The chaos outside the gates was a cacophony of shattering earth and clashing Qi, a desperate struggle of the old against the new.
But for the youths who managed to slip through the silver veil, the world transitioned into a sudden, eerie serenity.
The first to stumble into the inheritance realm was Jin Pei, his golden armor scuffed but his eyes burning with a manic need to reclaim the dignity he had lost under Shen Haoran's boot.
He was closely followed by Ao Long, then Luo Mingye and Yun Li, alongside a stream of other geniuses from various kingdoms on the Central Region's outskirts.
They emerged into the vast field of spiritual flora, the air heavy with the sweet, medicinal scent of thousands of years of growth.
