"Fellow Daoist Jiang, please stop!"
"The Human Imperial Court lies ahead. You have never truly entered this place, nor have you been marked by the decree of the Human Ancestral Court. If you approach rashly, you will likely encounter a curse."
"Please stop..."
Half a month later, two figures suddenly appeared in a rather unfamiliar stretch of starry sky.
"This is where the Human Imperial Court is located? What a huge river!"
Jiang Yan stepped into the starry sky and looked ahead.
There, he saw a river—a colossal river. It stretched across the starry sky, winding like a crawling dragon, faintly curving into a ring that encircled an enormous expanse of space.
On the far bank of the river lay a hazy, indistinct scene. Jiang Yan seemed to see many things, yet felt none of them were real. What he saw might have been true, or it might have been false. There was simply no way to tell.
In truth, even without Xiao Xuance's warning, Jiang Yan had no choice but to stop.
His instinctive spiritual senses told him that the river of stars before him contained immense danger. If he set foot in it rashly, some force might seize him and drag him to the riverbed, sealing him away forever.
"This is indeed a river. Most of us call it the Boundary River, or the Boundary River Formation. It was a defensive formation established when the Emperor attained the Dao, and it has been reinforced for countless years since. None of us can estimate—nor dare estimate—just how powerful this Boundary River's defenses are."
"In short, even if a true Emperor from another race came here, he would likely feel wary of this river."
As Xiao Xuance spoke, he slightly spread his right hand.
Complex patterns rose one after another