A black hole appeared, and surging Hongmeng Qi flooded wildly into the Spatial Turbulence.
Standing amid the Hongmeng Spiritual Energy, Rhodes watched the energy he had once avoided at all costs flow past him like ordinary river water. He hesitated no longer and stepped toward the black hole.
To the Sovereigns outside, Rhodes had been dissolved by that strange Gray Aura, which meant that he had perished.
After stepping out of the black hole, Rhodes looked back. A transparent membrane was gradually enclosing it, and the black hole grew smaller and smaller. Beyond that transparent membrane lay the Coiling Dragon Universe.
Looking around Hongmeng Space again, Rhodes discovered that it was actually unlike what the original novel had described.
Rhodes had already arrived in Hongmeng Space, yet Hongmeng still had not appeared to welcome his transcendence. Just as Rhodes was puzzling over this, a transmitted voice reached his ears.
"Rhodes, come quickly!" The voice sounded even more exhausted than before. Unable to contain his curiosity any longer, Rhodes sped in the direction the voice indicated.
Passing through the vast Hongmeng Purple Qi, he reached a piece of land a few dozen meters across, suspended at the very center of the boundless Primal Chaos Energy. A thatched cottage stood upon it, with a short, stout Cassia Tree growing out front. Beneath the tree were a stone table and two stone stools.
A figure stood in the open ground before the Cassia Tree. He wore a simple, old-fashioned hemp robe, his long hair hanging loosely about him. He should have given an impression of easy, carefree grace, but even from behind, Rhodes could sense his profound exhaustion.
Rhodes landed on the tiny continent, keeping some distance from the middle-aged man. After all, he had already transcended, yet Hongmeng had actually made him