"How about it? This bottle saved you from crisis. Shouldn't you thank this bottle?"
After leaving the abyss, the drifting bottle was still full of confidence, feeling good about itself, regaining the days of being a Crossing Envoy.
"Do you think I can't defeat that old mudfish?" Xu Mo smiled as he looked at the drifting bottle.
The drifting bottle wanted to retort, "You, a Great Sage, still want to defeat an Extreme Dao Saint by crossing realms? Dream on!"
But thinking of the Chaos Furnace that often imprisoned it, it fell silent.
It had seen what happened just now. Xu Mo was outrageously powerful, capable of even withstanding the attacks of an Extreme Dao Saint.
"Regardless, this bottle ultimately solved a problem for you. Otherwise, you would have been entangled by that old mudfish, which would have taken a lot of effort and risked injury. Don't you have to thank this bottle?"
The drifting bottle continued, feeling it was time to make a request and change its current predicament.
Xu Mo turned his head, looking at the flashing drifting bottle, and said, "Why do I feel like you're getting more and more confident? And you're even speaking to me in this tone. Did that old mudfish give you courage?"
The drifting bottle felt that the atmosphere was not right. Its sense of superiority, just gained before the Black Flood Dragon, vanished as Xu Mo tossed the entire bottle into the Chaos Furnace.
Then came the familiar process: the small fire was lit, and the bottle was slowly roasted.
The drifting bottle was so angry it cursed!
"Little Mozi! You're ungrateful! This bottle solved trouble for you, and instead of thanking me, you threw me into the furnace to be roasted? Your name is fitting; you're full of ink, and it's blackened all your conscience, you blackheart!"
The drifting bottle was furious. Just moments ago, it was full of confidence, thinking it was a big shot and that it was capable again.
But the moment it left the Endless Abyss, it was brought back to reality.
Only other Saints respected it as a Crossing Envoy. Xu Mo, however, did not; he simply didn't treat Crossing Envoys as beings!
The drifting bottle cursed and grumbled in the Chaos Furnace! Then it began to regret its words, facing reality, admitting it was overconfident and had gotten carried away, asking Xu Mo not to take its nonsense to heart.
Finally, it began to beg for mercy, saying that if it were released, it would immediately lead Xu Mo to search for the ancient emperor's ruins.
The scorching of the Chaos Fire was too painful. After a period of suffering, the drifting bottle could no longer bear it.
Xu Mo continued to travel through the Endless Sea, ignoring the drifting bottle's pleas.
He felt that this drifting bottle was too self-important, having become a "common confidence bottle." If it wasn't properly taught a lesson, it would never truly recognize reality.
After leaving the Endless Abyss, Xu Mo did not return to the Great Desolation but instead wandered along the seabed, preparing to travel to Earth through the ocean floor.
The seabed of the Endless Sea was teeming with sea beasts.
There were creatures resembling Godzilla, others covered in tentacles, some with seven or eight heads and dozens of legs, all sorts of bizarre and ugly forms.
"They're so ugly, no wonder the demon race vehemently denies that sea beasts are their kin."
Xu Mo shook his head. While the demon race also had many strange-looking creatures, they at least appeared symmetrical and somewhat normal.
Unlike these sea beasts, which might have one eye on the left and three on the right. Symmetry was non-existent on these sea beasts.
"Woof! Woof woof!!"
Suddenly, a sound resembling a dog's bark echoed. Xu Mo turned in surprise and saw a creature with a fish's body but three dog-like heads, six legs below, and four pairs of long fins on its back resembling wings.
"There are dogs underwater too?"
Xu Mo was quite surprised. These sea beasts were truly peculiar, representing all sorts of species. And this dog could bark in the seawater, with its voice carrying.
"Woof! Woof!" The three-headed, fish-bodied dog bared its teeth, barking ferociously at Xu Mo. The fins on its back flapped like wings, exuding an imposing aura!
"Bark at your grandma!"
Xu Mo was annoyed by the barking. To be cursed at by a dog even underwater, was there any justice?
He directly yanked the dog over and, under the terrified gaze of the three-headed, fish-bodied dog, delivered three swift slaps. None of the three dog heads were spared, all receiving a slap, their mouths crooked!
After the beating, Xu Mo tossed the dog, now filled with shame and indignation, aside and continued his journey towards Earth.
The drifting bottle in the Chaos Furnace witnessed this scene and secretly cursed Xu Mo for being so immoral.
If you pass through a dog's territory, isn't it normal for it to bark at you a few times?
It doesn't even spare the dogs, truly insane!
Xu Mo didn't care about morality. At least after giving the dog a few slaps, he felt much better.
Soon, he encountered the ancient barrier located at the bottom of the sea. The Crossing Seal glowed faintly, and he directly passed through the barrier, entering the Pacific Ocean on Earth.
This time, he didn't enter Earth ostentatiously but remained hidden beneath the waves.
After entering Earth, Xu Mo didn't immediately leave the Pacific Ocean but continued to wander along the seabed, admiring the various marine life in the Pacific.
Compared to the sea beasts of the Endless Sea, Earth's marine creatures were much more normal and pleasant to look at.
Estimating that he had taught the drifting bottle a sufficient lesson, and having matters to inquire about, Xu Mo released it.
Freed from the scorching of the Chaos Fire, the drifting bottle felt as if it had ascended from hell to heaven, an incredibly wonderful sensation!
"Phew... it's finally over!" The drifting bottle let out a sigh of relief.
The Chaos Fire was too fierce. It seemed to have a restraining effect on rules and the like, making the drifting bottle extremely uncomfortable.
"Which ancient emperor's ancient emperor's ruins are you referring to?" Xu Mo asked after the drifting bottle had recovered.
Hearing Xu Mo's question, the drifting bottle immediately felt like cursing!
As expected, he only brought it out to ask questions. It should have guessed this earlier. If Xu Mo had nothing to ask, it would have continued to be slowly stewed by the small fire.
But even so, the drifting bottle could only answer obediently. It said sullenly, "I don't know. But it's definitely ruins left by an ancient emperor. I can be sure of that."
Xu Mo frowned, "Have you been inside the ancient emperor's ruins?"
"No," the drifting bottle replied irritably. "How can ancient emperor's ruins be so easy to enter? Those are ancient emperors! Any casually left behind methods are beyond the ability of an Extreme Dao Saint to force their way through."
Although "ancient emperor" was just a title and didn't represent a realm, how could someone honored as an ancient emperor be weak in cultivation?
"Since you haven't been inside, how do you know there are rare treasures in the ancient emperor's ruins?" Xu Mo looked at the drifting bottle with a displeased gaze, suspecting he had been deceived by the bottle.
"I know you're in a hurry, but please don't rush!" the drifting bottle quickly said, explaining, "The ancient emperor's ruins are located on Earth. As you know, I am a part of the rules of Crossing. The rules of Crossing can be considered one of the rules born on Earth, so everything that happens on Earth is hidden from the main rules of Crossing. The news that there are rare treasures in the ancient emperor's ruins came from the main will!"