Death's Tomb
"Supposed to??" Hao Xuan questioned while inspecting it in detail.
"Yes, my master said I would meet a young man in desperate need of it, I am assuming he meant you. It contains all manner of knowledge regarding the abyss and its inner workings, ranging from all the different factions and characters that can be trusted to some hidden locations and details about each individual layer and how to navigate it with relative safety. He had journeyed through the abyss himself so most of it comes from his own experiences, I only added a few things here and there."
Hao Xuan opened the book to glance at the materials and the first page directly mentioned a race of beings native to the abyss.
They were reptilian in appearance with fat pudgy bodies that looked to be a mix between frogs and lizards. They had been around for a very long time and were considered to be one of the oldest species in existence.