After explaining things to the others, Aoko Aozaki stepped into the portal at the center of the sealing array without hesitation. The scene before her eyes warped for an instant, and she arrived in a blank white space.
No, it was not blank white. Rather, this space had no concept of color, nor any distinction between up, down, left, or right. It reminded her of the experience of entering the Root, but the difference was that the interior of the Root's Vortex was naturally like this; the cause of all things had overwhelmed her perception, leaving her unable to distinguish anything. Kneeling in the soft sand, Calette studied Helen carefully. Seeing her peaceful sleeping face, she looked like a beautiful bride.
Wukong was overjoyed. He leaped down from the colored clouds, called to the other monkeys, and ran wild through the mountains with them! As he ran, Wukong felt something swishing about behind his backside. Reaching back to touch it, he found it was a tail.
The boundless sea of sand grew even more scorching. Fortunately, Baixiu had already set up a heat-repelling barrier for his companions, but even so, Calette was drenched in sweat from the heat.
"Good, very good. I like making friends with good people. Let me ask you again: do you believe in Buddha?" The Bull Demon King felt that this question was crucial, so he deliberately slowed his tone and emphasized every word.
"Do you really trust what you think so much? What if your guess is wrong?" The Heavenly Dao could only utter such a guilty-sounding remark in the end.
In just half a month, local commoners had flocked to enlist in the newly formed Thirty-Third Army, while not a single soldier had joined Yan Laoxi's forces.
"Let's... talk in the guest room... This