Xu Hei called out, while the Star-Moon Sword lay in ambush, ready to strike back at any moment.

If the opponent truly attacked, no matter who this woman was, Xu Hei had to kill her!

However, the anticipated attack never came. Yu Shiyu merely bluffed and then withdrew her spiritual power.

"Hehe, I was just teasing you."

Yu Shiyu smiled charmingly, "I just arrived from Divine Continent Star, new here and unfamiliar with the place. I need a guide, so I'm asking you to be my guide."

"A guide?"

Xu Hei was taken aback.

What could he guide? He needed a guide himself!

"This is the territory of the Death God. Whether we can escape is still unknown," Xu Hei declined.

With that, she took out a flying sword and walked up the pyramid, standing directly in front of the Ouroboros statue.

Staring at the statue, she took a deep breath, feeling a tinge of fear for some reason.

She intended to slash it with her sword, but her hand hesitated.

"No! To prove I'm a cultivator from Divine Continent Star, I must destroy this Death God Deity!"

Determination flashed in Yu Shiyu's eyes as she raised her flying sword, attacking the statue with the most primitive strike.

"Not good!" Xu Hei's face changed dramatically.

Suddenly, a strong sense of crisis surged in Xu Hei's heart. Without hesitation, he summoned the Demon God Cauldron.

"Boom!!"

The moment the flying sword hit the statue, the heavens roared, and an extremely terrifying force surged from the altar. A large amount of black substance seeped from the pyramid's crevices, thick and viscous—it was heavy oil!

The heavy oil poured out like a torrent, surging like a tsunami, instantly sweeping Yu Shiyu away.

She spat out a mouthful of blood, and the flying sword in her hand shattered into nothingness.

Seeing the heavy oil tsunami approaching, Xu Hei shrank into the Demon God Cauldron.

Inside the cauldron, there was a space about three meters square, a "small world" newly created by the divine thunder of the Dao of Heaven. Xu Hei curled up in this spot, motionless.

"Crash!!"

Endless heavy oil roared in, submerging the Demon God Cauldron and the entire sea area, drowning everything in heavy oil.

"This place is terrifying, what kind of hell is this!"

Xu Hei was utterly shocked.

In the heavy oil ocean, it was like being crushed by countless millstones, each drop of heavy oil equivalent to a small meteorite.

Through his vision, Xu Hei also saw Yu Shiyu. At this moment, she held a blue square seal, supporting a water-like barrier that isolated her from the heavy oil, using the laws of water.

However, her aura was rapidly declining.

"A good treasure!"

Xu Hei's eyes flashed with heat as he stared at the seal in Yu Shiyu's hand. It was definitely a fifth-tier magical treasure!

Xu Hei didn't yet know if this woman was friend or foe, but if she died, her treasures could certainly become allies.

"However, her actions are really strange. Why touch something so obviously dangerous? Is she out of her mind?" Xu Hei frowned.

To him, Divine Transformation cultivators were never easy to deal with. Was this woman truly foolish or pretending to be?

Such a suicidal move, Xu Hei couldn't imagine anyone doing it.

Xu Hei didn't understand for now. He shrank back into the Demon God Cauldron, starting to observe the heavy oil.

The heavy oil's terrifying power came mainly from the will within, originating from the legendary Death God, containing the Dao of life and death.

"The Demon God Cauldron can refine the heavy oil, let's try absorbing a bit."

With a thought, Xu Hei controlled the Demon God Cauldron to absorb some of the heavy oil.

About a fist-sized amount of heavy oil seeped in, quickly decomposed and refined. Instantly, a thick force of laws surged out, devoured by Xu Hei's Dao of Heaven.

Xu Hei also sensed the power of the laws within.

"What kind of law is this?" Xu Hei's expression changed.

He had never seen such a law before. In it, he sensed life, death, and reincarnation, as if witnessing a person's journey from birth to death.

Xu Hei could devour others' laws, but he had never experienced them so deeply.

"This so-called Death God must be an immortal from the Upper Realm, able to influence the lower realm through special means, ensuring their inheritance continues."

"The seven deities of the Sea Star must be like this."

Xu Hei pondered.

The cultivation system on the Sea Star differed from that on Divine Continent Star. On the Sea Star, all cultivators relied on the seven deities for cultivation. The deities could grant power or bring disaster.

What lay before him was a disaster brought by the Death God.

But for Xu Hei, power doesn't disappear; it only transfers. Xu Hei could use the Demon God Cauldron to continuously devour and convert this power into his own.

"Continue!"

He absorbed more heavy oil, slowly refining it.

…………

Outside the Sea of the Reaper.

Gong Tianlei and an elder of the Merman Clan stood on the sea's surface, staring at the distinct boundary of the sea, lost in a long silence.

"Tianlei, let's go back. She's beyond saving," the Merman elder said.

"Why?" Gong Tianlei trembled.

The Merman elder sighed, hesitated for a long time, then said, "To be honest, the Sea of the Reaper is a grave we prepared for invaders."

Hearing this, Gong Tianlei felt as if struck by lightning, frozen, looking at the Merman elder.

"The clan leader anticipated a possible counterattack from Divine Continent Star, so they used some means to make invaders land in the Sea of the Reaper, praying to the Death God to kill all living beings!"

"Under the Death God's power, no one who enters can come out alive."

The Merman elder's tone was reverent.

Gong Tianlei was completely dumbfounded, unable to accept such a cruel reality.

"Death is fair, life and death are cyclical, everyone experiences it. We should bless her for being reborn!"

The Merman elder raised his hands high, bowing to the Sea of the Reaper: "Death God above!"

Gong Tianlei also knelt, bowing in the direction of the Sea of the Reaper: "Death God above!"

…………

The Sea Star Demon Clan's faith in deities surpassed everything.

On Divine Continent Star, atheists believed only in themselves.

This led to significant differences in the personalities of cultivators from the two stars.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

Xu Hei still hid within the Demon God Cauldron, surrounded by vast heavy oil. Yet, for some reason, the terrifying will within the oil had diminished, no longer threatening Divine Transformation cultivators.

He had survived the most dangerous period!

"Maybe I drained it?" Xu Hei mused.

He first sent Ji Ying out for a stroll, and seeing no harm, Xu Hei followed, leaving the Demon God Cauldron and stepping outside.