Chapter 154

"It's done…"

After a moment, Lin Qing slowly opened his eyes, feeling the terrifying power within him gradually subside.

Although his life tier had not changed at all—he remained an Awakened Being—he had now gained three powerful abilities belonging to the Primordial tier!

Even the fifth-tier gene ability unlocked through bloodline evolution was not true application of fifth-tier power.

Now, his state was the same as the Department Head's.

His combat power had even completely surpassed it!

"If Black Flame isn't risking his life, he shouldn't be a match for me now…"

Lin Qing silently calculated in his mind, "Fortunately, repaying the debts for these divine offices isn't too troublesome…"

The advantage of divine offices is that they fuse combat techniques, secret arts, gene abilities, and more into one unified whole, like forming a new skill.

Past combat techniques no longer needed attention.

This was also the greatest convenience of divine offices—

Simplifying complexity!

This time, he had merely replaced the energy foundation of his divine office from fourth-tier energy with fifth-tier primordial energy.

The structure of the divine office itself had not changed at all.

"Controlling and Forging probably each require about two months to repay; the Pseudo-Divine Body is more troublesome, likely needing four or five months."

Lin Qing mused inwardly, "Overall, it'll probably take about half a year."

These debts were merely pure energy transformations, so the time he spent cultivating and repaying them differed little.

Actually, this was already fast.

Normal base divine office users must first transform their life tier to Primordial before they can use primordial energy to gradually elevate each ability's strength to the fifth tier.

This entire process usually takes one to one and a half years.

Like Black Flame, after his life tier transformed to Primordial, it still took three or four months to elevate the "Demon Body" ability to the Primordial tier.

The demonic talent, Star Abyss Favor, and Soul Sacrifice abilities were unrelated to tier and didn't need upgrading.

"And the Armory Warden's 'Storage' ability… that doesn't need advance borrowing anyway; since its core is domain power, I can handle it myself in just a few days."

At this moment, Lin Qing thought of the treasure exploration at month's end and felt utterly confident.

Even without counting his hidden divine office or Black Flame's consciousness intensity, just the Armory Warden's abilities alone were enough to sweep everything aside!

Others were still at the Awakened Being tier, while he possessed Primordial-level power—it was outright bullying.

"Hmm… it doesn't start until month's end; during this time, I should forge more advanced divine weapons…"

Lin Qing immediately began using the Armory Warden's Forging ability to craft stronger "divine weapons."

The Forging ability already included the former "supernatural material" crafting, so the divine weapons he made were already comparable to unbreakable fourth-tier materials.

Now, with Forging upgraded to fifth tier, the divine weapons he forged could rival fifth-tier materials.

The durability of fifth-tier materials could only be broken by lifeforms who had self-transformed into stars, or by Primordial-tier divine office users!

In battles below this tier, damage was nearly impossible.

…

Days passed one by one.

With Black Flame continuously burning himself to enhance comprehension, repaying the debt of understanding primordial energy's essence was surprisingly fast.

What normally took months to fully comprehend—the primordial energy—was repaid in just over twenty days by retracing the correct path and analyzing its subtle changes and characteristics.

He now had another advance slot, but he didn't need it yet.

During this time, Lin Qing also learned the Universal Language and script of the universe; it was said these basics were required for exploring the Sky Islands.

…

On December 28, 2122.

At eleven p. m., another meeting of the Twilight Front began.

Over these past months, he had inquired many times about information on the Earth Treasure "Sky Archipelago."

Unfortunately, the returns were minimal.

It was said each explorer had a limited number of Sky Islands they could explore, preventing endless searching, so not only strength mattered, but intelligence did too.

Especially the numbers and trials of Sky Islands hiding sacred scripts and other precious legacies were secrets no faction dared reveal.

Moreover, all explorers had signed confidentiality agreements—no one could leak the information.

"Huh?"

After the Twilight Front meeting began, Lin Qing suddenly noticed a familiar figure seated beside him.

Zhao Jiayi, who had been absent for these past months, had finally appeared.

"Lin Qing," Zhao Jiayi sent a telepathic message first, her ocean-blue eyes darting toward him repeatedly.

"How's it going?" Lin Qing telepathically asked. "Did you get a divine office?"

"Not yet."

Zhao Jiayi sent a gloomy telepathic reply: "Uncle says I have to wait two days—he'll be back the day after tomorrow, and only then can I try."

"Uncle?" Lin Qing thought for a moment. "The one who used to be a Patrol Envoy?"

"Yes," Zhao Jiayi telepathically replied. "Aunt Yi Leina Duo and Uncle both say my success rate for the divine office trial isn't at its peak yet."

"Wait two days…"

Lin Qing couldn't help but speculate: tomorrow was precisely when the Sky Archipelago opened—could Zhao Jiayi's uncle be going too?

But someone who could train Zhao Jiayi alongside Lady Yi Leina Duo must at least be a Primordial Being.

Perhaps a Primordial-tier divine office user?

It was said the Earth Treasure "Sky Archipelago" was divided into three tiers: the lower tier was accessible only to Awakened Beings like us; the middle tier required Primordial Beings to explore.

But because the difficulty is too high, only the absolute top individuals in each tier have the ability to explore them.

"Then make sure you prepare well."

Lin Qing sent a telepathic message: "You haven't shown up for the past few months—why are you online now?"

"Before, Aunt Yi Leina Duo wouldn't let me in…" Zhao Jiayi replied telepathically, sounding frustrated. "I didn't know why, but today I just begged Aunt Yi Leina Duo once, and to my surprise, she agreed."

Lin Qing felt something was off.

Divine Office trials have a certain mortality rate—could she be worried I'll die in the Divine Office trial, so she's letting me see him one last time?

"Is your Divine Office trial very dangerous?" Lin Qing couldn't help asking.

"No…" Zhao Jiayi replied telepathically. "Aunt Yi Leina Duo said if I use my hidden ability, I can at least protect myself—it shouldn't be very dangerous…"

Hearing this, Lin Qing suddenly remembered her mysterious ability to make people vanish, and he felt somewhat reassured.

True—he still didn't understand what her ability was. But if Aunt Yi Leina Duo said so, she must truly have confidence in her self-preservation.

"That's good." Lin Qing didn't press further, only said: "Be careful during your trial."

"Got it."

Zhao Jiayi stole glances at his eyes while sending a telepathic message: "It's been months—have you changed at all?"

"No change." Lin Qing replied casually.

"Oh…" Zhao Jiayi asked again: "Do you still eat breakfast alone?"

"No."

"Oh…"

Zhao Jiayi secretly sent telepathic messages, chatting aimlessly with him for a while, then suddenly muttered in her native dialect:

"You don't call me 'sweetheart' or say you miss me…"

'Sweetheart' wasn't even my term… Lin Qing was speechless. He glanced at her, then sent a telepathic message: "Come back early after you're done—I'm bored alone."

Zhao Jiayi blinked, sensing he also wanted her to return soon—suddenly, she felt happy.

"Got it…"

…

After the meeting's exchange segment began, Lin Qing once again raised his usual question.

"Regarding the treasure 'Sky Archipelago''s first layer in the Earth region of the Second Cosmic Web, does anyone have any information? I can pay with points."

Over the past six months, he'd earned some points.

—For example, completing a task for a member of the Twilight Frontline earned him a certain number of points.

Though the points were few, he still had plenty of inventory he could exchange for points, such as the rare potions Dr. Chu Hui had left behind in that research base.

Unfortunately, after he asked, no one spoke up.

Lin Qing couldn't help but feel helpless, though he wasn't deeply disappointed.

After all, island information was top secret among all factions.

Even if the Twilight Frontline's confidentiality was strong, even if these people knew more, they couldn't violate the Second Cosmic Web's contract.

So he hadn't expected much.

He merely hoped for even a little more information.

If all else failed, he planned to focus on the largest islands.

According to the exploration patterns of the Sky Archipelago, the larger the island, the harder the trials tend to be—and behind harder trials lie increasingly astonishing rewards.

But he didn't know what the rewards actually were; he might waste his exploration opportunity.

"No one has any?"

Lin Qing scanned the crowd behind the conference table and found no one speaking; he shook his head slightly, then sat down.

After he sat down, Zhao Jiayi suddenly sent a telepathic message: "Lin Qing, you're also going to explore the Sky Archipelago?"

"Yes." Lin Qing replied telepathically. "I thought more information would improve efficiency—but treasure details are too critical; even if they know, they can't speak."

Zhao Jiayi murmured "Oh," then cautiously said: "I know some island information—want to try it?"

"You know?" Lin Qing couldn't help glancing at her.

Zhao Jiayi, like a mischievous child caught doing something wrong, spoke nervously: "Earlier, while training my ability according to Aunt Yi Leina Duo's method, I accidentally discovered a 3D map of an island made by my uncle—it had brief notes marked on many islands…"

"A 3D map of islands?" Lin Qing paused slightly.

Zhao Jiayi had just said her uncle was also exploring islands—perhaps he truly understood them?

"But wait… how could such top-secret information be discovered by your telepathy? And why was it made into a map?"

Lin Qing found it hard to believe.

Even his current brain—with memory and spatial imagination far beyond normal humans—could clearly retain many 3D structures in his mind.

If he could remember it mentally, why bother making a map?

"I don't know…"

Zhao Jiayi said: "The secret room in my uncle's house blocks telepathy—I didn't discover it with telepathy, but with my ability."

Ability?

Lin Qing didn't understand.

Zhao Jiayi hadn't awakened a Divine Power—she'd only been tested to have the ability name 'Boundaryless Gate,' requiring over twenty thousand kilograms of Starlight Source Stone.

What other ability did she have?

Was she referring to that ability that made people vanish without a sound?

If so, it was possible she could discover such top-secret information—but why make it into a map? That still seemed odd.

"Then tell me," Lin Qing didn't bother being polite with Zhao Jiayi.

Zhao Jiayi thought for a moment, then telepathically said: "The lower-tier islands are marked more densely, the middle-tier have very few, and the upper-tier have none."

She immediately began recalling and said:

"In the lower-level island numbered 00019, there is a Chaos-tier Sacred Glyph inheritance of 'Shadow'; in lower-level island numbered 00094, there is a Destruction-tier Star-Class Combat Art; in lower-level island numbered 00207, there is a Life-tier Sacred Glyph inheritance of 'Endless Divine Power'; in lower-level island numbered 00577, there is a Nature-tier Star-Class Mental Art…"

Lin Qing grew more and more astonished as he listened.

Throughout the entire meeting, Zhao Jiayi revealed intelligence on hundreds of islands.

Each was at least equipped with a Star-Class Combat Art or Mental Art, or a Sacred Glyph.

It was said that even the most ordinary island inheritance in the Skyward Archipelago was a Primitive-Class Combat Art or Mental Art; Sacred Glyphs and Divine Techniques could not be shared with others.

But the inheritance of Combat Arts and Mental Arts were different: as long as one passed the highest-difficulty trial of that island, they gained the right to transmit it externally!

Some of today's Combat Art inheritances actually originated this way.

Although for Lin Qing today, ordinary Primitive-Class Combat Arts held no meaning.

But in the future, to obtain a Primitive-Class Divine Office, he would certainly need to synthesize various high-level Combat Arts, Mental Arts, and more to form a stronger Divine Office.

"Too many…"

Lin Qing couldn't help but be stunned inwardly.

Could all these top-secret intelligence have been discovered by Zhao Jiayi?

Even if it were a mental-art-blocking chamber, deliberately crafting such a map was absurd.

"... In the mid-level island numbered 1017, the trial contains a Divine Technique inheritance of the Celestial Track Mechanic…"

After finishing the last mid-level island's information, Zhao Jiayi paused and said, "That's about all—useful to you?"

Lin Qing took a deep breath, couldn't help but glance at her, suppressed the urge to pat her head, and sent a mental transmission: "Very useful."

"Good." Zhao Jiayi giggled.

"What does your uncle do?" Lin Qing couldn't help asking. "Is he from Earth?"

"Yeah, Uncle Yan seems to be with the Star Patrol Council…"

Zhao Jiayi whispered mentally: "But Aunt Yi Leina Duo said he was already a councilor many years ago—at just nineteen—and he joined a vast force in the universe through the Star Patrol Council; he hasn't been part of Earth's civilization for a long time…"

A councilor at nineteen?

Hearing this, Lin Qing immediately recalled the terrifying genius Tang Wanqiu had mentioned.

Normal people began cultivation only after sixteen or seventeen, when their physical development had stabilized and their mental outlook had taken shape, avoiding disruption to life evolution and genomic stability.

A councilor of the Star Patrol Council at nineteen?

Chen Guang had said that every councilor of the Star Patrol Council was a Primitive-Class Divine Office holder!

And the Star Patrol Council, as a special force, belonged to no civilization, yet even the Wisdom Star Group dared not provoke it—evidence of its power.

Someone like that… having such intelligence was only natural.

"Jiayi, this matter is extremely serious—don't tell anyone else," Lin Qing couldn't help warning Zhao Jiayi. "I know, I've only told you," Zhao Jiayi muttered.

…

After the meeting ended, as Lin Qing prepared to leave Dusk Paradise, he received a mental transmission from Yi Leina Duo—

"Wait for me in Room 17."

He was puzzled, waited half a while in Room 17 as Yi Leina Duo instructed, then saw this Earthly powerhouse, resembling a beautiful nun, appear inside.

"Ms. Yi Leina Duo," Lin Qing said.

"You're leaving for the Skyward Archipelago tomorrow?"

Yi Leina Duo's ocean-blue eyes revealed a faint smile. "Do you feel confident now? If not, I can have Jiayi keep you company."

Lin Qing's heart jolted—he stared at Yi Leina Duo in shock. "No wonder you suddenly agreed to let Jiayi attend the meeting today—you deliberately…"

"I know nothing."

!.

Yi Leina Duo looked at him with a half-smile. "You know nothing either. This is all just luck. Understood?"

Lin Qing fell silent for a moment, then nodded. "Thank you—I understand."

"Good," Yi Leina Duo smiled.

She added: "Remember—when exploring treasures, prioritize what you need. Whether Earth's civilization needs it matters less. Only when your strength is sufficient can you truly help Earth's civilization; this small thing means nothing now."

"Understood," Lin Qing immediately nodded.

"Go," Yi Leina Duo gave a slight nod.

After Lin Qing exited the subsidiary space 'Dusk Paradise,' the room was left with only Yi Leina Duo alone.

"Yan Que was right…"

The holy nun stood quietly facing the endless dusk beyond the spaceship, a faint smile touching her lips: "Even confidentiality contracts can be circumvented…"

…

…

"I only wanted one or two pieces—yet I got so many top-secret intelligence…"

In the silent cultivation room, Lin Qing took a deep breath, recalling Yi Leina Duo's words just now, and became even more certain—

These intelligence had been deliberately leaked to him by Yi Leina Duo through Zhao Jiayi!

Perhaps…

Zhao Jiayi's uncle had also cooperated intentionally?

The confidentiality contract forbade leaking to others.

But it was subjective.

If one's memories were forcibly probed under helplessness, it naturally didn't violate the confidentiality agreement.

Similarly, if one didn't even know they were being spied upon, it certainly didn't count as a violation.

"These intelligence… could they be from the Star Patrol Council?" Lin Qing speculated inwardly.

Regardless of which side it is, as long as it benefits him, that is enough.

Besides, he could not possibly spread it out.

The next day.

December 29, 1:45 AM.

Seeing that the exploration of the Sky Archipelago would begin in ten minutes, Lin Qing immediately regenerated the Black Flame once more, then, through the consciousness sensor, logged into the Second Universe Network.

Inside the Second Universe Network.

Everything reflected was nearly identical to reality; only after the universe citizens gained self-awareness did the uncertain variables cause different changes within the Second Universe.

Lin Qing appeared inside the Second Universe, walked to the villa's rooftop, and looked up at the starry, vast night sky.

Exploring the Sky Archipelago required no registration or any other conditions.

As long as one was a universe citizen belonging to Earth, one could attempt it!

1:55 AM.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, an invisible roar and a grand energy fluctuation came from the sky, and that vast, ancient aura rapidly spread out from the heavens.

Only then did countless long star rivers, invisible to the naked eye of ordinary people, suddenly appear in the night sky, spanning the heavens like long bridges and connecting islands floating high in the sky.

These islands, big and small, were all at least a thousand kilometers above the ground; with ordinary human vision, it was hard to see them clearly.

"It's here."

Lin Qing's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned into a streak of light, flying toward the sky.

Now, he didn't even need to unfold a domain to fly; he could rely on the omnipresent Primal Energy, let alone the Wings of the Sky.

The Wings of the Sky had already merged into the Pseudo-God Body ability, undergoing a tremendous transformation.

Maintaining a low-speed flight at over ten times the speed of sound for a while, Lin Qing had already flown past the Kármán line, reaching the layer where air density was nearly zero.

After accelerating again, he quickly rushed to the high altitude of over a thousand kilometers above sea level.

He was exactly level with the sky islands connected by the star river bridges.

These sky islands were actually extremely far apart, but with his eyesight, as long as they were not below the horizon, he could see them clearly.

However, every sky island was shrouded in white mist, and above the islands floated special symbol characters.

These were the most universal language and characters in the universe, all serial numbers.

Over these past few days, Lin Qing had naturally learned them in advance.

The island closest to him was about twenty kilometers in diameter.

"This is... Sky Island No. 01477?"

Lin Qing immediately identified the location of this sky island. "In that case... let's go to the nearest Sky Island No. 01399 first!"

After distinguishing the direction, he immediately turned into a streak of light and flew toward another direction.

Every two years, the treasure of the Earth region of the Second Universe Network—the Sky Archipelago—would automatically manifest; 101,007 sky islands were distributed across the sky above the globe, connected to each other by star river bridges.

Lower-layer sky islands: 99,999. Middle-layer sky islands: 999. Upper-layer sky islands... 9!

However, since the hidden Sky Archipelago was also in constant motion, whenever the Sky Archipelago manifested, it was in different positions.

It was possible that Lower-layer Sky Island No. 00001 would manifest over North America this time, but next time it would be over Asia.

But the relative positions between each layer of sky islands would not change, so it was not difficult to find them.

The surface area of Earth was fully over five hundred million square kilometers; the atmospheric area where the lower-layer sky islands were located was even larger. With 99,999 sky islands distributed across the sky above the globe, that meant there was one sky island for every seven thousand square kilometers on average.

Therefore, every sky island was nearly a hundred kilometers apart; the density was not high.

Even among the lower-layer sky islands, some exceptionally huge ones were obviously floating higher.

As for the middle-layer sky islands, they were already over five thousand kilometers away from the surface.

At this moment, streaks of light flew from the ground toward the high sky where the floating islands were, and under the backdrop of countless star river bridges, they flew up to the islands.

The weakest were even universe citizens of the Inspector level!

The strong ones were even Primal-level Divine Officials!

"It has finally manifested."

"Haha, the sky island I want to explore happens to be right above my head? This time it's my turn."

"We, the regular Divine Officials, should still explore the lowest-layer sky islands."

"The lowest-layer sky islands at least still hold hope of passing the trial."

"Set off with me immediately; the faction of the Holy Script on that sky island has been confirmed. We must succeed."

In an instant, Basic Divine Officials and Primal-level Divine Officials from all over the globe had almost all mobilized. Most formed teams, and streaks of light, like a meteor shower flying in reverse, rushed toward the depths of the sky at the first opportunity.

And the teams formed by the Inspectors of Earth Civilization were very inconspicuous among them.

After all, the Basic Divine Officials in the metropolitan circles numbered in the tens of thousands.

Only the rare Divine Officials meeting the standards were scarce, merely a few dozen people.

Sky Island No. 01399 was only a few hundred kilometers away from Sky Island No. 01477; Lin Qing arrived very quickly.

Sky Island No. 01477 was about twenty kilometers in diameter, while the floating height of Sky Island No. 01399 was another three hundred kilometers higher, and the island size was about fifty kilometers in diameter.

"Hmm?"

As soon as Lin Qing flew near Sky Island No. 01399, he saw a dark blue streak of light that had actually flown ahead of him.

It was clearly a saucer-shaped, dark blue intelligent flying vehicle.

As the flying vehicle hovered in front of Sky Island No. 01399, the vehicle opened, and a team of twelve people flew out from within it.

Lin Qing glanced over and immediately recognized the two leaders as rare Divine Servants of the Zhi Xing Group; the other ten were likely just regular Divine Servants, merely at the level of Inspectors.

Since they dared to come to an island of this difficulty, the others must possess some strength, stronger than others of the same level, at least qualified to serve as cannon fodder.

"Earth natives?"

One of the blue-haired Zhi Xing men at the front glanced at Lin Qing, his eyes showing some surprise: "You actually have the courage to fly here?"

Another handsome Zhi Xing man with three eyes immediately transmitted by thought: "Soros, he is that Earthling, Lin Qing!"

"Is it him?" The blue-haired Zhi Xing man's expression shifted slightly.

"Don't provoke him; I'll just trick him into leaving."

After transmitting a thought to his companion, the handsome three-eyed Zhi Xing man turned to Lin Qing, smiled, and said: "Earthling genius, are you here to explore this floating island too? You lack experience; why not let us explore first? Once we come out, we'll tell you what inheritance lies within this floating island. How about that?"

He pointed to a distant floating island and, seemingly kindly, advised: "In the meantime, you can go to nearby Floating Island 01386. It holds an inheritance of a top-tier Life-attribute Primal Technique. With your strength, you can easily clear the highest difficulty and bring the inheritance out."

In his heart, he planned to pass the trial, then quickly accept the inheritance with Soros, so as not to let this Earthling waste a slot.

The number of inheritances available on each floating island is limited; it takes two years to recover.

Before coming, he knew clearly that the Holy Letter inheritance inside this Floating Island 01399 offered only two chances.

These two inheritance chances were perfectly one for him and one for Soros.

"Is that so?"

Lin Qing glanced at him and said expressionlessly: "So you mean... you don't know what inheritance is inside this floating island? Then why fly all the way here from the Urban Circle?"

The handsome three-eyed Zhi Xing man's expression didn't change; he smiled and said: "We are just responsible for screening."

"Since you don't know, I'll go in first."

Lin Qing was too lazy to say more and immediately flew toward the floating island.

"Wait! Stop!"

Soros's face changed; he couldn't help but grow anxious. Two moonlight-like discs instantly flew out from behind him, heading for Lin Qing, attempting to block him.

The handsome three-eyed Zhi Xing man's face immediately changed; he quickly transmitted by thought: "Soros, stop quickly! Don't fight him! Otherwise, he'll have a reason to fight back!"

However, it was already too late.

"Boom!!"

A vast, hazy light domain suddenly unfolded; in an instant, it covered the sky within a range of dozens of kilometers.

Under the terrifying pressure, those moonlight-like discs instantly seemed to have sunk into a quagmire, their flight speed pitifully slow; their power was likely less than one-tenth of their original!

Soros couldn't help but freeze.

After emerging from seclusion, he had only heard that a rare Divine Servant with a very strong domain had appeared among the Earth natives, but since there was no conflict with him, he hadn't investigated further.

But he never expected the opponent's domain to be this strong??

Unable to move even an inch, and even his Thought-Force Flying Wheels couldn't fly; this was simply too terrifying.

"Earthling, we mean no harm; don't..."

Seeing the situation, the handsome three-eyed Zhi Xing man realized things were dire; he immediately transmitted by thought to soothe him, while the eye on his brow opened, attempting to block the opponent.

At the same time—

"Seeking death?"

Lin Qing turned his head with cold eyes, as if he hadn't heard the opponent's transmission. Behind him, faint dark-golden lights appeared, condensing in mid-air into divine weapons belonging to a Weapon Commander!

As he used his Weapon-Commanding Power to control the divine weapons, sharp blades radiating dark-golden light instantly flew forth, breaking through several hundred times the speed of sound in the blink of an eye!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh——!!"

Streams of light pierced the sky, tearing through the night, and in an instant completely blew apart the heads of enemies who couldn't even move within the domain!

Blood sprayed across the night sky; shattered corpses scattered in mid-air.

In an instant, only Lin Qing remained alive in this night sky.

"Knowing my strength, you still dared to deceive me and attack me?" Lin Qing glanced at the falling corpse.

His domain was far stronger than that of most Primal Creatures!

Although both of them were rare Divine Servants, they didn't even possess a Holy Letter; within his domain, they couldn't even move, so how could they fight him?

The only thing they could do was defend, but with his current strength, his foundation was already a level higher than theirs; defense was meaningless.

"Get the Holy Letter inheritance first."

Lin Qing glanced at the aircraft flying off automatically, didn't bother to care, turned around, and flew directly toward Floating Island 01399.

According to the intelligence provided by Zhao Jiayi, Floating Island 01399 held a set of rather rare Life-attribute Holy Letters, which could serve as his backup plan.

"Huff!"

After Lin Qing disappeared into the mist of the floating island, he felt an invisible force envelop him.

The scene before his eyes shifted accordingly.

(End of this chapter)