Chapter 1039: Held Back

Ryu exhaled and closed his eyes once more. Adjusting himself, he quickly entered a deep state of meditation, his mind drifting off into an almost unconscious state. 

By the time a cultivator reached the pinnacle of the Immortal Ring Realm, they were already faintly able to feel a connection to the Abyssal Plane. It was unknown where this connection came from, at least to the people of Sacrum, but Ryu had a feeling that this connection might very well be related to one's Fate Star. Of course, this was a conclusion he could only come to after observing the core techniques of the Radiant Star Sect. 

It was mind-numbingly easy for Ryu to feel the presence of his soul shifting between planes, sliding out from the Real Plane and slowly entering the Abyssal Plane. However, what he experienced on the other side caught him a bit off guard.