Near Yet Far

The stone stele stood a hundred zhang tall, with a lifelike dragon carved into each of its sides.

They were extremely similar to the national totem Qin Huaian had seen in his previous life, and matched the image of dragons in his heart.

Yet whether in the Cultivation World or in the present Luo River World, Qin Huaian had never seen a real dragon. Still, some ancient texts did contain records of them.

According to those records, dragons were among the most powerful divine beasts of antiquity. But for some unknown reason, apart from demonic beasts with thin dragon bloodlines, no true dragons had ever appeared.

It would have been understandable in the Cultivation World, where the world's level could be said to be too low. But even the Luo River World had no dragons.

Although the dragons carved on either side were vivid, Qin Huaian could not see any practical use for them.

Just then, a voice rang out. "Congratulations, trial-taker. Since you can see this stone stele, it proves that you have comprehended the Spatial Law."

"This stone stele conceals several spatial divine abilities. Whether you can comprehend them will depend on your aptitude."

Spatial divine abilities? Good stuff! Qin Huaian thought to himself.

Very quickly, his attention focused on the clusters of utterly irregular patterns carved into the center of the stone stele.

At first glance, Qin Huaian felt they were like random doodles casually scribbled down, completely devoid of any pattern and entirely unlike formation patterns.

As Qin Huaian concentrated and poured all his mind into the patterns on the stone stele, the World Tree's special energy slowly flowed into his mind.

Gradually, the patterns began to look different in Qin Huaian's eyes.

The originally chaotic patterns divided into several orderly layers before his eyes.

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