The passage did not open like a gate.
It opened like an eye.
And the moment Situ stepped into it, everything he knew about space, distance, and even existence itself collapsed into something incomprehensible.
BOOOOM!!!
The entire world of perception shattered.
There were no stars.
No galaxies.
No Celestial Domain.
No Demon Race.
Only Grandmist Qi.
Thick, boundless, and primordial, it flowed through everything like the raw foundation of existence before form, before law, before meaning itself.
Situ stood alone within it.
And for the first time since reaching his current level, his calm expression shifted ever so slightly.
Not because of fear.
But because of recognition.
This place was fundamentally different from anything he had encountered before.
It was not a realm. It was not a dimension. It was something far closer to the origin of all things.
BOOM.
