"What... exactly is that black moon?"
While everyone focused on the Lingzhi Spirit, several supreme masters, including Tian Heng, King Mu, and Night King, involuntarily turned their eyes toward the sky shown in the image.
Against that strange backdrop, like something out of a dream world, the sudden appearance of a black moon was undoubtedly striking.
Yet it was deftly nestled into the backdrop of the Zhilin World, as though it had always belonged there, so harmonious and natural.
So much so that those whose cultivation had not reached a certain level had their attention wholly consumed by the spectacle of Ji Yan's arrival and the significance of the expedition's commencement, never noticing the black moon.
A glimmer of understanding crossed Tian Heng's face as he looked at Fang Qianyuan, seated beside him.
"Venerable Fang, how should we proceed?"
Fang Qianyuan said, "I have now established a foothold in the outer void of that world and am working to breach the divide between heaven and man, providing a passage for the army to descend..."
The divide between heaven and man he spoke of was not some nebulous cultivation realm, but the stretch of distance between the surface and the outer void.
As everyone knew, living beings dwelled within grotto-heaven worlds. Until they reached Earth Rank and gained the ability to control heaven and earth essence, they could not survive in the Outer-Domain Void.
Thus, in any world possessing spirit essence and life, its own sky and world barrier formed a protective layer for living beings.
Ji Yan could use Fang Qianyuan's methods to transfer directly there, then descend from the sky.
Ordinary Earth Rank cultivators could generally do the same, but the impact of a sudden plunge was considerable and could easily injure them. Flying there under their own power,