Beyond the realm, in the starry sky outside the Spirit-Void Realm, the Great Cosmic Wind that had once blanketed the entire world was slowly dissipating.
Deep within the Great Void, a gaze silently watched this scene.
"After waiting so long, the Great Cosmic Wind outside the Spirit-Void Realm has finally begun to recede."
"When the heavens changed back then, the Great Cosmic Wind descended from above the Great Void and covered the entire extraterrestrial starry sky. All manner of worlds were affected, but the Spirit-Void Realm suffered the worst."
"According to our calculations, the birth of this Great Cosmic Wind should be connected to the Immortal Realm, and the Spirit-Void Realm happens to be the world closest to it."
Taking in every change, Venerable Chi Yuan's mind spun with countless thoughts.
Because of the peculiar nature of his divine ability, he had once glimpsed a fortuitous opportunity within the Spirit-Void Realm by chance. That was why he had set his sights on the Spirit-Void Realm long ago. Yet with the Great Cosmic Wind blocking the way, he had been unable to extend his hand into it.
"Judging from the current trend, it will not be long before this Great Cosmic Wind can no longer stop me."
"Most crucially, the chess piece I casually placed back then seems to have developed rather well."
Sensing carefully across the boundaries between worlds, Venerable Chi Yuan detected the existence of that chess piece.
Back then, while observing the Spirit-Void Realm from the starry sky, he had unexpectedly discovered an ascender. On a whim, he had gone with the flow and laid down a chess piece. It had merely been a casual move—success would have been good, but failure would not have mattered much. Yet he had never expected this chess piece to develop far