These "veils," along with the Cloud Qi and statues between them, were projections of part of the Mist Hall's power across space. The hall surrounded the new Relay Station and housed the countless God Rule Fragments from the Deformed Planet at the edge of the Abyssal Illumination Mechanism...
That power was mainly used to simulate the abilities of the Dream God Abomination or the Lord of Illusory Nightmares. To be honest, it was not very efficient.
After all, Ronan had yet to capture any related Rule Fragments in the Fog Maze. He was relying solely on the hall's authority to suppress them. At this stage, though, that power was perfectly suited to linking and supporting the elusive framework of the Gate of Rebirth. Even before the Window Period truly arrived, it could reproduce a rough version of how the gate had looked back then and lure Old Jin into the trap.
Yet most of this remained illusory. The actual structure was still constrained by the absence of a Window Period and blocked, in practice, by the Tattered Divine Cloak. The many "veils" manifested here were no mere theatrics. They were the embodiment of layer upon layer of obstacles.
In this realm, at once real and illusory, Old Jin was not the only one frozen in place and unable to advance. Ronan was restricted too.
He would also struggle to cross every "veil" and reach the Other Shore.
Well, he could force his way through. He was only one step short, after all. But it would take a blow as powerful as the one he had dealt the Tattered Divine Cloak with Great Comprehension last time, along with the resolve to break with the Martial Emperor completely.
And Ronan had no idea whether doing so would alert whatever was on the