When Su Jiu woke, she found herself surrounded by pitch-black darkness, yet she could see everything within it clearly.
She froze for a moment, then a surge of overwhelming joy swept away every other emotion.
Her spiritual qi had returned! Her Divine Sense had returned too!
Su Jiu remembered being swept into a surge of quicksand with her Junior Granduncle before she lost consciousness.
After that, she knew nothing.
Su Jiu looked around, but her Junior Granduncle was nowhere to be seen. She rose weakly, her body still aching from its earlier contact with that heavenly flame.
Just then, footsteps sounded ahead.
With a brief sweep of her Divine Sense, Su Jiu knew who was approaching.
"You're awake?" A faint note of surprise colored his cool voice.
Su Jiu turned her head and stretched her uncomfortable body. "When did you wake up, Martial Uncle?"
Chu Luohen leaned against the wall beside him. "Half an hour before you."
Su Jiu raised an eyebrow. "Then you must have learned something about our surroundings in that half hour, Junior Granduncle."
Chu Luohen did not ask anything as foolish as how she knew.
Instead, he said directly, "We're in a cave now. Up ahead, it leads into a limestone cave."
Su Jiu pondered for a while, her gaze deepening. "Junior Granduncle, do you think we're still in the Spiritless Land?"
"Probably."
Su Jiu smiled faintly. "A long time ago, Mian Mian showed me a storybook like this.
"The story said the Three Thousand Worlds were real.
"The protagonist traveled back and forth among the Three Thousand Worlds, learning each world's culture, and eventually became the ruler of all existence.
"Do you think that story is interesting?"
Chu Luohen gazed intently at Su Jiu. "What are you trying to say?"
"You've already guessed what I'm