"My master wasn't trapped there. She woke up." But there was not a trace of relief in Duo'erna's tone; there was something fearful in her voice.
"But I know the person who woke up wasn't my master."
Those words made Qu Zan's hair stand on end, a chill running down his back.
"How could that be?" Qu Zan asked instinctively.
Duo'erna glanced sideways with her phoenix eyes, lightly biting her full, crimson lip. After a moment's thought, she said, "Although she still looked like my master and sounded like my master, I can be certain that person was absolutely not my master."
"Something must have happened during meditation, in the Form Realm-"
"When you meditate in the future, whatever you do, don't enter the Form Realm. It's easy to get in, but hard to get out," Duo'erna said.
But Qu Zan thought, You don't know this, but I've already entered the Form Realm.
Qu Zan had relied on his [Secret Conduct] talent to enter the Form Realm, rather than doing so entirely through meditation, so entering and leaving were both extremely quick.
"Master, what kind of existence is the Form Realm, as you understand it?"
Duo'erna let out a lingering sigh. "It's hard to draw a distinction between the existence of the Form Realm and the Desire Realm. Some say the Form Realm lies above the Desire Realm, while others say the Desire Realm and the Form Realm overlap completely.
"Everything there is pure light and form. The celestial beings there live in palaces and possess endless knowledge. You can gain a great deal of knowledge by conversing with them."
"But I've never entered the Form Realm. Everything I know came from my master. Entering the Form Realm is extremely difficult to begin with and requires entering profoundly deep meditation.