As the soft yet irresistible teleportation glow gradually faded, so too did the slight dizziness of being pulled by an invisible force and crossing some kind of Veil.
Shen Yi opened his eyes and found that he had already left the crude wooden cabin that carried such heavy secrets, as well as the simulated Blue Star Feng Qingyao had constructed with her power, which changed in tandem with her condition.
The familiar cabin before him, the earth beneath his feet carrying the scent of his homeland's soil and grass, and the familiar smell of gunpowder and lingering Black Fog in the air had all vanished.
In their place lay a desolate, deathly silent belt of withered planets stretching beyond sight.
Countless broken, lusterless stellar remains floated soundlessly through the cold void like discarded bones.
They varied in size and form. Some were covered in savage cracks, while others had shattered completely into drifting asteroid fields. Together, they formed this lifeless graveyard of space.
In the distance, only a few long-extinguished stellar remnants, collapsed into dark-red embers, gave off faint, frigid light, barely illuminating this eternal wasteland.
This was a true corner of the void Beyond the World, far from any outpost or domain, steeped in ruin and extinction.
Shen Yi swept his gaze across the surroundings, confirming that the area was safe.
With a thought, the power within him began to circulate as he swiftly adapted to the rules of the true Beyond the World.
At the same time, he instinctively sensed the Key of the Void that he had carefully put away.
The ancient bronze longsword had fused into the depths of his body in a strange manner when Feng Qingyao handed it to him after he left the cabin. Though the sword remained eerie, at this moment, it