Chapter 1228: A Nether Realm Legend (1/2)

In the Nether Realm where the Phantasm race had been born.

Mountain peaks that were thousands of meters high stood towering in the north, where it was desolate and lifeless.

In the far north, a floating river wound through lofty mountain peaks, stretching to unknown places.

Countless souls and spirits seemed to be drifting along the river, with mysterious changes happening to them.

This river was the origin of the Phantasm race: the Nether River.

Like the river of time in the Shatter Battlefield, the Nether River was also full of mysteries. No one knew when it had first appeared, or where its source was.

It was said that the first Phantasms had been born in the Nether River. They had derived enlightenment from it and solved the mystery of souls, and eventually evolved to what they were now.

It was also said that the Nether River held the secrets of reincarnation. Souls of the dead of various races would be reincarnated after being cleansed by the Nether River.

No one dared to say that they had solved every secret the Nether River held.

Even Grand Monarch Nether River, the current chief of the Phantasm race, wouldn’t dare to say that he had solved all of the Nether River’s secrets.

The Nether River ran eternally, winding through lofty mountain peaks.

Among the mountain peaks, five were very special.

Someone seemed to have shaped them into five enormous sculptures that were thousands of meters high.

The winding Nether River only ran past them, without touching any of them.

All five of them were pale-gray, but looked different from one another. Even their expressions varied.

One was covered in sinister sharp needles, like a huge human-shaped hedgehog. Strong bloodlust could be sensed from it.

One had feathered wings growing out of its back, with a bird head but a human body. Endless hatred could be sensed from it.

One was covered in thick scales like an oddly-shaped fish from the depths of the sea, and seemed unusually angry.

One was of a satanic monster wailing into the sky, which gave people a strong sense of despair.

The last one was of a shriveled, hunched creature with sharp bones growing out of it. The mere sight of it inspired great fear.

Nobody knew how long these sculptures had stood here. Many Phantasm grand patriarchs and grand monarchs would pass them when they came to derive enlightenment from the Nether River.

Many would travel here just to study the sculptures, and try to derive enlightenment about the changes of flesh auras.

Some grand patriarchs and grand monarchs had actually incurred changes in their flesh auras and made significant progress in their bloodlines, while others had derived brand new soul incantations.

However, most of those who came here would return empty-handed.

According to the Phantasms, the Nether Realm had originally been a regular realm with nothing special about it.

Only after the mysterious appearance of the Nether River had it changed.

It was said that the Phantasms were an indigenous species of this realm. Bathed in the Nether River, they seemed to have received some sort of guidance. Thanks to the profound connections between their souls and the Nether River, they had derived a way to strengthen their souls. After evolving for many generations, they eventually became the powerful race they were today.

It was said that these sculptures had appeared with the Nether River.

They hadn’t been carved by the Phantasms, and didn’t seem to have any connection with the other mountain peaks in the region.

Therefore, many powerful Phantasm experts and tenth grade grand monarchs had deemed there to be a close connection between the sculptures and the Nether River.

However, since nothing seemed to have happened between them for countless years, people had gradually forgotten about it.

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Yet at this moment, a strong attractive force was suddenly born within the five ancient sculptures that were fairly far apart from each other.

Subject to the attractive force, Phantasm Qi from every corner of the Nether Realm started converging and streaming into the five sculptures!

Some misty cyan sparks even rose from the Nether River and disappeared into the sculptures.

The unusual changes that happened to the Nether River and the five sculptures in the far north of the Nether Realm instantly caught the attention of powerful Phantasm experts.