Gray mist filled the air, and jagged rocks rose all around. Han Li dragged his still-weakened but considerably more stable body through the unfamiliar wasteland. Every step demanded immense concentration as he guided the newly formed "fiend qi seed" within his dantian, nourishing and repairing his ravaged flesh and meridians. Although his cultivation had fallen to the early stage of Foundation Establishment, the transformation in the very nature of his power had sharpened his perception of his surroundings far beyond what it had once been. To his senses, the sparse spiritual energy in the air and that faint, elusive chill energy were as distinct as two separate rivers.
The spiritual energy here is a jumble of different attributes, and the cold energy is slightly different from that in the Silent Sea Region. It seems... to hold a trace more vitality? Han Li pondered as his Profound Yin Spirit Eye swept over a patch of dark green moss, faintly glowing as it stubbornly grew in a crack between the rocks. This was no good sign. It meant he might have been transported to a completely unknown region, immensely far from the Heavenly South and even the Netherworld Sea Region.
He had to determine where he was as soon as possible and find a reliable source of cultivation resources and a way out. The Profound Yin Token tucked against his chest remained dormant, and the Star Map no longer reacted either. For now, he could rely only on himself.
Several days later, the terrain ahead gradually sloped downward. Moisture thickened in the air, and the gray mist grew denser. The faint sound of waves breaking against a shore reached him. Han Li's spirits lifted, and he quickened his pace. After passing through a dead woodland, the view suddenly opened up, revealing a