The Heavenforging Sect forces lying in ambush near the exit quickly withdrew.
Some with the foresight to come early and lie in wait near the exit, hoping to pick up the scraps, lacked channels for information and therefore could not judge the situation correctly. Instead, they kept waiting there. They would probably only come to their senses when their targets failed to appear for a long time...
Flying swiftly along their route, Shi Chun and his companions saw an extraordinarily magnificent sight.
They were flying high, yet the sun behind them had sunk low against the horizon, becoming a setting sun.
Far ahead of them stretched a vast expanse of starry sky.
At the dividing line between the sunset's radiance and the vast starry sky, blue, yellow, and black collided and blended into a breathtaking spectacle directly above their flight path.
The land beneath them was a patchwork of strange light and shadows. They could still faintly see people below, seemingly flying alongside them through the darkness.
As the sunlight behind them gradually sank beneath the horizon, the brilliant starry sky seemed to take command of everyone's world.
The Divine Fire Domain's starry sky was a magnificent riot of color, and the splendor over this region seemed eternal, never fading. People called it the Darkness-Free Land, or the Darkness-Free Forbidden Ground, a place whose dangers made them stop short.
"Darkness-free" did not mean there was no light at all. There were stars above and fire below; the name merely signified that sunlight could never be seen there.
Within the Divine Fire Domain, this blind spot beyond the reach of sunlight covered a vast area.
As for exactly where the Darkness-Free Land's boundary lay, the Cultivation World's conventional answer was wherever sunlight could not reach. After coming into contact with Summer