Chapter 490: Chapter 488: Xiao Qingyin Successfully Advances to the Mortal Realm, Investigates the Black Tide Nether River!

A moment later, within the Forbidden Land, this area began to undergo slight changes.

It was as if a cloud started to shroud the sky, with tiny thunder snakes brewing within.

It looked like it was about to rain heavily...

And Xiao Qingyin’s path of breaking through also reached its most intense moment at this time.

A terrifying aura that would frighten even a Grandmaster occasionally emanated from her delicate body, but quickly disappeared.

Finally, after about five minutes, on Xiao Qingyin’s delicate body...

An aura far stronger than a Martial Arts Grandmaster suddenly manifested.

"Succeeded?"

Lu Ye was a bit surprised; she really completed the breakthrough.

Indeed, moments later, as the aura around her slowly gathered, Xiao Qingyin finally opened her eyes, revealing a delighted smile on her face.

"Thank you, Lu Ye, I’ve completed my breakthrough to the Mortal Realm Grandmaster; this has been my long-cherished wish."

"It’s nothing, I was just guarding you, and fortunately, nothing else came by during this time." Lu Ye said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingyin smiled and said, "Even though I wasn’t observing the outside movements, I felt the Source Qi I was absorbing suddenly become rich."

With that, Xiao Qingyin glanced around, and sure enough, she saw a newly formed Gathering Array in a spot.

"You indeed helped me inscribe a Gathering Array; otherwise, the Heaven and Earth Source Qi here would never have been so abundant."

Cultivators are never insensitive to changes in Heaven and Earth Source Qi.

Moreover, Xiao Qingyin’s cultivation, though not high compared to Lu Ye, still places her among the experts elsewhere.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ye smiled and said nothing more.

"This is indeed the Mortal Realm Grandmaster; compared to the Grandmaster Realm, it’s worlds apart."

Feeling the strength within her body now, Xiao Qingyin was somewhat emotional.

Without stepping into this realm, one would never know just how vast the gap is between the two.

Only geniuses capable of crossing great realms and challenging across realms can achieve this.

"Where shall we go now?" After her advancement, Xiao Qingyin hadn’t forgotten what Lu Ye had said about wanting to take a look around the Black Tide Forbidden Land and asked immediately.

"Let’s visit the Black Tide Nether River first." After pondering for a moment, Lu Ye said.

Previously, he had actually been to the Black Tide Nether River, but at that time, his strength was far inferior to now and couldn’t detect anything unusual.

But now, with a substantial increase in strength, Lu Ye wanted to see if he could discover anything more.

After all, it’s rumored that the Black Tide Nether River is connected to the Nine Nether Realm.

If there were any unnoticed vulnerabilities, wouldn’t it allow beings from the Nine Nether Realm to constantly come over?

Hearing Lu Ye’s words, Xiao Qingyin nodded in agreement.

Soon, the two of them headed toward what was considered the most dangerous place in the Black Tide Forbidden Land, the Black Tide Nether River.

A moment later, they arrived here, greeted by a vast plain, and in the middle of the plain, a tumultuous river seemed to emanate a soul-stirring force, making one want to unconsciously draw closer.

The pitch-black river water surged within the river, and it was impossible to see what lay beneath.

"This Nether River is too strange; if I were entering the Forbidden Land alone, I wouldn’t dare to come near here." Xiao Qingyin frowned slightly, isolating herself a bit from the call of the Black Tide Nether River, feeling slightly better.

"You stay here and don’t move; I’ll go take a look ahead."

Knowing that the closer one gets to the Black Tide Nether River, the greater the impact on a person, Lu Ye instructed Xiao Qingyin to wait where she was, while he moved towards the Black Tide Nether River.

A moment later, as the distance shortened, the irresistible pull of the Nether River increased significantly in silence.

Lu Ye, however, remained indifferent and shook his head.

Technically speaking, this call leans towards the mental side.

Currently, Lu Ye’s spiritual power might have only a few people in the Celestial Realm Grandmaster exceeding it.

All the way to the Black Tide Nether River, closely observing the black river water surging in the river, Lu Ye once again used his Spiritual Sense to explore the river.

This time, the detectable range was much further than before.

Moreover, he could slightly penetrate the river water, unlike before when he would be completely devoured once he entered the water.

However, about five meters down, his Spiritual Sense was still dissipated and vanished.

And five meters deep is far from the limit of this Black Tide Nether River.

"The deeper one goes, the stronger the devouring force becomes."

Shaking his head, Lu Ye decided not to continue consuming his Spiritual Sense.

Though he could now glimpse a corner of the Black Tide Nether River, the real depths remained like a gigantic urn...

For now, the bottom couldn’t be explored.

Next, Lu Ye started exploring along the riverbank.

He originally thought there would be no harvest, but when he explored several miles away, he felt he had made some discoveries.

"Why do I have the feeling that there seems to be an array here?"

Standing in front of a riverbank, Lu Ye frowned, lost in thought.

Yet, his Array Dao was nowadays at Tier Three, close to the Tier Four level, which is already very powerful to ordinary people, but still fell short in the face of those grand formations.

Now he was just vaguely able to see something.

This might still be attributed to the passage of time, causing some flaws to appear on the opposing side.

If not, it should have been completely undetectable.

Next, as Lu Ye checked the riverbank with full attention, he became increasingly certain that a transmission passage truly existed here!

Moreover, the level was extremely high, that even witnessing just a tip of the iceberg left Lu Ye in awe; so this is the intricacy of top-tier Array Dao.

Soon, Lu Ye was immersed in the endeavor of searching for the Nether River passage.

After some scouting, he finally determined a rough direction.

"I can be certain that if a passage exists in the Nether River, it must be in this section..."

And here is a full seven or eight miles away from where he had instructed Xiao Qingyin to stay put earlier.

At this time, Xiao Qingyin obediently stood still at the original spot.

A moment later, taking her eyes off the surrounding scenery, Xiao Qingyin started feeling bored.

Seeing the scenery once was almost enough, looking any longer would naturally become a bit monotonous.

Curiously, Xiao Qingyin then looked into the distance; what exactly was that person doing standing so far?

What did he seem to be tinkering with over there?