"Void Realm Turbulence? Void Realm Passage?"
Because this counted as rather obscure knowledge, Ash didn't find it strange that Igula didn't know either. "This is a relatively rare arcanist disaster. When an arcanist establishes a connection with the Void Realm through the Gate of Truth, some parts of the Void Realm are less stable, and knowledge pours backward into the Gate of Truth, causing space in reality to be altered by Void Realm knowledge."
Igula gestured as he explained. "Imagine the Void Realm as a giant jelly, and arcanists enter the jelly through straws. Everything stays peaceful. But if one area of the jelly rots and breaks down, the liquid inside flows along the straw into reality, corroding a hole straight through it... That's Void Realm Turbulence."
"And a Void Realm Passage forms because the knowledge that flows into reality all has a tendency to return to the Void Realm. Most turbulence quickly disperses, but a portion of the denser knowledge turbulence solidifies into a passage as it tries to return to the Void Realm."
"But masterless knowledge can't open the Gate of Truth, so it keeps rubbing around outside the Void Realm, forming half of a Void Realm Passage."
"Half?" Ash was quite puzzled. "Then how does it become a complete Void Realm Passage?"
"Do you remember what I just said, that part of the jelly had rotted?" Igula said. "That's why an arcanist disaster like Void Realm Turbulence usually doesn't just happen once or twice, but occurs in batches all over the world. Any arcanist who has been to the rotting area may trigger Void Realm Turbulence locally, forming different half-passages."
"The target coordinates these half-passages point toward are the Void Realm coordinates of the Gate of Truth. The closer the target coordinates of two half-passages are, the