Life in the ruined hall was monotonous and peaceful. Every day, Li Wuyang cultivated the Huang Ting Jing, nurtured the Earth-Splitting Gauntlet, and tried to further refine and understand the Annihilation Crystal between his brows. Communicating with the little jellyfish, "Bao Bao"—the name Li Wuyang had given it—also became a small diversion from his dull life.
Although Bao Bao was not very intelligent and its inherited memories were incomplete, as a natural spatial creature, it was extremely sensitive to spatial fluctuations. It told Li Wuyang that this fragment space was not completely still. Occasionally, it resonated ever so faintly with certain powerful spatial nodes outside, creating brief spatial ripples.
"Ripples... like water waves... sometimes... I can sense... the aura outside..." Bao Bao gestured with its tentacles, its thoughts coming in broken fragments.
This news lifted Li Wuyang's spirits! Spatial ripples? That meant this fragment space was not absolutely sealed off—there were brief windows connecting it to the outside world!
"Bao Bao, can you sense roughly when the next ripple will appear? Or where it will appear?" Li Wuyang asked eagerly.
Bao Bao concentrated for a while, then pointed its tentacles toward a spot atop the hall. "There... the energy... has been a little chaotic lately... maybe... soon..."
Li Wuyang looked up. It was the most severely damaged part of the hall's dome, and beyond it lay a murky Chaos Void.
The flame of hope reignited! He had to seize the spatial ripple when it appeared and leave this place!
Over the following days, Li Wuyang cultivated while constantly monitoring the energy changes in that section of the dome. Bao Bao helped him sense them as well.
Waiting was torment. Time itself was already vague within the Chaos Void. Who knew how long had passed when, just as Li Wuyang was