Descent into the Ruined Sea

As he stepped back into the cursed light above, the wind howled like a mourning widow. The Valley of Forgotten Souls stretched endlessly, but beyond its edge, hidden beneath centuries of erosion and betrayal, waited the next threshold: the Ruined Sea. According to Sanzi, it was once an ocean blessed by the gods themselves, its waters clear and eternal—until Queen Morrivha spilled divine blood into it, corrupting it with the essence of decay. Now it was neither sea nor land, but a graveyard of timelines and memories, where even time wept.