The flight to the Southern Canyon was cold. Standing on his sword, Su Ming adjusted his Ethereal Warding Robe. Below, the canyon was a desolate valley of dark where sunlight rarely reached, the steep gray walls covered in dry grass.
Su Ming hovered above a stone ledge and descended. Now in the Golden Core Realm, he could levitate down to the ravine floor without his sword. Pulling the three jade keys from his sleeve, he scanned the canyon with Essence Sight. The gray mist was still, and Lin Fan was nowhere to be seen.
Satisfied, he turned to the rock face.
At the bottom of the canyon, the air smelled of sulfur and dead plants. Before him stood a wall of black rock. To the naked eye, it looked like solid stone. But under Essence Sight, the rock face rippled with invisible red lines. It was the sealed entrance of the Thunder Fire Secret Realm.
