Chapter 434: Chapter 434: The Mysterious Beyond

The blinding light enveloped Elara, swallowing her whole. She couldn't see, couldn't hear, couldn't feel anything but the cold, searing energy of the Veil coursing through her veins. It was like being pulled apart and put back together all at once. The world around her twisted, bending the rules of reality, time, and space. She knew she had crossed a threshold that no mortal should ever cross.

The sensation was overwhelming—an endless ocean of chaos, the voices of the Veil whispering in her mind, secrets that her human soul could barely comprehend. There was no up, no down, no center to grasp onto. Only the vast, terrifying expanse of the unknown.

Then, suddenly, it stopped.