The road through the No Return Wasteland was not straight. It wound onward all the way to the limits of their sight.
After taking control of Luo Zheng's body, the eldritch entity began walking, though its pace was hardly fast.
The others kept several dozen zhang away from Luo Zheng, following close behind at his pace.
They walked from daylight into darkness, then from darkness into daylight, yet Luo Zheng kept steadily moving forward without any sign of stopping.
"How far have we gone?" Nuwa asked.
Fuxi had been counting his steps ever since they entered the wasteland. When Nuwa asked, he replied, "A little over four hundred li."
Covering only a few hundred li in several dozen hours was a snail's crawl to everyone present.
"Then we're more than four hundred li away from Shangqing Heaven," Blood Wolf sighed.
There was no scenery anywhere around them in this wasteland. No matter how far they walked, everything remained exactly the same.
Although they knew they could retrace their steps at any time, a trace of panic still stirred deep within them.
"Away from Shangqing Heaven?" Hearing this, the black-robed leader nodded in agreement. "There's certainly nothing wrong with putting it that way."
Shangqing Heaven was sizable, but its extent was still limited.
The No Return Wasteland surrounding Shangqing Heaven clearly lay beyond its boundaries.
"If we keep walking like this, who knows where we'll end up, squeak," the Heaven Defying Rat King said.
"We can't possibly keep walking like this forever." The Eastern Emperor shrugged with an optimistic smile.
Just then, Nuwa suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Everyone, look to the side."
Everyone had been focusing straight ahead, but Nuwa had inadvertently spotted a black line off to the side.
"What is that?" Surprise appeared in Blood Wolf's eyes.
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