The pressure was so strong it was impossible to resist. Even Qin An and Emperor Xuanwu, both Cultivators of the Selfless Realm, found it nearly unbearable.
Yet beneath that overwhelming pressure, neither of them sensed the slightest danger. It was as though whoever wielded it had no intention of killing them, but had something else in mind.
Qin An looked at Emperor Xuanwu. "Don't make any moves for now. Let's see what he's trying to do."
The two made up their minds and stayed still.
As time passed, the pressure gradually intensified, and Qin An noticed the scenery around him beginning to shift.
The sensation was uncanny. Everything before his eyes suddenly seemed false, yet within that illusion, it was slowly turning real.
Qin An glanced up at Emperor Xuanwu and found the same expression on his face: shock and disbelief.
Clearly, Emperor Xuanwu felt it too.
Neither said another word. They kept watching and feeling the change.
When that illusory yet tangible power finally faded, they found their surroundings transformed. They were no longer in the Heavenly Demons' shattered world, but in a dense forest.
The forest was lush and green, brimming with life.
But the instant Qin An arrived, he sensed something wrong.
He spun toward Emperor Xuanwu. "Your Majesty, do you feel it? Something seems to be seeping into our consciousness. It isn't trying to erase our minds. It's more like it's making us resonate with this world."
The feeling was too strange to put clearly into words. It was as though something wanted to make them part of this world.
But no one knew what would happen once they became part of it.
Fortunately, the change was faint. At its current pace, it would take a very long time for them to fall completely in sync