In another region of the Void Realm, Isabella Vorn stood on a barren plain.
Her eyes were empty. She stood motionless in the center of a massive formation drawn on the ground.
The formation was large—fifty meters in diameter. Intricate lines of blood formed the runic pathways, connecting nodes placed at precise intervals. At each node sat a token—Void Realm entry tokens, stolen from the cultivators Isabella had killed over the past months.
19 tokens. 19 nodes and 19 sacrifices to power the formation.
In Isabella's left hand, the orb pulsed. It had absorbed the blood and souls of every cultivator she'd killed. The orb was full—swollen with spiritual energy.
Isabella raised the orb. Her lips moved—murmur, murmur—chanting words that weren't a language.
The formation lit up.
WHUUUM.
