Countless specks of starlight appeared in midair. Xu Yi sprang up and reached out to touch them, but his hand met nothing, as if he were caressing empty space. The only difference was a faint chill where his fingers touched.
Xu Yi's understanding of space and traversing it had grown far beyond what it once was. He knew these were the spatial nodes he had been searching for. But the nodes were so tiny—how could a person possibly pass through them?
Xu Yi widened his search. Three hundred zhang to the west, a starry pattern as large as a house appeared before him, its shape much like the one he had seen at the Void Divine Palace.
Overjoyed, Xu Yi knew he had finally found it. He immediately released his True Soul and silently worked the incantation. Circling his body, his True Soul gradually expanded into a pale-colored box large enough for two people.
Then Xu Yi took out the Boundary Token, blurred forward, and charged straight into the starry pattern.
Xu Yi knew that releasing his senses while traversing could be dangerous. He immediately calmed his mind and stayed still, letting space carry him along as time passed.
He had no idea how long had gone by when the space around him began to shake. The next instant, his body jolted. His vision blurred, and the world suddenly opened wide before him.
Ancient trees towered into the sky, and blossoms carpeted the land. A cool, crisp breeze blew in from distant mountains, carrying an intoxicating fragrance. Xu Yi recognized the place at once: the imperial mausoleum of the Great Yue royal family.
It was through the hidden mountain here that he had first crossed into the Central Profound Continent.
Xu Yi had made the crossing successfully, and his clothes