The visualized sword flew in a straight line for several minutes before the soul power Hao Xuan had used to create the blade began to dissipate.
He slowed down and made landfall in an area that seemed rather safe devoid of life.
There were red and orange stones jetting out of the sand every few meters to create quite an impressive forest that seemed to go on endlessly.
'That's where the chasm is,' Hao Xuan glanced to the right side where he could still hear the wraiths in the distance, 'So I wasn't too far off at the start. Let's give it another go then...'
After closing his eyes Hao Xuan tried to imagine the sword again, using his soul power to create an outline and then filling it in with a mixture of 'sword intent' and even more soul power.
But as soon as the outline stabilized and he poured in the first bit of sword intent, the entire image began to fragment before shattering into a dozen pieces in his hand.