"Really, really... that saying, 'the Mirage Realm derives from the singular,' might refer to the essence of its power. In other words, opening up a realm like this requires the same kind of power," Pei Ye said. "But realms opened by different people naturally aren't the same Spirit Realm."
"...There is some sense in that."
"You have no cultivation, yet you say 'there is some sense in that' as though you know all about it." Pei Ye laughed. "I bear Immortal Authority, the Edict Diagram, and the Heart of the Western Court, and I've eaten a dozen-odd Goddess of the Luo River Wood Peaches. Surely I know more than you-"
He stopped himself. After a pause, he thought, These Lis and Xus really are easy to mix up. Out loud, he picked up their earlier topic as though nothing had happened. "Besides, although the [Azure Wind Envoy] couldn't move within the Suspended Current, I could move freely within the Mirage Realm after eating the Goddess of the Luo River Wood Peach. Meaning that although the Merfolk can't invade the Goddess of the Luo River Palace, the palace clearly has free command over the Mirage Realm."
He turned to her and said earnestly, "In short, as I see it, the Goddess of the Luo River Palace is just such an independent Spirit Realm. Yu Sicheng couldn't find it and didn't know where it was, so he introduced the Mirage Realm. Only after many years did he find the Suspended Current through it, effectively establishing its spatial position. It has no opening through which one can enter. In fact, other than passing through the Mirage Realm, there's no way to approach it..."
He picked up his brush, dipped it in the now very thin ink, and drew a large circle enclosing a