Mu You carried the little boy into the fog.
Passing through hazy reflections of mountains, he finally arrived before an illusory stone gate.
Mu You reached forward.
As expected, his hand passed straight "through" the stone gate. Clearly, this mountain did not physically exist. At the very least, walking straight inside in the flesh was impossible.
Mu You glanced at the little boy in his grasp, signaling for him to take the next step.
"Put me down first!" The little boy was still struggling.
"Behave. No tricks."
Mu You gave him a warning and set him down.
The little boy landed on the ground, quickly scrambled up, smoothed the collar Mu You had crumpled, and glared at him. Only then did he walk to a conspicuous notch on one side of the stone gate.
"Stand here and connect to World-Creation Mountain through your Causal Line."
Mu You took a look and stood in the matching notch on the other side.
He then sank most of his consciousness into his Causal Line, leaving only a small part to watch the little boy in case he ran.
Soon, Mu You's consciousness followed the Causal Line back to the sphere of light.
This time, the sphere before him felt completely different. If World-Creation Mountain had originally been a giant fireball like the Sun, burning anyone who approached it-
The sphere had now cooled and quieted, becoming much gentler.
Through his mental vision, Mu You could already see the little boy's Causal Line consciousness near the sphere. The two of them stood on opposite sides of it.
Several seconds later, their consciousnesses charged toward the sphere at the same time.
Unexpectedly, they encountered no resistance. Both consciousnesses rushed smoothly into the sphere.
Rumble...
A surge far more violent than before spread from within the