The violent dizziness had yet to fade.
Jiang Fan steadied himself for a moment, then propped himself up and rose, looking around.
Ahead of him stood lush, towering ancient trees that reached into the clouds.
Huge leaves blocked part of the daylight, and the air was filled with the freshness of plants and the earthy smell of soil.
Soil?
Jiang Fan's pupils shrank slightly.
Was this a planet?
A storm surged through his heart.
How was that possible?
Chen Qingshan had explained it clearly: within the Galaxy, the seven great danger zones overlapped layer upon layer, and all together they made up less than a third of the Galaxy's total range.
After he had been swept into the Time Torrent, he had been driven toward the Gate of Sighs.
Even if this was the scene outside the Gate of Sighs, it should still have been within the Galaxy. How could a life-filled planet have appeared so abruptly?
"Could this place... not be within the Galaxy?"
"Was I swept into some other space by that Time Torrent?"
The thought made Jiang Fan's heart tighten.
If he was outside the Gate of Sighs, at least he would still know the way he had come.
But if he had arrived in some other space, then he would not even know how to get back.
Just as he was thinking, a burst of hurried, chaotic footsteps came from the dense forest not far away.
"Go! Hurry!"
"The elder leading the team just gave the order. Everyone is to withdraw from the Secret Realm immediately!"
"What happened? I heard there was major trouble over in the core area, and even the sect masters of the major sects were alarmed?"
"Stop asking. Since the elder gave the order, it proves something big must have happened. Otherwise,