Night gradually fell, and darkness shrouded the earth.
In a deserted stretch of wilderness, Wang Chen looked up at the night sky and saw stars scattered across it, serene and abyssal.
He drew a long breath, then spread his arms like a grey eagle and suddenly soared high into the air.
The next moment, an invisible force fiercely propelled Wang Chen straight toward the sky!
In less than half a minute, he had climbed more than a thousand meters, and the lights of the distant city lay spread out beneath his gaze.
Gales howled at high altitude, yet Wang Chen, whose entire body was covered in spiritual energy, did not have a single hair stir.
He glanced at the familiar county town, then activated his spiritual energy and shot southwest like an arrow released from the bowstring.
Flight had always been humanity's dream.
Since people could not grow wings, they invented flying tools such as hot-air balloons, airships, and airplanes.
Yet soaring into the sky by one's own power remained a fantasy in many people's hearts.
Wang Chen had been one of them in his previous life.
After his spiritual energy level broke through the Five Rings, Wang Chen's abilities improved dramatically.
Drawing on the techniques of Daoist arts for soaring through the air, he experimented time and again before finally mastering a flight technique powered by spiritual energy.
And this time, Wang Chen began his long journey by flying.
He traveled through the high skies with Wind Control, using satellite navigation to determine his direction. Only when his spiritual energy was nearly exhausted did he look for a place to rest.
Sometimes Wang Chen camped in the wilderness using the tent he carried with him; sometimes he stayed in small inns in different cities. He walked by day and