Zhang Yu only felt himself sinking continuously. Around him flowed countless streams of starlight and colored mist. At first, his entire body was bound, as if trapped in a mire.
But very soon, the restraints around him vanished. A stretch of land appeared ahead, and he shot toward it like a falling meteor. His gaze flickered slightly, Heartlight Seal drifting up around him as he let himself fall. Then, with a boom, he smashed a deep crater into a raised mountain ridge, sending billowing dust rolling outward.
After steadying himself, he slowly walked out of the crater and looked up at the sky. Though it was daytime, stars gleaming with silver light could still be seen.
Though this was the lower layer, it was not the Hongyi Layer Realm he had visited several times before.
He spread open his palm. Resting there was a jade talisman covered in cracks. With a slight movement of his fingers, it turned into a handful of tiny fragments.
This was the jade talisman he had obtained from Pei Yue, a cultivator of Upper Firmament Heaven, that day. He had tested it before and found that it could lead to an unfamiliar region.
Yet this item could only transport cultivators in person, and after being used once, it was highly likely to shatter. Furthermore, without a Skygoing Sundial, no one knew where they would land or whether they could return. Thus, he had never used it before.
The reason he had come here this time instead of choosing the Hongyi Layer Realm was that Kui Lodge had many Skygoing Sundials leading there. He could go there, but so could others. If an Exalted Venerable wished to deal with him, it would be far too easy.
At this moment, he examined himself. Since he had come