Lu Feng heard Lin Xiaowan's voice and immediately withdrew his gaze from beneath Azure Lake. He instinctively tried to store the Four Directions Plate before him into the Kirin Ring, only for something that stunned him to happen.
The Kirin Ring had actually lost its connection.
More precisely, the Kirin Ring had not changed at all. It remained just as it had been when he first entered this Domain Realm. Unless he exerted every ounce of strength to sense it, even at the cost of shattering a section of space, it would be impossible to take things from it or store things within it easily.
The reason Lu Feng had instinctively wanted to put away the Four Directions Plate was merely because this Azure Lake space seemed more resilient, and because Ancient Desolation Altar's casual comings and goings had muddled his judgment.
This only made Lu Feng more astonished. What exactly was the origin of this Ancient Desolation Altar, that it could so utterly ignore the suppressive force between Domain Realms?
Unable to store the Four Directions Plate, Lu Feng helplessly set it down on the ground outside the pavilion. He then cast a reluctant glance at the many shattered chunks of black jade beneath Azure Lake. He had originally planned to gather some fragments that might still be of use, but that was clearly no longer possible.
When he returned to the pavilion, he saw Lin Xiaowan weakly supporting herself as she crawled toward the outside, her face thick with worry and panic.
Lu Feng hurried over. Before he could speak, Lin Xiaowan burst into tears and threw herself into his arms.
"Thank goodness, Brother, you're all right. Xiao Wan thought she would never see you again."
Lu Feng's expression stiffened. Supporting Lin Xiaowan's body, he looked at her