Half an hour later.
Hum.
A violent sensation of pressure and stretching swept over him from the Space-Time Altar. Reilo's vision blurred, and he appeared in an unfamiliar space.
With Reilo in tow, Xiao Kang had arrived at an extremely secluded miniature sky island.
The island was tiny, covering only a few hundred square meters. It lay within the atmosphere, at an altitude where the Star Curtain World's natural energy remained abundant, and even the faintest traces of Law Power could barely reach. White clouds drifted past just a few dozen kilometers beneath it.
A white castle stood on the island, battered by a bone-chilling gale.
"The distance through space and time can weaken the effects of the horrific experiments and curses caused by the terminal mitochondrial-mutation Cervical Cancer Cells. That's why I spent a fortune to buy this private sky island and build a matching teleportation altar. I also used refined essence mixed with Dark Essence to make the stones for this castle, doing everything I could to weaken the curses coming from the ground."
The grass beneath their feet was soft. These were mutated plants from the wasteland era, with astonishing vitality and extreme resistance to cold.
When Reilo stepped onto the deep-green lawn, the tender grass did everything it could to hold him up, like a giant sponge beneath his feet.
"Hey, master, you're back!"
The heavy bronze lampposts on either side of the gate suddenly came to life, striking exaggerated poses as they cheerfully welcomed Xiao Kang home. The iron gate opened on its own.
Reilo gave the bronze lampposts a couple more looks, visibly surprised.
With the help of Star Core Alchemy and his X-Variant formula, he could be considered an alchemy master himself. Yet compared to the alchemist who had crafted these lamp sculptures,