It was pitch-black outside.
Nothing was visible.
That was the scene projected by the Sacred Gate.
Gu Qingshan asked, "Is there really nothing out there?"
"There's water," the Sacred Gate replied. "This Secret Chamber is probably submerged. There's water all around us."
"Then we're in the underwater part of the Myriad Gods Temple," Chi Hu said.
"Maybe even deeper," Xiao Xi said.
"—Is the water deep?" Oldest asked.
"It's all right. I don't feel much of anything, so it probably isn't very deep," the Sacred Gate said.
Oldest turned to Gu Qingshan and warned him, "Don't go anywhere deep. Stay in the shallows as much as you can—I remember those things are all submerged in deep water."
"Weren't those things all asleep?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"Even asleep, they're dangerous. Whatever you do, don't go near deep water," Oldest said.
"Got it. I'll head to Shelter Island first, then see if I can circle back."
As Gu Qingshan spoke, he piled gemstones all over the floor, in case the Lord of Infinite Source Power suddenly returned to ambush them.
"Go ahead. Be careful, and check on Reneedol for me," Oldest said.
"No problem."
Gu Qingshan transformed into an orange cat and leaped lightly into the air.
"Meow."
A cat's cry echoed through the void.
The orange cat vanished from sight.
Shelter Island.
A swirling bank of white mist dispersed, and the orange cat emerged from the shallows, hiding in a thicket.
It cautiously surveyed its surroundings.
—Large numbers of elves patrolled the shoreline, giants watched over the island's perimeter, while fairies and beings of other races guarded the island as a whole.
Everything was orderly.
They seemed unaware that the Secret Chamber had disappeared.
Strange.
Confusion stirred in the orange cat's heart. It simply activated Mist World Descent and arrived at