It didn’t take long for the two youths to arrive at the edge of the Astral River, which was where it connected to the cemetery. Lu Yin’s gaze followed Hai Qiqi’s finger, but he saw nothing in the direction where she was pointing. 

“Get closer and see.” Hai Qiqi was not in a good mood. 

Lu Yin flew closer. Only when he was so close that he could almost touch the Astral River by reaching out did he finally see it. There was a vague gap in the wall of liquid energy swaying along with the Astral River, and it was impossible to see if one did not get close enough. Finding this opening along the boundless Astral River was even more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack. 

Lu Yin gave Hai Qiqi a strange look. “How did you find this?” 

Hai Qiqi’s tone was sad as she replied, “I told you, I felt Father’s strength.”

“Are you saying that the Sea King’s strength was transmitted to you through this passage?” Lu Yin was astonished. 

Hai Qiqi nodded. “I have a unique connection with Father, and the strength that he stored in my body vanished the moment the Astral River isolated the Outerverse from the Innerverse. However, more recently, I’ve felt Father’s strength return intermittently. Thus, I simply tracked down the source of that strength to where it was most intense. Which is right here.” 

Lu Yin instantly understood her explanation; the Sea King’s strength had essentially been a homing beacon, and Hai Qiqi had followed its signal back to this...