Bai Yujun steered the floating island like a great ship, chasing the sun.
The land behind it was steadily swallowed by darkness. There were no lights from ten thousand homes, nor could any sound from the outside world be heard. The island sailed in silence, leaving behind intermittent, visible streams of energy that looked like a comet's tail beneath the sunlight.
Creatures on the ground saw a great star streak across the sky at an unreachable height.
Detecting turbulent astral winds ahead, Bai Moulong could not be bothered to take a detour and rammed straight through. The entire island jolted violently. Flowing energy split from the island's prow to either side, ripples spreading dozens of li.
Fat Tiger lay behind his boss.
His two fan-sized tiger paws rested together as he raised his head, squinted into the sunlight, and admired the scenery.
Suddenly, his eyes widened. He stood up, looked at the void ahead, then looked back at his boss.
A meteorite was apparently moving slowly but was actually hurtling toward the Small World. It looked only as large as a dining table, golden-yellow in color. The sudden meteorite frightened Fat Tiger badly.
Bai made a simple calculation and simulation, confirming it would not collide with the island. It would likely contact the Small World's barrier roughly three li ahead.
"Just an ordinary meteorite. What a pity it isn't gold."
It was a common occurrence. It would soon burn away completely and basically would not reach the ground.
The golden meteorite silently struck the World Barrier at an angle. Unexpectedly, it was very brittle, shattering into golden dust in the blink of an eye and spreading through the air. The island-ship silently entered the region of golden dust, like sailing upon a golden river. Golden dust flowed beneath and along