This time, the Void Beast caused no trouble.
It lay in the void, quietly watching Fang Chen. A trace of curiosity appeared in its eyes, which had degenerated until they were almost invisible.
Fang Chen could not remember how many Dao Patterns he had condensed.
He only knew that he had tempered every Dao Pattern with his heart's blood, imprinting each one with his will.
The first passage took him three days.
With the Void Beast guarding the second passage, he felt much more at ease, but he did not condense Dao Patterns any faster. He needed to ensure that every passage was as solid as a boulder.
Three days later, the second passage was completely stable.
A hundred-li-long crack stretched across the Silver-White Light Screen like a second door thrown open.
Fang Chen did not rest.
The Spacetime Compass's needle turned again, pointing toward the third weak point.
The third passage lay three hundred million li southwest of the second.
The scene here was utterly different from the previous two sites.
The gray-white seawater formed a vast vortex here. More than ten thousand li across, it slowly rotated, drawing everything around it inside.
At the vortex's center, the Silver-White Light Screen lay exposed. Its color was slightly paler than elsewhere, marking a weak point in the Barrier.
But the vortex spun so fast that an ordinary Immortal Emperor could not approach it. Anyone caught inside would be torn to pieces by the Spatial Turbulence within.
Fang Chen stood at the vortex's edge, his brow furrowing slightly.
He needed to reach its center to reinforce that weak point.
But the Spatial Turbulence in the vortex was too violent. Even his Chaos Shield would struggle to withstand it for long.
"Little Crane, can you find me a safe path through the