When both body and mind sank completely into the darkness before them, even a Dou Di could not help feeling an indescribable fear.
Only Xiao Yan held the Emperor Flame in his hand, like a bright lamp giving off a reassuring glow, illuminating the hazy chaos as far as the eye could see.
"Don't be too afraid of the dark. Though over here, aside from the darkness, there doesn't seem to be any other danger. For a Dou Di, that should be about right."
As Yao Wan said this, she naturally kept an eye on Qing Lin as well, protecting her.
"How did you pass through this place back then?"
Xiao Xuan silently used his own Soul Power as a medium to probe their surroundings, only to discover that his Soul Power could not extend at all within this pure darkness and void. His Divine Sense could not even reach as far as the area currently illuminated by Xiao Yan's candlelight. The understanding he had built over thousands of years was overturned in this moment; for the first time in ages, sight was actually sharper than Divine Sense perception. It was almost like a dream.
Everything by which life established itself turned into nothingness in this moment. After they lost the sense of direction carved into their instincts, the passage before them also became a bottomless abyss.
It was not as if the Dou Qi Continent had no places like abysses, but whether in scale or essence, they probably could not compare with everything before their eyes.
"Like headless flies, just bumping around?"
Yao Wan murmured subconsciously, then could not help glancing at the Medicine Emperor. What she meant went without saying.
"You might as well spell it out more clearly. It's true my remnant soul never left the Dou