There was no transition in which everything went black before gradually coming back into focus.
The scene changed abruptly. In an instant, he was already in another world.
The outstanding young talents from the Hundred Schools who had taken part in the gathering were nowhere to be seen.
Li Shun looked around and found himself in a somewhat desolate wilderness.
Howling wind swept out from the depths of the wasteland, carrying a trace of chill.
Silence blanketed the surroundings, so eerie it was almost uncanny.
The sky was overcast, too.
"This place..." Li Shun instinctively felt uneasy.
But he did not act rashly. Instead, he first examined the condition of his body.
He knew that the world he now occupied was the Primordial Illusion Realm, created through secret methods by the combined efforts of the Hundred Schools.
Still, Li Shun searched his entire body with his divine sense and touched his own skin with his hands.
The feedback that surfaced in his mind was so utterly real that it was no different from reality.
Li Shun almost believed he had truly traveled back to the Elder Primordial Continent.
"An illusion of this level..."
"An illusion so real it's almost indistinguishable from reality. Its reputation is well deserved." Li Shun couldn't help marveling to himself.
"Fortunately, even though this illusion has almost perfectly recreated [Li Shun's] body and even his divine sense, there's one thing it can't manifest." "Square Inch!" Li Shun silently repeated in his mind.
Just as he expected, there was no response.
He had only sent a strand of consciousness into this illusory body, so it was no surprise that he couldn't activate Square Inch.
"First, I'll see if I can fly."
The first thing to do was identify his exact location.
Yet all he could see around