Lu! Ran?

South of Tianmen Mountain, Xiangnan Province.

On this night of July fifteenth, war raged across Great Xia, yet this place remained peaceful.

The evening breeze rustled, gently swaying the lush mountain forests.

Whoosh!!

A gigantic black flower abruptly bloomed above the canyon.

Chenying Divine Technique: Other Shore Flower?

In the hands of a Chenying Disciple, it was indeed a flower. But as a transmission destination, what it spread open should have been a Teleportation Formation—a 3D dynamic topographical map!

But now...

The pitch-black flower was exceptionally enormous, seeming capable of blotting out clouds and shielding the moon.

Even stranger, energy churned across the flower like slowly flowing grains of sand, piecing together phantoms of the Mundane World.

One second, it showed towering mountains and great rivers; the next, it became a prosperous city.

Clouds and blazing sun, starry skies and crescent moons.

Magnificent natural vistas abruptly transformed into the sights and smoke of mortal life.

Within red walls and green tiles, ancient women embroidered with needles; in shabby alleys, groups of laughing children ran about.

The illusory grains of sand flowed endlessly, dreamlike and fantastical.

And amid those images of the Mundane World, a mysterious youth clad in green coir and blue hat suddenly appeared.

Whoosh!!

The towering flower scattered into nothingness.

Terrifying wind waves burst outward, making the trees sway violently.

The mysterious youth stood suspended in the air, one hand pinching the brim of his bamboo hat as he warily concealed his face and swiftly surveyed his surroundings.

I... came home?

Is this the human world?

Not sure. Better take another look.

Above him hung the full moon of the fifteenth; beneath his feet lay a deep, shadowy canyon.

Lush mountain forests stretched in all directions.

They were all natural scenes, without any sign of human civilization. They