Within the Sealed Land, chaos had only grown worse.
The Black Hole hung above, the rising Red Sun occupied the middle, and below lay a starry sky imprisoned by an array diagram.
At the edge of the array diagram, Xiao Li, Ziyun, Feng Zhantian, and the others rode flying swords, forming a formation. Sword light shrouded them as they barely preserved their lives.
Yet violent winds howled all around, and spiritual energy scattered in every direction. Though the sealing formation allowed only a thin trickle to leak inside, even that was bitterly difficult for them to endure.
The spiritual energy battered them as if without end, striking relentlessly without pause, with no sign of stopping. Outside, unimaginably powerful experts were clashing, and the residual waves of their pressure swept over them. Had Qiu Yan not taught them the Mind Formula to steady their hearts, their resolve would have collapsed long ago.
By now, the strings of their hearts had been pulled taut to the limit and could snap at any moment!
With no hope of escape in sight and the pressure of peak cultivators to endure, at first, with the Mind Formula soothing them, it could still be called tempering, honing their wills. But after several months, even nearly a year, it had ultimately become torture and torment.
During this time, Xiao Li and the others also had to endure the monotonous sight of violent spiritual energy. Beyond that were only the Red Sun, the Black Hole, divine radiance, and the sea of People's Wishes fire reflecting one another. The dreary scenery had long numbed their minds to the brink of collapse.
But now, that monotony had changed a little—
Tiny character blocks spread out from the depths of the array diagram, radiating outward and arranging themselves one after another