Boom!
The ground collapsed, and a pitch-black passageway appeared before Su Mo.
As the passageway appeared, an aura that reached the heavens spread out, extending farther and farther...
The aura carried an endless sense of secluded stillness, like an ancient book sealed away in dust for years, now being slowly opened.
Within that book lay boundless suffering in love, yearning to tell its tale to the world.
That familiar aura appeared before Su Mo once again, leaving him somewhat dazed.
It was unmistakably the aura of the Divine Realm...
Su Mo glanced at the passageway, then stepped inside.
The passageway was dark and damp. Entering it once more, Su Mo did not hesitate in the slightest and swiftly reached its depths.
Deep within the passageway stood that same stone gate, massive and heavy.
Once again, Su Mo approached the stone gate, and it opened on its own.
This time, Su Mo stepped inside calmly...
When he opened his eyes again, Su Mo was already within the Divine Realm.
A flat stone bridge lay before him, with pitch-black water flowing on either side.
"This shore is the Other Shore. I stand at the bridge's end," Su Mo said softly.
The Power of Rules emerged, enveloping Su Mo and instantly carrying him to the opposite bank.
A door stood there, with a stone table beside it. A set of game pieces lay quietly upon the table, but the Confucian Sage Remnant was nowhere to be seen.
Su Mo turned, slowly pushed the door open, and walked through it.
What greeted his eyes was the other side of the Divine Realm, which he would never forget for the rest of his life...
Su Mo extended his Divine Sense and soon caught a trace of that familiar aura within the Divine Realm.
"So you