The Sea of Suffering surged up waves, forming into whirlpools, where countless grim human faces roared and shouted from the gray murky liquid, mixed with obsession, wrathful madness, love, hate, resentment...
The owner of those past memories had actually already died, yet these obsessions refused to let go. They felt the powerful pull beneath the red flowers of the Other Shore Tree, instinctually wanting to flee but being forcibly drawn back, thereby forming a beautiful bright gray arc.
Song Yan's use of Substitute Death had limited speed, which gave time for the gray arc of the Sea of Suffering to form...
He sat in the center of the arc, watching the shadowy scenes appearing in the Fifth Layer of the Sea of Suffering, suddenly gaining some realization: whether it be the city within the Great Dao Chessboard or the Visualization Map stone slab, they are hidden within the Nine Heavens.
