Chen Mo's eyes snapped open, pupils dilating in a futile attempt to make sense of the infinite darkness surrounding him. Where was he? What had become of the radiant spiritual sea and the majestic golden palace?
His essence drifted aimlessly, untethered in the lightless void. Even the vivid memory of those resplendent vistas felt like little more than a half-remembered dream slipping through his metaphysical grasp.
Chapter end