Lěng Yè felt the world spin before his eyes, and when he opened them again, a desolate and ruined scene greeted his vision. Towering, broken walls stood on the barren land like the teeth of a giant beast. On a distant mountain peak, a massive withered skeleton coiled like the body of a dragon or snake, exuding an utter bleakness that seemed to tell of past glory and present desolation.
"The Immortal Realm...?" Lěng Yè muttered to himself, a huge turmoil churning in his heart. He had imagined that even after the passage of time, the Immortal Realm should be shrouded in celestial aura and brimming with Spiritual Energy, yet this devastation before his eyes completely shattered his imagination.
"Tower Spirit, are you there?" Lěng Yè instinctively reached toward his waist, wanting to sense the small pagoda that had accompanied him for many years, but his fingertips grasped only emptiness. Looking down, he found his waist entirely empty; the small pagoda had long since vanished without a trace.
Chapter 1494