Chapter 17 – The Eye of Primordial Hunger…
The city of Fengbei never slept.
Merchants, spirit traders, rogue cultivators, wandering monks, wealthy families, and young disciples from countless sects filled its streets day and night.
At its center stood an ancient tower.
No one knew when it was built.
No one knew who raised it.
But all knew this:
"Never touch it."
That day, just after Shen Mu had left the Purple Saber Sect…
The skies above Fengbei turned to ashes.
A black mist rose from the base of the tower.
It slithered forward like a slow beast—silent, scentless, without roar.
People froze.
Beasts fled.
Then a breath—silent and unseen—swept the city…
And everything vanished.
No explosion.
No shockwave.
Just… void.
The entire city—its walls, its markets, its souls—was swallowed.
As if devoured by an abyss that had no name.
Nothing remained.
Even the weeds around the crater had been erased.
Miles away, Shen Mu stopped mid-step.
He turned eastward. Slowly.
His gaze sharpened.
[Karmic Resonance Detected]
➤ Link: Unknown
➤ Origin: Before Reincarnation
➤ Nature: Sealed Devourer of Karma
➤ Status: Unstable
The wind halted.
The trees bent.
A voice echoed—too ancient, too cold, too deep:
"You've touched a forgotten path… and now, its marks awaken."
Shen Mu closed his eyes.
He remembered nothing.
But his mere existence had triggered a cosmic reaction.
And this… was only the beginning.
High above the crater, it appeared.
A massive pupil, black and veined in red light, formed in the air.
It made no sound.
But it consumed all.
Then—just once—it blinked.
And disappeared.
Throughout the region, fear spread.
Powerful sects fell into panic.
Immortals hidden deep within ancestral caves began to tremble.
And in a desolate, distant part of the world…
A withered creature stirred for the first time in ten thousand years.
— "...He has returned."