Su Ming stood on the magma in the volcano. The mighty presence and the divine sense from the sky that had swept past him just now had made him feel as if his entire body had turned transparent and he could keep no secrets. Everything about him had been revealed to that divine sense.
This feeling turned Su Ming's expression dark, and he came to a deeper understanding of what the old voice from Yin Death Vortex had meant when he said that the Barren Lands of Divine Source were a gigantic jail.
'These True Guards are the guards that fend against the Barren Lands of Divine Source.' In silence, the gigantic Crimson Python Phoenix that had flown out previously stopped howling and its body fell limp, as if the roars just now had used up all its strength.
As a dull and lifeless expression settled on its face, it gradually sank into the magma and falling into deep sleep once again.
Heya~
It's come to my attention that a lot of you guys think that the cultivators in the Barren Lands are in Third Step, and Dao Yuan's slaves are also in Third Step, so I was a bit worried and confused because of some things that happen later on in the novel that says this is wrong (but I forgot, hence the confusion), and I went back to check the chapter where it is mentioned that these guys are in the Third Step, which is the 'Path of Cultivation', just in case I made a mistake in my translation. Allow me to make a clarification here, because I've updated the chart, and in case some of you are confused by it: The raws aren't wrong, and neither is the translation. If you notice, in the 'Path of Cultivation', the one who makes all these categorizations is Su Ming himself, based on what he knew, which may be wrong. It also means that what the people themselves in this Expanse Cosmos knew is wrong, and you'll understand much, much later why this is the case.
But just so that you can have a better understanding, please go on ahead and refer to the chart. If there are any questions, feel free to ask, and I will try to answer as much as possible without revealing spoilers.
Preview to next chapter: Breaking the Seal and Getting Out!
Ah, this is very heartwarming.