"Fairy, return to Heavenly Prosperity City first. I'm going to venture deep into the Source-Qi Death Domain," Song Wen said.
Heavenly Prosperity City was the nearest city along the route they had taken to get here.
Within the city, the strongest cultivator was only at mid-stage Spirit Transformation. They posed no threat whatsoever to Ye Bing's safety.
"What are you going deep into the Source-Qi Death Domain for?" Ye Bing asked.
"Nothing. I just want to take a look," Song Wen said.
"Then I'll go with you," Ye Bing said.
"You'd better not. I'll be back soon."
Having said this, Song Wen flashed away and vanished into the boundless source qi.
Ye Bing stared in the direction where Song Wen had disappeared, an indescribable sorrow flickering in her eyes.
She knew full well that Song Wen had come here with a purpose. He simply did not wish to tell her.
For some reason, this left her uneasy, yet she could not understand where that unease came from.
After hesitating for a moment, she ultimately did not pursue him.
But neither did she return to Heavenly Prosperity City. Instead, she found a nearby mountaintop and waited quietly.
Song Wen continued deeper. After traveling a hundred thousand li, the source qi had become incomparably dense, forming a pitch-black canopy that shrouded the surroundings. It was like a land before chaos had been sundered, without the slightest glimmer of sun, moon, or stars.
At the same time, his divine sense was heavily suppressed. Even with the divine sense of a Void Refinement cultivator, he could only perceive movement within several dozen zhang of himself.
In addition, Song Wen discovered something else.
Within the outermost ten thousand li, the density of source qi increased especially noticeably.
But after going beyond ten thousand li, although