Qi Wu's words faded.
The Northern Expedition army's ranks fell silent for a moment.
Then Xiao Tiance was the first to move.
He did not ask how they would advance, nor did he question whether they could.
He simply turned and ordered the troops behind him, "Prepare the entire army. Advance along the center and tighten your spacing."
Jiang Qingyue walked to Qi Wu's side and asked quietly, "This warped space covers a huge area. Forcing our way through will consume an enormous amount of spiritual power. And there may be overlapping traps inside..."
Qi Wu nodded. "Correct."
"Then..." Jiang Qingyue hesitated. "How do you plan to advance?"
Qi Wu did not answer. He lowered his gaze to the white blade of laws in his hand.
Then he did something.
He dispersed the white blade.
He did not put it away. He dissolved it completely, as though dismantling a tool into its most basic components.
The underlying concepts of the "myriad phenomena heavenly realm" and the "Infinite Void Realm" began to emerge simultaneously.
Jiang Qingyue took a step back.
She sensed a change in Qi Wu's aura.
It was no longer that almost invincible state from before, but something closer to... something that had yet to be named.
"Boundless Myriad Phenomena," Qi Wu said softly.
It was the first time he had spoken that name.
The next instant, he stepped forward.
The entire warped space suddenly lost its point of leverage, like a sheet of paper with one corner pinned down.
Qi Wu strolled forward.
The preliminary fusion of Boundless Myriad Phenomena temporarily separated "direction" from "space."
Every step he took landed directly on "logical coordinates," rather than geographical coordinates.
The warped terrain shifted out of alignment before him, like a curtain blown askew by the wind.
Wherever he passed,