Death... and me

The Tula Sea was one of the thirty-three places where the Salt Sweep phenomenon also happened. It's just that here, it had a different name, the Dust Crystallization phenomenon. To be more specific with the location, it happened near the Kranbem Undersea City, inside what seemed to be undersea tunnels.

When the Dust Crystallization happened, all those tunnels would expel the white powder, covering a huge distance undersea. Unlike Salt Canyon Undersea City, Krambem wasn't located inside the area where the phenomenon occurred.

Inside one of those many tunnels, silver light suddenly flashed before a group of cultivators, demon beasts, and one spirit appeared. Obviously, that was Rean's group.

"I... I... I remember this place!" Immediately, one of the cultivators who joined Rean's group for the teleport recognized where they were. "This is one of the tunnels close to Kranbem City!"

"Indeed!" The others who were transformed into statues in this place also noticed the same thing. "We're back! We're really back! Hahaha!"

Of course, Havek, Rean, Roan, Kentucky, and Celis had no recollection of this place at all. "Well, we're glad for you guys."

Rean then continued, "However, here is where we will separate."

Havek agreed with Rean, saying, "Exactly. Our group here is not from these areas, so we won't follow you guys. We have other plans in mind. Also, you better leave soon since even more cultivators and demon beasts will teleport here."

Everyone else immediately bowed to Havek after that. "Thank you, Havek. You kept your side of the promise, and we will never forget that. If you ever need something, come to Kranbem City. We will help you out as well as we can."

Havek didn't mind that, though. "Yeah, yeah. This is too boring for my tastes." He then looked at Rean and the others after that. "Let's go."

With that, Rean and Havek's group quickly left the tunnel they were located in. Not before long, the group that teleported with them had already lost sight of Rean's group. "We should go as well. With the number of people and demon beasts that will come, the big shots of Kranbem and Tula Sea won't take long to find out about us." Soon after, that group left as well. Some returned to Kranbem, while others had homes somewhere else in Tula City.

Rean's group didn't leave the tunnels, though. After all, they had something else to do. Something very important! They entered another tunnel close to the one they left before Rean and Roan brought Luan out.

During the last few days, Luan finally regained his conscience after the transformed parts of his brain returned to normal. He still couldn't move very well, but he could definitely talk and speak. Above all, he could use one of his eyes. "Dad, this is really annoying."

Roan nodded, saying, "We were all statues, just like you. Don't worry. You will come back to normal as long as we keep you inside the Divine Water in the Dimensional Realm. Now, stop complaining and take a look around already. We need to find the white river or something similar to it."

Luan nodded after that. With Roan's help, they began to travel around the place while Luan's eyes focused on the Divine Energy. Fortunately, the same area where they teleported out of was also very close to the natural formation.

Back then, Rean conjectured that the white powder was made with Divine Stones. Even now, they believed it to be so. After all, they now knew that it was the devil's soul in the altar that created the white powder. When Rean went to the Dimensional Realm to ask the devil's soul, the guy kept silent. It's just that it only served to increase Rean's confidence in his theory.

"Dad! I found it! It's there!" Sure enough, Luan's eyes couldn't be deceived by the natural formation.

Well, Rean's group wasn't sure anymore if it was really a natural formation. Perhaps the devil's soul had a way to make it look like that. "This formation's concealing ability is truly remarkable. I thought we were just going to bump into a wall, but we passed right through. I just hope that this place also has a Divine Stone mine just like what we thought back in Salt Canyon."

Then again, because it wasn't the time for the phenomenon to happen, the twins found no white powder whatsoever. Well, to be more specific, even if it was time, there wouldn't be white powder. After all, the devil's soul was locked in their Dimensional Realm.

Once again, the twins, Celis, Kentucky, and Havek began to excavate after they reached the ground. Luan could tell that the concentration of Divine Energy was much further down. This place might be different from the Salt Canyon on the surface. However, once they got deep enough, they once again reached an underground area where one could see a white river...or so it was the case in the past.

"There's only a river now... but it's not white," said Rean while he closed up the hole they used to get in. After all, above them was the sea, so seawater kept pouring inside there.

With Rean's Light Element, he illuminated everything around them. "Seems like there aren't any white powder creatures."

Kentucky nodded in response. "Above all, there isn't any white powder. The ground beside the river is just dirt."

Havek was excited, though. "That's great! First of all, don't tell me you can't feel the huge concentration of Divine Energy in this place."

Of course, Rean's group noticed that, especially Luan. "Dad, the Divine Energy is coming from further down the river. Because of the white powder phenomenon, I couldn't see it very well in the past. However, it's very obvious just how much Divine Energy is concentrated down there."

Roan simply nodded, already expecting as much.

In any case, Celis was obviously the most excited one. "Hahaha! So much Divine Energy. I'm in love with this place. Let's excavate! There's no doubt! This is a Divine Stone mine, a very high-level one at that!"