Ning Yue looked at him, her gaze softening with an affection that transcended time and space. "Big Brother Yun," she said, her voice gentle. "I managed to escape at the last moment."
"Escape? Escape to where?" Yun Lintian's attention then shifted to the majestic figure by the tree. "Senior Long Yi! You... you also survived?"
Long Yi gave a slow, solemn nod, his powerful aura radiating a calm, steadying strength.
Ning Yue smiled, a gesture that seemed to make the light around them brighter. "This place," she explained, gesturing to the serene, light-filled space around the World Tree, "is called the Land of Nowhere."
"The Land of Nowhere?" Yun Lintian repeated the name, a sense of strange familiarity tugging at the deepest parts of his memory. It seemed he had heard it not long ago.
As he pondered the name, a realization dawned on him, shocking him to his very core. His eyes widened as he looked from Ning Yue to the World Tree, then to Long Yi.
