An evasion light streaked out from Mingyuan Immortal City and headed south toward the Spirit Talisman Domain.
A wasteland lay between the two domains. Above it, the air currents churned, and the waves in space were far more active than in the heart of the Tianheng Domain.
Li Yuan did not travel at full speed. He activated the Void Escape Method, sent spiritual power from beneath his feet into the wall of space, and stepped onto an oncoming wave crest.
After three crests in succession, he was propelled more than a hundred yards.
The crests above the wasteland shifted direction constantly and were less dense than those near the fissure in Nether Abyss Valley. Li Yuan deliberately picked the hardest ones to step on.
Along one stretch, three crests arrived almost simultaneously, each from a different direction. The spiritual power beneath Li Yuan's feet shifted in rapid succession, and his body traced an arc.
The first crest drove him forty yards eastward. The second surged in from the south right behind it. He used the lingering force to adjust his angle and turned sharply. The third rose directly beneath him. Li Yuan did not dodge. He stepped straight onto it, then used its momentum to spring into the next stretch of sky half a breath later.
Three crests, three changes of direction. He never paused.
For the next several thousand miles, Li Yuan traveled using the Void Escape Method. The crests above the wasteland came thick and thin, yet he only grew faster.
At one point, an extremely faint crest swept past from the side.
Back at the Mastery Stage, he could never have caught hold of it. Li Yuan extended spiritual power beneath his feet, pressed it against the crest's surface, and slid up along it.
It carried him