Before long, they stopped at the boundary between the graveyard and the Star River. Lu Yin followed Hai Qiqi's pointing finger, but saw nothing.
"Get closer and look," Hai Qiqi said impatiently.
Lu Yin flew toward it. The closer he got, the more it seemed he could reach out and touch the Star River. At last, he saw it: a faint, elusive fissure that wavered with the Star River's energy. It was impossible to spot without getting close. Finding a passage like this in the vast Star River was harder than finding a needle in the ocean.
He looked at Hai Qiqi in surprise. "How did you find it?"
Hai Qiqi's voice turned despondent. "I told you I could feel Father King's power."
"You mean Sea King's power reached you through this passage?" Lu Yin asked, astonished.
Hai Qiqi nodded. "Father King and I are connected. The power he infused into me disappeared when the Star River cut off the Inner and Outer Universes. But some time ago, his power appeared again, on and off. I followed it here. The signal is strongest here."
Lu Yin understood. Sea King's power was like a signal, and Hai Qiqi had followed it to this place.
"When did you first sense Sea King's power?" Lu Yin asked.
"More than four months ago," Hai Qiqi replied without hesitation.
Lu Yin did the math. That had been when the boundary forces fought the Sixth Continent. Ancestor Di had appeared, as had Mr. Mu. And this place was so close to the Endless Territory. Could it have something to do with the Realm War?
As he thought, Lu Yin moved closer again and stared at the fissure. Rune Dao Numbers that clearly didn't belong to the Star River shimmered across it. Two different sets of Rune