The situation on the fate screen made Chen Lin change his plans.
He decided not to go anywhere. Instead, he would remain in the Dark Sea and seek out passing cultivators to ask about the situation. If he found suitable candidates, he would hire them to explore the Nightmare Realm.
As long as he could clarify the situation in the Nightmare Realm enough to dare enter the Gourmet Island Scenario, he could leave directly without worrying about anything else.
Then he could exchange for another Gourmet Invitation Letter and take Huangfu Qingrou away as well.
Time passed little by little.
To Chen Lin's frustration, after wandering over the sea for several months, he had not encountered another cultivator. Instead, he ran into a powerful Rank Seven sea beast and expended a great deal of effort killing it.
He even suffered a minor injury in the process.
"Husband, have you noticed that some sort of change seems to have occurred in this world?"
One day, while the two of them were studying their respective spells aboard the Spirit Boat, Huangfu Qingrou suddenly spoke.
Chen Lin frowned as well. "Yes. I've sensed it recently. Space seems to be growing increasingly sluggish."
"Yes, I feel the same way. It's been especially pronounced over the past few days."
Huangfu Qingrou's expression turned grave as she spoke.
"Ah!"
Chen Lin sighed.
"It looks like another major change is taking place. We can't keep hiding out at sea. We have to make a choice."
Aside from the Divine Pillar Array, only the Star Array overhead could cause such a change in the space of the entire plane. Neither could be ignored.
The Star Array was still the most likely cause.
Back when he was in Third Pillar Heaven, the Star Array had repeatedly shown strange signs,