She immediately sighed, "It's just a pity there's no such 'if'."
"Perhaps there is," Qin Chuan smiled and grabbed Lin Yue's hand, "Now, all the rules of the Heavenly Dome Rank are designed by a mysterious powerful being, the so-called deity."
"If we reach or even surpass the opponent…"
"Then the rules of the Heavenly Dome Rank can be changed."
"Surpass the deity…" Lin Yue's eyes shone brightly.
That sounded incredible.
A deity could create the Dream World and the Heavenly Dome Rank, granting ordinary worlds Transcendent power, allowing a mere thought to cause countless clans to slaughter one another.
Just thinking about it made it clear how terrifying the opponent's power was.
But looking at the calm young man beside her, Lin Yue suddenly felt
that his words could be realized.
"We've rested enough," Qin Chuan said as he rose from the soft grass, "It's time to leave."
"Okay!" Lin Yue followed Qin Chuan and quickly left in a certain direction.
But just a minute later, the two returned from the opposite direction.
Lin Yue looked at a fruit tree not far away, now missing two fruits, her pupils slightly constricted, "Our resting spot just now was here!"
"This place…" Qin Chuan, returning to this spot, looked puzzled.
They were clearly heading toward their objective, the Heavenly Skill·Parian; why had they inexplicably returned to their starting point?
"Let's try again," Qin Chuan said gravely, taking Lin Yue's hand as they left once more.
This time, he kept a close watch on the Sun Needle's Third Talent Effect indications.
After a moment, his pupils suddenly contracted.
His senses told him he was absolutely walking in a straight line.
But the Sun Needle's Third Talent clearly and unmistakably indicated that he was walking in circles.
"What's wrong?" Lin Yue asked, seeing Qin Chuan's very serious expression.
"We're walking in circles without realizing it," Qin Chuan looked around, "It seems we're walking in a straight line, but that's just an illusion."
"How could this be…" Lin Yue's expression changed slightly, "I don't feel any danger at all?"
Encountering unexpected danger, Prayer should have given Lin Yue a warning feeling right away.
"We'll try once more," Qin Chuan said slowly.
This time, he planned to completely disregard his own feelings and proceed in the direction indicated by the Sun Needle's Third Talent.
Holding Lin Yue's hand, Qin Chuan stared at the Map of the Sun Needle's Third Talent, constantly adjusting his direction to ensure they were always walking in a straight line.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Yue suddenly cried out, "Ahead!"
Qin Chuan abruptly looked up, then his expression turned to one of astonishment.
Before them was a tranquil lake.
In the center of the lake, there was a small island.
The island was full of blooming peach blossoms, covering the entire island in a layer of peach color, which looked stunning from a distance.
But that was not the main point.
The main point was that according to the map of the Heavenly Dome Rank, there was no lake at this location.
Similarly, there was no island either.
"It seems there's someone on the island," Lin Yue said gravely, "Shall we go over?"
"Let's check it out," Qin Chuan said after a moment of silence, exhaling a sigh.
In just an instant, he realized the mysterious force affecting him and Lin Yue must be inextricably linked to the other party.
Qin Chuan looked at the lake surface, a wooden boat was coming from the island towards them.
There was no one on the boat, and the oars moved by themselves.
"The other party has invited us, haven't they?"
In just a moment, the wooden boat stopped in front of Qin Chuan and Lin Yue.
Qin Chuan tightened his grip on Lin Yue's hand and jumped onto the bow of the boat.
The boat then turned direction and headed back to the island in the lake.
As the island grew rapidly larger before their eyes, a fragrance of peach blossoms wafted over to them, elegant and fragrant, seeming to soothe their emotions like an invisible hand.
The boat eventually stopped at the side of the island.
The next instant, a voice with a slight smile drifted over.
"Guests have come, please come onto the island."
Qin Chuan and Lin Yue stood still at the same time.
The language spoken by the other party was not the common language used on the Heavenly Dome Rank at that moment, nor was it any of the clan languages among the six major clans.
If they had to choose the closest language from all they knew…
Qin Chuan composed himself, went onto the island, and walked towards the direction of the voice.
After a short while, amidst the peach forest, a beautiful pavilion appeared before them.
A handsome man sat in the pavilion with black hair cascading behind him, pinned up at the forehead with just a small topknot, adorned with a freshly picked peach blossom still damp with dew.
He wore a long cyan robe, embroidered with complex cloud patterns that made one dizzy at a glance, yet when one tried to look closely, the patterns seemed to fade into the robe, becoming almost invisible.
The man looked down at the two below, then, holding a cup of wine, he beamed a radiant smile.
On his forehead, a light pattern flickered and dimmed like a cloud shadow.
"I say, the path continues!"