Li Xiaoya flew cautiously the entire way, evading countless demon beasts searching for him. After many scares but no real mishaps, he finally left the Myriad Forest Sea, which meant he had more or less left the heart of the Savage Wilderness Continent...
However.
The Ten Thousand Spirits Sea was so dangerous that even many demon beasts dared not enter. Only demon beasts at the Mighty One Stage or the Heaven-and-Earth Realm dared venture inside...
Li Xiaoya's journey out had not been particularly dangerous, but it had taken a considerable amount of time. He spent a full seven or eight years before leaving the Myriad Forest Sea, which showed just how extraordinarily vast it was. By his reckoning, it might have been as large as several dozen regions of the Human Race's East Xia Continent, equivalent to tens of thousands of Human Realm Secret Realms. On top of that, he had to evade demon beasts along the way and occasionally encountered dangerous natural barriers...
Getting out in seven or eight years was already exceptionally fast for Li Xiaoya...
And yet.
Leaving the Myriad Forest Sea did not mean Li Xiaoya was now safe. As long as he remained on the Savage Wilderness Continent, there would be no safety... Beyond the Myriad Forest Sea lay a boundless desert, reportedly even larger than the forest...
Li Xiaoya did not intend to leave through that boundless desert. Instead, he skirted around it, because the Heavenly Dome Emperor supposedly lived there, and his subordinates were everywhere throughout it. The Heavenly Dome Emperor was said to be a flying eagle beast, whose eyes could see farther than those of any cultivator or demon beast. There was no telling whether a moment's carelessness might get Li Xiaoya discovered...
Furthermore, windblown sand shrouded the boundless desert all