"Screee!"
A clear, ringing cry echoed along the star road. Carrying the reborn Han Li, the Magnetic Essence Griffin became a streak of intertwined gold and black light and raced toward the exit of Chronolight Hall. After his rebirth, not only had his cultivation stabilized at the nascent soul late stage, but his perception of the surrounding spacetime had also grown several times sharper.
Han Li could clearly "see" that the long star road he had struggled along on his way in now displayed orderly "folds" and "nodes" when viewed through the laws of spacetime.
Perhaps I could try... With a slight shift of thought, Han Li combined his newly comprehended affinity for spacetime with the similarly transformed grand void spiritual power within the Griffin and gently nudged an almost imperceptible spacetime node ahead.
Buzz!
The scene before them blurred slightly. In the next instant, they had appeared directly outside the Bronze Giant Gate! A short, crude "spacetime leap" had spared them an unknown stretch of travel. Han Li was secretly delighted, his understanding of the mysteries of spacetime power deepening.
Standing once more on the plaza before the hall, he looked back. The Bronze Giant Gate remained imposing, starlight swirling within, but its deadly temptation and trials were gone. The Heavenly Star Token Core Fragment in his robes had already dissolved, merging with the Spacetime Dao Fruit to bring about his rebirth.
"The Grand Elder..." Han Li looked toward the place where the ancient god true body had collapsed and the Grand Elder had vanished, his gaze grave. He had to determine whether the Grand Elder was alive or dead. Sharing his intentions, the Griffin gave a low cry and spread its wings, ready to fly toward that dark chaos.
Yet just as the Griffin turned, Han Li caught