In the Gray Fog Sea.
Whoom-
Wei Liang's body swayed, and the curse of time surged backward, annihilating him in an instant-
"Uncle Liangzi!!" the Astrology Master and Amon cried out in concern together.
Only one living person, "Supreme Heaven," and one half-dead person, "Shadow of the Great Serpent," remained aboard the Layer Ark.
"Supreme Heaven" flew to where Wei Liang had been. Then, as though discovering something, he waved his hand and gathered all the Supernatural Power and Mystical Runes Wei Liang had left scattered there.
Just then, that Supernatural Power rippled gently.
Then the artwork "Living Towards Death," which had been placed in the Art Building's lobby-that half-living, half-dead World Tree-was moved here, along with its pedestal and base.
"Isn't this the manifestation of the World Tree that came out of Brother Lin Yi's body back then? Could there be-something to this?" The Astrology Master's eyes widened.
Before those words had faded, the World Tree, which seemed frozen in time, began to writhe slowly. Its Root Tendrils slowly squirmed and intertwined, then tangled into a wooden cocoon that was neither particularly large nor small.
As the wooden cocoon broke open, a completely naked Lin Yi dropped from beneath the World Tree's Root Tendrils, as though being born.
Thud-
Lin Yi landed on the deck.
Then he slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, he seemed no different from an ordinary person.
But that very lack of difference was itself a kind of Transcendence.
"Lao Lin?" "Supreme Heaven" spoke softly. He, too, was unsure whether this Lin Yi before him was what Wei Liang had planned for.
Clarity gradually returned to Lin Yi's eyes.
He nodded gently at "Supreme Heaven." "Xiao Bai."
Then he raised his hand and gently grasped.
A rift appeared once more in the Dimension of