Song Chen walked alone along the path across the lake toward his cultivation residence. The Psychic Energy mist over the water shimmered with a pale golden glow in the evening light.
The mist drifted slowly across the lake, sometimes gathering into various shapes, sometimes dissolving into the evening breeze.
He walked unhurriedly, his gaze passing over the floating buildings on the water.
Every house here was more exquisite than any building he had ever seen on Blue Star.
Song Chen paused as he passed a Spirit Energy Lamp post.
The post was only two meters tall, carved entirely from transparent crystal, with a slowly rotating Psychic Energy flame sealed inside.
The flame shaded from deep blue at the bottom to pale purple at the top.
A line of unfamiliar writing was carved into the base, presumably in the Cloudwave Civilization's native language.
Below the writing was a ring of tiny Psychic Energy array patterns that automatically adjusted the lamp's brightness and color temperature.
Details like these were impossible to find on Blue Star. Its nights offered only cold, lifeless streetlights.
He continued walking and noticed a small Psychic Energy pavilion every few dozen meters along the path.
The pavilions had no roofs, only four pillars supporting a ring of pale blue light screens.
It was so quiet inside that one could hear one's own breathing. The light screens kept out all the fluctuating Psychic Energy disturbances across the surrounding lake.
Several cultivators sat inside with their eyes closed in meditation, their expressions peaceful.
Cultivation Residence No. 1 in the Core Zone lay at the very heart of the lake.
From outside, it looked like nothing more than a translucent stone slab on the water, barely a dozen or so meters across.
Concentric, ripple-like array patterns spread outward across the slab's