A relatively tranquil world of the dead.
The "Void Blind Zone" Zhang Chen now traversed, unsupported by any solid ground, already lay within the core region of the void. In the void, the reverse world, every corresponding Death Spirit Body formed here at the moment a living being was born in reality.
Once the primary soul in the world of the living was annihilated, any intact consciousness left behind would be drawn here. The consciousness would merge with its corresponding Death Spirit Body, then drift about in confusion through this cosmos-like region.
If one was fortunate, after wandering for hundreds or thousands of years, one might reach the semicircular steel forest Zhang Chen had passed through earlier. One could then change from a floating state to a walking state, greatly increasing the chance of regaining clarity. Those less fortunate might drift here for tens of thousands of years, forever unable to recognize themselves.
This was basic common sense regarding how the void operated, but Zhang Chen's death was different. His consciousness had appeared directly in the desert region at the edge of the void rather than in the central "Void Blind Zone."
Furthermore, Zhang Chen had arrived as a pure consciousness and had not merged with the Death Spirit Body symmetrical to him within the void.
The reason remained unclear. Perhaps it was because Zhang Chen had once entered the void as a living person, causing its rules to change somewhat in relation to him.
Or perhaps, when Yu Ming killed Zhang Chen, he had deliberately exiled Zhang Chen's consciousness to the desert region so that he would not have to search for it later in the boundless drifting region at the center.
Perhaps Zhang Chen had already been here in a previous life, while his Death Spirit Body was