Bewilderment Realm I

Magma filled the sky like crimson ribbons, dancing and spiraling.

The sky had been blackened everywhere by the soot from the magma, leaving none of its blue visible.

Several black behemoths shaped like oxen but sporting sharp teeth lay sprawled across the dark ground, their mountain-like bodies searching everywhere for something edible.

"The exit has been sealed again."

On the black earth, a towering man five meters tall stood with more than ten curved bull horns affixed along both sides of his cheeks. Strange starlight flickered in his eyes as he gazed at the magma in the sky and sighed.

He wore black skirt armor and carried two crossed broadswords on his back. Countless streams of dark-red fiery smoke continuously billowed from the blades. A closer look would reveal that the smoke was actually made up of tiny particles formed from countless black runes.

"Adien. Are you really going to kill us all?"

A massive voice drifted over from afar.

"As Night Emperors alike, you should understand that we must not fight among ourselves. Our future, our dreams, all lie outside! Beyond this universe! Our universe is on its last legs, but beyond it are countless wonderful worlds waiting for us to conquer." The voice spoke slowly, thick with apprehension.

"But we can't get out. Not being able to get out is troublesome," Adien said calmly, a trace of disappointment flashing through his eyes as he watched the magma overhead.

"It's fine. Before this, an outside world took the initiative to open a passage into our universe. I've already had someone memorize the spacetime coordinates of that passage! Soon! There'll be news soon!"

A tall man wreathed in golden flames floated in the distant sky, watching from afar.

"Last time, I almost made it through. Unfortunately, the passage was too