Even the severe aberration contamination that had plagued it before was now transformed into fuel under spirit matter catalysis. Scarlet flames flowed like blood, writhing as if alive as they surged outward to reveal a savage and merciless visage.

From high above, Ji Jue glanced down. The ocean churned as though boiling. Towering waves rose ‌seemingly out of nowhere before crashing into the distance. Beneath the vast expanse of sea and sky, the island below seemed no more than a fragile leaf, trembling on the verge of collapse. 

Amid the flashes of lightning, he spotted a terrifying outline in the distance, wavering like a mirage. It was a grotesque shadow so immense that the mere sight of it sent a chill down his spine. 

The world that had once seemed so vast and empty suddenly felt like a cramped cage. When a small section of that colossal creature rolled up from beneath the sea, it unleashed a storm that swallowed the world whole. Only the barest fragment of it appeared for a brief moment, yet that single glimpse was enough to carve an indelible shadow into the hearts of those who witnessed it. 

This was the so-called Nethersea Worm!

That single, inadvertent glimpse was like a bucket of icy water poured straight through Ji Jue’s skull, washing away every trace of satisfaction that had just started stirring within him. Compared...