Primordial Ancient Realm-Domain

"How was it done..." Faced with Li Shun's question, Ying Wuxiu merely smiled enigmatically and gave no direct answer. Clearly, such a core secret lay beyond what Li Shun could touch at his current level.

"The Antiquity-Seeking Illusion Realm is no less wondrous and unfathomable than the Primordial Illusion Realm. Yet the cost of opening it, and the danger of backlash, are far lower. It is one of Great Qian's greatest opportunities. When you go to study at the Imperial Academy, you'll have a chance to experience it for yourself." Ying Wuxiu brushed past the subject.

With that, his expression shifted slightly, as though he had sensed something. He said, "I still have a little time. I can answer one last question."

Li Shun considered for a moment, then asked gravely, "Great Qian is bordered by four deadly lands: the Heavenly Dao Severed Sea to the east, the Withered Sands of Time to the west, the Annihilation Frostlands to the north, and the Endless Blood Miasma to the south. What exactly are these perilous places? Could they also be part of the so-called Celestial Array?"

"I've heard that the imperial court once sent a great army deep into the Endless Blood Miasma to expand its territory. But the troops vanished like a clay ox sinking into the sea, never to be heard from again."

"How was that any different from crossing into another world in the flesh?"

Ying Wuxiu swept his broad sleeve through the air. Ripples spread before them, and a field of brilliant starlight rose.

Amid the circling, drifting stars, visions of the majestic mountains and rivers of Great Qian's thirteen provinces appeared and faded.

"The Celestial Array was formed by aligning Great Qian's 108 commanderies with the number of the celestial circuit, forcibly weaving together celestial phenomena,