He had chosen the smaller Broken Universe as his starting point after weighing his current strength, resources, and risks.
The grander ruins of the Holy Land before him were clearly more than he could handle for now.
Xilos recovered from her shock and nodded slowly, understanding what Shen Yi meant.
Start small, establish a foothold, then seek room to grow.
"Let's go. The entrance to the Immortal Sacred Land should be up ahead."
Shen Yi made the judgment based on Alvin's information and what he saw before him.
They suppressed their auras. Shen Yi drew the aura of the Flame of Continued Combustion as far inward as he could, leaving only the fluctuations of his Shadow Authority as they flew toward the core region, where the network of Miniature Nebulae was densest and the fluctuations of rules were steadiest.
Along the way, they encountered many Authority Holders.
They took all sorts of forms. Some resembled walking stone giants, others were beings of pure energy, and still others retained humanoid shapes but radiated strange light from their rules.
Some traveled alone, others in twos and threes. They moved through the void, some apparently gathering Rule Fragments shed by the Miniature Nebulae, others heading in a fixed direction.
As Shen Yi and Xilos passed, many Authority Holders glanced over, their gazes carrying scrutiny, curiosity, and even a trace of barely perceptible wariness.
Shen Yi had drawn in the fluctuations of his Shadow Authority, but its extraordinary nature was still perceptible. And despite Xilos's deliberate restraint, she could not conceal the searing essence of her flames.
Though the Flame of Continued Combustion was hidden as much as possible, the traits of a high-ranking flame Authority remained. Xilos clearly could not control it as well as Shen Yi, and many Authority Holders looked her