It was difficult to put the feeling of that moment into words.
In that instant, whether it was Yu Xing, Zi Qi, and Calamity Reimu on the skyscraper, or Fireworks of Romance and Hei Ye Piao Luo waiting by the passageway in the sky to receive them, everyone felt an unprecedented terror.
...It was the most primal fear rooted in instinct.
Their minds went blank as an overwhelming terror from nowhere flooded over everything like a tidal wave.
It was as if, in the very next second, everything they were would be completely devoured by some Unspeakable Being.
—It lasted only an instant.
After that instant had passed, everyone in this world except Bai Zhi realized that they had broken out in a cold sweat at some point.
Their hearts pounded as if they were about to burst from their chests, while sweat streamed down their foreheads like rain.
In that instant, death had brushed past them.
No, it had not merely been death, but something ten thousand times more terrifying than death...
With one hand pressed over their hearts as they tried to calm themselves, everyone felt the relief of having survived a catastrophe.
—Except Bai Zhi.
By now, Bai Zhi knew why this world had suddenly risen to the surface.
It was because of him... or rather, because of the trait called [Stars].
Since he had subdued the [Possibility Worm] and obtained the [Stars] trait, this was already the second time it had activated on its own.
The first time had been when Little Cocoon discovered the world containing the statue of the Seven Sins Evil God Embryo. The trait had lit up on its own, guiding him through that invisible barrier and into that Illusory World.
Through that, he had uncovered a tremendous conspiracy.
And not long