At that moment, Will gave An Kai a different feeling.
It was the sort of resolve someone showed when he had no intention of coming back alive.
An Kai suspected that Will was hiding something else from him.
He was keeping it secret because he did not want An Kai to worry.
Will had always been like that.
An Kai's gaze deepened. He thought for less than a second before following Will.
At this point, he no longer had much time to think.
He stepped into the passage.
Flowing Radiance streaked past him.
An Kai clearly saw the Flowing Radiance strike Will's body, then dissolve.
Will's body flickered, visibly dimming a little.
Only then did An Kai finally realize what had changed about Will.
Before, Will had felt like a tangible presence, like a real person.
Now, Will had returned to his true spirit state.
The change lay in that shift from substance to illusion.
It was already too late to ask him about it.
A sudden brightness filled his vision.
The scene changed dramatically.
The passage vanished, and An Kai stood in the Gray-Black Void.
As far as he could see, there was nothing around him.
Every movement of his feet sent ripples across the ground.
"This is the very heart of the Divine Realm!"
"The place where the Divine Realm Consciousness resides."
"In the past, we true spirits from the True Spirit World would pass through here before being reborn in the Divine Realm."
Standing in the gray-black world, Will glanced at the ripples by his feet for only a second.
Then he chose a direction and walked toward it.
His steps were firm, each one producing a steady tap.
An Kai followed him. Like a soldier on a suicide mission, Will fearlessly stood ahead of An Kai,