The moment Long Huai entered this place, he sensed that the surrounding qi was amiss.
It was not as though they had never found Upper Firmament Heaven's void domains before, but those had mostly been utterly empty—nothing but uninhabited territory. Even if they were not deathly still, they had been hollow and void.
Yet the instant they entered here, they felt a stagnant, oppressive aura saturating their surroundings.
He was a vigilant man. The moment he sensed something wrong, he immediately turned the flying vessel around, intending to withdraw first. Yet although they were clearly fleeing outward, he discovered that he could no longer find the entrance through which they had come.
He frowned. "An array?"
He looked around and cautiously said, "Fellow Daoist Shi, it seems we have fallen into a trap."
Shi Cheng silently attempted to communicate with the Origin Capital Mysterious Diagram. His expression tightened slightly, and he said in a grave voice, "Fellow Daoist Long, the Origin Capital Mysterious Diagram cannot receive us."
Long Huai's expression changed slightly. With certainty, he said, "This must be interference from the Azure Spirit Heavenly Branch."
He raised his head and surveyed his surroundings, then sneered. "Upper Firmament Heaven has laid out quite the grand formation. It seems the people they intend to deal with are not merely the two of us."
Shi Cheng said, "Fellow Daoist Long, when I entered just now, I had already reported the discovery of this void domain to the Profound Court. But at present, I can receive no response. Presumably, it too has been concealed by that treasure which suppresses the Dao."
Long Huai said solemnly, "Since we cannot retreat, we may as well press forward and investigate. Let us see just what strange trick Upper Firmament Heaven has devised."
With a prompt, he