The dormitory walls, floor, and ceiling rapidly receded at the same time, as though an invisible curtain had suddenly been drawn aside, revealing the boundless space behind it.
The two of them now stood in a wilderness.
The ground beneath their feet was exposed dark-gray bedrock, covered in fine cracks. An endless desert stretched into the distance, with several low hills on the horizon.
Their outlines flickered in and out of sight in the dim light.
The sky was azure, clear and pristine, as though it could cleanse the soul. A hazy halo slowly revolved at its edge, impossible to identify as either a blazing sun or a luminous moon.
The air was filled with a dry, ancient aura of primordial wilderness.
The Psychic Energy concentration here was dozens of times higher than outside, as though the entire space itself were an enormous Psychic Energy vessel, firmly locking all the world's dispersed spiritual energy within it.
A domain...?
No, not a domain.
The essence of a domain was to overlay reality with an advanced barrier of one's own construction, replacing the existing rules within that barrier with one's own.
But the wilderness beneath his feet and the azure sky overhead felt more like a real otherworld to him than a barrier world!
In other words, this world probably possessed a world origin and was an Astral Realm that the system could recognize!
How did she do it? She pulled me into a strange world in an instant...
Wait, my domain seems capable of doing that too. Could this be a similar ability?
As the two landed, Lu You's domain instantly unfolded across the wasteland as well, turning into a pitch-black curtain that enveloped both combatants.
Amaterasu Kong let the domain envelop her.
At once, a gigantic black sphere hovered above