The old pear tree blossomed three times, and the White Dragon World, where there was neither sunrise nor sunset, finally came to a halt.
The colossal dragon stretched across the heavens ceased circling. Its head lifted as it swam outward, stirring dust into turbulent ripples around its body. Expanding its circuit with the White Dragon World at the center, it continued to circle while tainting the dust with dragon aura.
The surrounding dust was gradually drawn along by divine power, whirling like silk in the dance of the dragon's tail and slowly taking on the shape of a vortex.
Several months later.
The Little Broken Ball at the heart of the vortex spun ever more slowly and began absorbing dust transformed by dragon aura. It revolved soundlessly within the silent chaos, while the outer space belonging to the White Dragon World quietly expanded.
Bai Yujun did not stop. Calm and silent, she swished her tail and swam onward.
Meanwhile, the living beings of the White Dragon World were troubled again. After waking from a nap, they found their courtyards missing, with their front gates and doghouses appearing eight hundred li away. The owner of a popular shop at a station could no longer find the familiar waiting hall. A Daoist stared in confusion as the main hall of his temple rose from the ground, carried atop a rocky peak into the clouds. An enormous pleasure boat suddenly dove down with a bang and sprawled in the mud. No one knew when a great river had abruptly been cut off...
Now, the first thing everyone did after eating was refresh their maps to see where they were. They kept food ready to avoid going hungry if they appeared in No Man's Land, and some simply slept inside Flying Devices.
The expansion