Hao Ren had only just recovered somewhat from the dizziness caused by the Mind Link when he heard a thunderous roar. He nearly got knocked unconscious again on the spot. After all, he had established a connection with a "Firstborn." Even with the help of the Soul Suppressing Stone of the Spirit Seizer, the stone was at most a Firewall. It did nothing to improve the stability or comfort of the connection, and his mental state was anything but robust.
He remained dizzy and dazed for several more seconds before finally "seeing" the situation around him clearly.
The sight before him was magnificent and terrifying.
He stood upon an endless ocean. The entire sea was an unsettling black, its dark surface churning with wind and waves. One enormous wave after another surged without pause, stirring the whole world. The leaden sky pressed down heavily, with only a faint ring of light on the horizon. Far from brightening the place, it made the entire world seem even more oppressive. In this nightmare world of black water, dark clouds, storms, and twilight, the only visible thing was a strange mountain that rose abruptly from the distant sea.
Hao Ren was deeply astonished. He had actually seen something tangible and comprehensible to humans within a Firstborn's mental domain.
The Firstborns' mental forms were extraordinarily peculiar. To humans, their thoughts and memories were indescribable, hazy shadows. Vast quantities of information that were impossible to interpret surged endlessly through their enormous Thinking Organs, forming Information Fluctuations that possessed almost no shape or logic. Take Hao Ren's connection with Zom as an example: he had seen only a mass of unstable light and the vast chaos surrounding it. That was already possible only because Hao Ren himself was a demigod, allowing his spirit to partially harmonize