Pei Ye silently looked around.
Yes, this Edict Diagram had completely sealed his Mindscape Realm. Every means at his disposal had lost its effect here. It was like putting an ant inside an iron cylinder: its great pincers and pointed jaws, swift legs and sensitive feelers... all were merely tools for dealing with its own tiny kind.
"How can I leave this place?" Pei Ye asked quietly.
"...Don't leave yet." Black Chi fell silent for a while, then said softly, "When we moved away from Xiang Prefectural City, Ming Qitian should have sensed it already. Once she arrives, we'll see... whether we can find a way to keep you from establishing a connection with this thing."
"But doesn't Miss Ming only have Heart-Slaying to use on the Mindscape Realm?" Pei Ye raised his head slightly. "Even if she can find this place, it will still take her quite some time to get here."
Black Chi fell silent again. "We can find someone else to think of a way then, too. In any case, avoid it if you can. You know, this thing connects directly to-"
"How is Piao Qing doing outside?"
"..."
"I have to go help her."
Black Chi twisted sinuously, but said nothing, only raising his head toward the thing hanging down.
Yes, they both knew this was the only way-to leave this place, he could only accept this edict.
Pei Ye pressed his lips together and quietly walked toward it, step by step, until he stood directly beneath it.
He could indeed feel that remote connection.
The lofty, distant will he had encountered before ultimately came from here, but that did not mean the Immortal Lord had turned His gaze upon him. It was merely that a pool had connected to the vast ocean, and so seawater