Ye Kang hadn't actually done anything. He had simply released the aura of his True Meaning of Speed.
But the Phantom Forest had come into being because of a naturally occurring True Meaning, so the two resonated immediately.
All the complicated stages that normally involved enduring various trials were unnecessary for Ye Kang now.
He only had to let go of his control over his True Meaning and allow the two to absorb each other. Everything else would fall into place.
Ye Kang looked inward. His True Meaning of Speed, originally formless and shapeless, no more than a translucent wisp in its embryonic state, began to solidify and expand, quickly feeding its power back into him.
He could feel his speed skyrocketing. The world around him seemed to slow all at once. Everything before his eyes became incredibly sluggish, until at last it came to a complete stop.
Stillness itself was a form of motion—and the ultimate expression of speed.
When speed surpassed everything, even light became nothing more than a motionless streak in his eyes.
That was the defining trait of the Phantom Forest's True Meaning of Speed.
In that moment, Ye Kang understood it completely.
Those strange Phantom Woods weren't special at all. They were simply ordinary saplings growing underground, except they were constantly moving at incredible speed.
That was why, to everyone else, the trees seemed like phantoms: visible, yet impossible to touch.
To Ye Kang, this was an utterly unimaginable miracle.
He simply couldn't understand why such a heaven-defying True Meaning of Speed existed here.
And as the two True Meanings reflected one another, Ye Kang gained a deeper understanding of his own.
His True Meaning of Speed had come from Azure Nether Qi, whose defining trait was unparalleled evasion speed.
That was why his True