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Chapter 7: Her Change

Firstly, I need to confirm once again that this is indeed the same world where Miss Vilyric spent time after her crossover, no doubt about it.

The aura of the laws from the Primordial Land is significantly different from that of the Ancient Spirit Realm. Here, energy is distinguished by the environmental elemental tendencies, unlike the latter which is purely spiritual power.

Thus, such an environment with a clear overabundance of water element molecules due to being on the ocean is something that could never occur in the Ancient Spirit Realm.

As for why they were at the bottom of the deep sea before and now suddenly penetrated from the ocean surface, it’s not hard to understand.

If we were to judge according to Xi Fu Lin’s previously mentioned theory of world overlaps, the edges of worlds might overlap, but it doesn’t work in a simple planar stacking manner. The Ancient Spirit Realm and the Primordial Land are connected by the same sea, which can be viewed as two distant continents, though the “direction” of the seas they occupy is inverted.

While it can’t be accurately described as two sides of the same sea, just like they experienced, if one enters deep sea at specific locations in a particular form, they can “pass through” both ends of the sea and arrive at a different world in a different spatial dimension.

Although it’s unclear why, despite holding a Divine Spark, she wasn’t “troubled” by this world, during her time in the Primordial Land, Vilyric indeed didn’t sense that kind of rejection towards foreign beings, including her servant, Little Dragon Daughter, Snow Wing, and even Lucas.

Thinking of it this way, this world seems quite friendly to her.

Well… overall, as long as she’s back, there’s no point in overthinking the things she doesn’t understand for now!

As for their current location…

Pondering, Vilyric gazed at the surrounding sea surface, which was gradually calming down.

Unlike the Ancient Spirit Realm, the Primordial Land is not completely enveloped in ocean; instead, it only has boundless ocean in the east, so they’re undoubtedly situated in the eastern part of this vast continent, perhaps in the far eastern sea.

There’s a question that has intrigued Vilyric since her initial crossover.

According to the findings of most scholars from the Primordial Land, the East Sea, as one of the world’s boundaries, is an endless sea without limits. No matter how long one sails eastward, they cannot reach the end of this sea, until they can’t return.

If they continue sailing eastward now, where would they eventually end up?

After all, the other three directions of the Primordial Land don’t have seas; it can’t just lead them back to the other side of the continent like in the Ancient Spirit Realm, can it?

Thinking of this, she turned to look at the fox-eared young man behind her—his aura had clearly diminished significantly, resembling when Vilyric first met him as Xi. He had clearly dropped from the realm of Pseudo-God to about the level of being newly super-tier, indicating a considerable hampered strength.

As expected, the rejection and suppression in the Primordial Land do affect the Lingyin people because, essentially, they are as much “otherworldly beings” as demons.

However, Le Qiao Qiao and Hong Yan seemed unchanged; perhaps it’s due to their lower levels…

No, even low-level demon fish-like demons were somewhat suppressed in the Holy Empire, so it’s clearly unrelated to the strength of their abilities.

That being said, the Oracle and the Soul, who also came from the Ancient Spirit Realm, seemingly weren’t subjected to the world’s law suppression. In Ming Xi’s memories, the humans from there weren’t actually native to the Ancient Spirit Realm but instead migrated from an outside world.

Moreover, they landed from the western coast of the Ancient Spirit Realm…

Could it be that the human race originated from the Primordial Land? If we follow this line of reasoning, then other races, like those in Aibus that closely resemble humans…

While contemplating these possibilities, Vilyric casually asked the Miss Thief, who was chattering excitedly about their previous thrilling experiences.

“Ming Lan, if we want to go from here to the Ancient Spirit Realm, how do you usually do it? Do we have to dive back into the deep sea?”

Upon hearing this, the chief officer, who was preparing to leave to notify the other crew members, stopped and shook his head.

“The gap between the two worlds isn’t as simple as going back and forth. For this side, as long as you persistently sail eastward on the ocean, it’ll take about three years at a regular ship’s speed to reach the western coast of the Lingyin Kingdom.”

“Eh? Is it that easy?”

No wonder those Church of Truth folks managed to escape to the Ancient Spirit Realm; while it takes a long time, it’s much simpler than their recent deep-sea traversal.

Ming Lan smiled a little, showing a somewhat uncertain expression.

“It sounds simple, but it’s really not that easy. The gap between the Primordial Land and the direction toward the Ancient Spirit Realm manifests as a vast maritime storm area. Inside, storms rage, tsunamis occur continuously, and there are many gigantic sea beasts dwelling underwater that match mythical creatures, and they’re extremely aggressive. Normal ships that enter could almost be guaranteed to perish.”

“So, even the Lingyin Merchant Association rarely chooses to force their way through the storm area but rather utilizes the grace of the God Fox for direct cross-border teleportation. After all, from a spatial perspective, leaving the Primordial Land is much easier than entering from the outside world.”

“Is that so…”

This trade route between the two worlds seems pretty complicated, almost like something out of a diode or something.

The Priestess nodded slightly, no longer continuing to probe into that subject but instead shifted the conversation.

“Can you determine our current position in the East Sea?”

Ming Lan instantly offered a wry smile, lowering his voice a bit.

“My lady, just look around at the ocean; it’s all vast waters, without even an island or a landmark in sight. How am I supposed to judge our position?”

“Generally… after passing through the gap between worlds, we randomly appear somewhere between the storm zone and the eastern coast of the Primordial Land, without any precise logical patterns.”

After pondering for a moment, Ming Lan glanced at the two girls already being dragged by Hong Yan to tidy up the scattered items on the deck, and quietly added.

“Lady, the East Sea of the Primordial Land is not an endless ocean; it actually has many scattered islands, and many of them have indigenous inhabitants, even substantial civilizations. As long as we can find an island and communicate with the nearby islanders, we should quickly determine our position.”

“Island, huh…”

Vilyric nodded, closing her eyes and sending her spiritual consciousness outward.

From earlier until now, the Priestess had already connected with numerous messages from afar, most of which were arrangements she left during her travels, such as a few “Invisible Space Portals” and other barriers, magical formations, etc.

Of course, there were also some messages that came immediately after her arrival.

However, among them, there was no message from a certain Little Dragon Daughter, which clearly didn’t align with Xiao Guang’s style of doing things.

Although it was strange, with the obstruction of “Heaven and Earth Sealing” no longer present, Vilyric could now clearly view all messages from Xiao Guang and even use her contract authority to forcibly summon her back to the pet space, which was her key trump card for acting with composure.

As she pondered, Vilyric opened her main pet’s panel.

[Individual Name: Xiao Guang (Evolving)

Age: 375 years

Gender: Female

Race: Giant Dragon Species, Holy Crystal Dragon Clan (lv100)

hp: 401w/401w mp: 97w/97w

Strength: 92330

Agility: 80609

Intelligence: 32441

Pet Equipment: Claw of Sky Shattering (Semi-Artifact), Ring of Earth Protection (Semi-Artifact), Heart of Eternal Motion (Semi-Artifact), Unknown (grade unclear)]

Evolving…?

Vilyric knew very well that since arriving in this world, Xiao Guang’s attributes had barely changed. This is partly because she reached her level cap, belonging to the fully mature Holy Crystal Dragon Clan, and aside from consuming certain top-tier treasures or changing equipment, her strength had almost peaked.

But clearly, compared to when she left half a year ago, this child’s overall attributes had seen a slight increase. While it wasn’t that dramatic, it manifested very tangibly on the panel.

And what about that equipment labeled as “Unknown”?

Vilyric wasn’t worried about the Little Dragon Daughter being foolishly ensnared by someone, considering the attribute increases were very real; if that unknown equipment was truly harmful to her, as the Priestess, she’d definitely sense it.

Moreover, while Xiao Guang usually seemed not very bright, she was actually quite sensitive to good and evil due to her draconic instincts, just acting rather silly in front of her owner. With her strength, any assailants plotting against the Little Dragon Daughter would likely have been turned to ash by now.

So it could only be a change she initiated that benefited her.

That’s probably why she didn’t respond to the summons last time… It seems the earlier temporary separation did indeed have a positive impact on her.

Given this, it was better to respect her choice and observe how things develop. For now, the urgent matter is to figure out their current location.

With her spiritual consciousness sweeping outward, it rapidly spread a thousand miles, taking everything within sight into account.

“Hmm? This is…”

“What’s the matter, my lady?”

Reining in her spiritual points, the Black-haired Girl didn’t elaborate on any specifics, merely shaking her head.

“It’s nothing; I’ve found the island you mentioned. Let’s go ask for directions.”

“There… are some things that are quite intriguing.”