it to her.

Seeing that Cece's condition still wasn't improving much, he took out a few more bottles.

Cece drank four or five bottles of Sweet Rain Original Liquid in one breath, only then stabilizing her form, not transforming into the hungry ghost form.

"How is it now?"

"Feeling much better, the domain is stable as well, that abyss beneath the cliff, unable to digest that Big Array, seems to have expanded, encompassing it."

After sensing carefully again for a moment, Cece nodded affirmatively.

"That's right, it has been encompassed within, but it will take some time to completely integrate."

"As long as there's no problem, it's fine. Can you release the people who entered from this entrance?"

"I should be able to."

Yu Ziqing stepped into the entrance.

Once inside, it was indeed still the Eight-direction Sand Sea Array.

In the next moment, he reappeared in the cave.

"Can this entrance be taken away?"

"Not now, once the Despair Abyss has completely encompassed the Big Array, it can be, but it can be destroyed now, as the Big Array already has other exits, this place is abandoned and won't collapse."

"No, don't destroy it, don't touch it, leave it." Yu Ziqing looked at the exit, grinning: "Let's go, we'll leave first."

Yu Ziqing carried Cece as they floated out of the cave.

Outside, there truly was nothing, any objects that might draw attention didn't exist.

The surrounding scene was completely different from when they entered.

Looking around, it could roughly be determined that this place had shifted nearly a hundred miles north compared to where they came in.

If someone came to search meticulously, the range to be searched would not be a hundred miles but a hundred-mile radius.

To find this hidden entrance would indeed take some time.

Yu Ziqing restrained his aura, walking on the earth, without exposing any hint of power.

Relying solely on his physique, he made his way toward Almsgiving Town.

Everything that needed collaboration was already in place, now it was time to watch the drama unfold, waiting for people to voluntarily present themselves.

...

In the Imperial City of Dali, at the Shadow Department, a group of Shadow Department high-level officials was having a meeting.

Ye Jiuyuan sat there casually, looking indifferent.

Because the main topic of this meeting was to criticize him.

Yu Ziqing had been forced to leave the Imperial City of Dali by Ye Jiuyuan through not-so-glorious means, and before leaving, he placed a ban on the Shadow Department.

No matter what, in the future, even if Shadow Department people held sweet rain, it was unlikely any hungry ghosts would dare to receive their Devil Thought.