To say he had passed out wasn't strictly accurate; Yu Ci's thoughts had been flowing continuously with clear veins. It was simply that he truly had no spare strength left to care for anything else, including driving his physical body, which to outsiders was indistinguishable from being knocked unconscious.
After grasping the overall mindset of the Xuan Yuan Gen Ben Qi Fa, spatial obstruction was no longer an issue. Although his divine soul, physical body, and the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror were separated by space, their qi and momentum remained linked. The fish-dragon in particular, because of the Spirit Feeding Method, was closely connected to the qi and blood of Yu Ci's physical body, acting instead as a bridge to help connect his divine soul and flesh.
The Inner Void was thus opened, and that was the instant Yu Ci's divine soul returned to its aperture to open his eyes and look upon the world.
As the Inner Void integrated the three elements into one place, external fragments of information were transmitted through the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror. The very first thing Yu Ci learned was the conversation between Crimson Yin and Ming Lan. Hearing that Crimson Yin intended to return to the East China Sea right then and there, Yu Ci certainly didn't believe that woman would return the treasured mirror in her possession before leaving!
Yu Ci had to stop that woman, but before that, he had to stop another fellow first.
Within the Inner Void, the scene of the moon and mountain forests was like facing an earthquake or a hurricane sweeping by in a frenzy. The entire space was convulsing, and the one stirring up this massive chaos was a fiercely struggling fish-dragon!
To be more precise, it was the "spine" core of the fish-dragon.
The very instant