A black-armored figure shot into the sky above the vast land.
Higher and higher he rose, until he seemed to touch a membrane through which he could extend his perception to the outside.
Beyond this world lay the void.
"Is this inside the Star Divine Palace?" Dongguan looked down over the land, seemingly searching for something.
After a moment's thought, Little Stick appeared in his hand-the "key" to the Star Divine Palace.
The Supreme Treasure, which he had previously been able to refine but which had provided no information, now yielded some information.
"Star Banner?" That was the name he received.
"This is the flagpole, and this world is the banner itself."
Dongguan waved the flagpole, activating it according to the information he had just received.
The winds and clouds shifted in the sky, and the earth trembled as though struck by an earthquake.
An illusory banner formed on Little Stick.
There seemed to be a world on the banner, and that world appeared identical to the one he was in.
"No, there's something wrong with this world." Dongguan seemed to discover something. He vanished instantly, and when he reappeared, he was no longer above the plains, but among the mountains.
After entering the Star Divine Palace, he had arrived in this world.
Spatial fluctuations flowed smoothly here, unlike on the Primal Star. Teleportation was possible, but Divine Kingdom Teleportation was not.
He waved the banner in his hand again without activating it with divine power. Even so, he sensed a resonance with something below.
"This should be where the center of the world is."
Dongguan descended into a valley.
This was a location he had calculated, where the terrain was relatively low and closely aligned with the direction of that resonance. A black spear appeared in his hand.
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