"Could beating up that Crystal Dragon be the key to opening the gateway to the Sea-Sky Ice Abyss for me?" Velin muttered as he came to the center of the broken platform and stood before the gateway to the Sea-Sky Ice Abyss.
Setting aside his stray thoughts, Velin sheathed Anansi's Sword, returned it to his Spatial Ring, and stepped into the gateway with his right leg.
In the blink of an eye, the Ice and Snow World was gone, replaced by a Sky Hall.
Clouds drifted through the air, soft as cotton and slowly floating like white gauze.
Ethereal sounds echoed around him, melodious and hollow, like the low murmur of wind or the soft song of birds.
Standing at the beginning of the White Jade Floating Avenue, he looked up. Every hundred meters along both sides of the path stood a floating platform, each bearing a Silver Armor Statue. They were inanimate objects, yet also "living things."
Sunlight streamed through the clouds, draping the entire scene in golden radiance and making everything appear sacred and solemn.
Gathering his thoughts, Velin stepped onto the White Jade Avenue and walked forward.
Listening to the sounds of nature, he headed toward the Floating Island.
At first, the Sea-Sky Ice Abyss sounded like a sea trench covered in ice and snow.
But now, it appeared to be located in an expanse of sky, where the heavens displayed a strange blue, deep and mysterious.
He simply did not know whether this place was a Demiplane, a Layered World, or some kind of Subordinate World.
After crossing 6,987 White Jade Steps and preparing to step onto the Floating Island, he saw another White Jade Step appear out of thin air. At the same time, the Floating Island moved away by the distance of one White