Whether it was You Die and Ziying back then, or the heads of the major families today, all had described to Lu Ye the process of entering the Inner Realm from the Outer Realm.
It felt much like falling into water—a process of continuously sinking, with the entire Outer Realm growing farther and farther away.
So the moment Lu Ye noticed this, he immediately reached a conclusion.
Something was clearly wrong.
When he had guarded the Seventh Star Abyss Gate with Yun Shiwang before, he had deliberately asked him about much information concerning the Inner Realm. Yun Shiwang had returned from the Inner Realm, and no one knew it better than he did.
Lu Ye would enter the Inner Realm sooner or later, so learning about it in advance could only be beneficial.
According to Yun Shiwang, the entire Star Abyss could be simply imagined as a lake—albeit one shaped like an inverted cone. The Outer Realm was the uppermost layer, while beneath it lay the Inner Realm. The farther down one went, the denser the Star Abyss aura became, and the more abundant the Dao Power.
On the surface of a lake, a feather could float freely, but toss in a stone and it would swiftly sink.
If the feather represented an Entering Dao cultivator, then the stone represented a Uniting Dao cultivator. The Outer Realm's environment could not bear Uniting Dao, though some powerful Merging Dao cultivators with deep foundations could also move about within the Inner Realm.
But in truth, Uniting Dao cultivators were not incapable of returning to the Outer Realm. They could return, just as Howling Moon had once projected his power onto Mad Lion, the City Lord of Boundless City.
Given enough time, he himself could even have fought his way back.
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