Yu Ci had experience with shifting palaces and returning to the asterisms. Back then, it had felt as though he were floating in the air, empty and weightless, as if even his consciousness were about to drift away.
But this time was different. The moment the Life and Death Profound Mechanism left the White Tiger Star Region, there was not the slightest feeling of lightness. There was resistance all around, as though he were underwater, while his body seemed burdened with boulders weighing ten thousand jun. He sank all the way down.
Leaving the White Tiger and entering the Black Tortoise was far from as simple as hopping across a grid.
Over the past three months, besides controlling the White Tiger's fierce baleful aura as best he could, Yu Ci had also studied methods of using Black Tortoise star power. He had borrowed its power for some basic experiments before, and was at least familiar with Black Tortoise star power.
Still as an abyss, moving like flowing water—the Black Tortoise star power was among the Four Symbols Twenty-Eight Mansions' most mutable forces. Yet amid ten thousand changes, the root remained unchanged. Its essence was still transformed from Supreme Yin qi, resembling the nature and substance of water, deep as the sea. The response of the Life and Death Profound Mechanism at this moment was precisely a resonance with Black Tortoise star power—nothing more than resonance.
As for why his Life and Death Profound Mechanism sank like a scale weight, it was because the God Slaying Thorn sword intent accompanied it all the way.
Every negative emotion accumulated within the God Slaying Thorn was a burden, endless and unceasing. After that instant of absolute sealing, the emotions that followed surged forth once more. Yu Ci accepted them all without exception, using