In the murky, surging darkness, a strange, rustling viscous river emerged from the depths, stretching across in front of Lu Li.
Unfazed, Lu Li approached the riverbank, where twisted Vortex People writhed before him, like a tangle of copulating snakes. Incomprehensibly, as Lu Li stepped onto the bank, the river bubbled and roiled, breaking its flow to reveal an empty "riverbed" for Lu Li to pass through.
Ignoring the densely writhing wall of flesh beside him, Lu Li crossed the terrifying yet odorless "river," stepping onto the opposite bank to continue onward.
Lu Li could feel he was getting closer to the truth. Gradually, vortex moss emitting a sickly green glow appeared in an ethereal three-dimensional shape ahead, outlining the structure of the Staircase Altar.
As Lu Li approached the truth, he stopped, then retreated.
He returned to the river that barred his way, standing by the bank where the recently bypassed river now flowed thickly once more, showing no reaction.
