Chen Lin stumbled out of the void.
Several more lightning rays struck him from behind, but the Xuanwu Shield deflected them all.
Even without the Xuanwu Shield, that little lightning power could not have harmed him, given his Lightning Spiritual Root.
Yet the moment he emerged, he saw the Space Rift twist, then shudder violently before vanishing like shattered jade.
A cold sweat broke out over Chen Lin.
From the look of it, the Secret Realm had collapsed.
Had he not left in time, he would probably have been annihilated inside. Even with the Xuanwu Shield and his Vajra Realm Body Refining Technique, he could not have withstood the tremendous force of a Small World collapsing.
Only after a long while did Chen Lin calm himself and begin examining his surroundings.
This was not the Liuyun Mountain Range!
Rocks.
Nothing but rocks, densely packed as far as the eye could see.
Besides that, he sensed a deeply uncomfortable energy in the air. It was mingled with the spiritual qi, preventing him from drawing on it directly to cultivate or cast spells.
"Where have I heard of something like this before?"
Chen Lin muttered in puzzlement, then rose into the air and began surveying the area.
The impure spiritual qi would not pose much of a problem for now.
Spirit stones were piled like mountains inside his Storage Bag. Never mind impure spiritual qi-even if there were none at all, he could hold out for several years.
After flying for quite some time, he stopped with a frown and looked at a fist-sized rock on the ground.
He sensed it briefly, then wrapped his palm in mana, picked up the rock, and examined it closely.
A look of astonishment immediately appeared on his face.
"It's actually a Xianji Stone. Could this