On the mysterious vast land of the Nine Nether Continent, there exists an expansive ancient forest, known as the [Demon Forest] by the inhabitants of this planet.

Within the forest, ancient trees tower into the sky, blocking out the sun.

The entire Demon Forest hides demons ranging from Tier One to Tier Nine, and even Divine Level.

This primeval forest on the Nine Nether Continent has another name: Death Forest.

From ancient times to the present, countless people have been buried here.

But despite this, there continues to be a stream of adventurers pouring into it every day.

All because of the huge 'wealth' on the demons in the forest, which drives people to risk death to pursue it.

...

At this moment.

In a certain area of the Demon Forest, space suddenly began to twist, and then the void appeared as if someone was cutting it open with a knife, forming a slender crack.

In an instant.

A terrifying force emanated from the crack, causing the nearby trees to shiver violently, rustling loudly.

In just a moment, a shadow suddenly emerged from the crack and slammed hard onto the ground:

"Bang~"

After the figure appeared, the crack quickly closed and disappeared.

Everything around returned to the previous silence, as if what just happened was merely an illusion.

Until...

"Hiss~, so painful..."

Lin Yi held their throbbing head, gradually regaining a faint sense of consciousness.

It was unclear how much time had passed, maybe just an instant, or possibly a long while.

As Lin Yi's consciousness slowly took control of their body, they finally managed to open their eyes with difficulty.

At the moment Lin Yi opened their eyes.

What they saw were colossal and towering trees, and the lush branches crisscrossing, blocking out the sky.

A chill swept over, making Lin Yi shudder involuntarily.

"Is this the Demon Forest?"

As their awareness gradually returned, Lin Yi finally understood what had happened.

Originally thinking that dimensional travel would be as simple as ordinary teleportation, just the blink of an eye.

But at the moment Lin Yi clicked [Confirm], they realized that things were far more complex than they imagined.

Upon entering the dimensional passage, Lin Yi had already lost consciousness completely due to the immense energy pressing against them.

When Lin Yi came to again, it was as they were now.

Recalling the feeling in the moment before they passed out.

Lin Yi only felt that their body was being disassembled and then reassembled, the whole body accompanied by intense soreness and pain.

At this moment, Lin Yi suddenly noticed something, quickly shouting:

"Ian?"

"Aifula?"

Fighting off the soreness, Lin Yi struggled to stand up from the ground.

But as Lin Yi looked around, there was nothing but the bizarre ancient trees of all shapes and sizes.

The intertwined branches and vines seemed as if someone intentionally weaved this place into a cage, making it feel almost isolated from the world.

Only sporadic beams of light penetrating through the gaps in the branches illuminated the area slightly.

"Ian, stop joking around, come out quickly!"

Lin Yi shouted defiantly:

"Aifula."

In this empty forest, only Lin Yi's voice and heartbeat filled the silence.

Realizing that Ian and Aifula were not joking with them, Lin Yi instinctively wanted to open the system interface's attribute panel.

But then Lin Yi suddenly realized.

All the system panels in front of them had vanished, as if they had quit a game.

This unexpected change caused a shock in Lin Yi's heart, but as the thought of 'character attributes' crossed their mind, their attributes miraculously appeared before them.

"This is..."

Without time to be amazed by the change, Lin Yi immediately scrolled to the combat pet interface.

Seeing the Jade Qilin's status displayed as [Normal] on the combat pet panel, Lin Yi heaved a sigh of relief.

At least this proved that the Jade Qilin, though not here, was safe.

As for why it didn't appear with them, this question was clearly beyond Lin Yi's ability to comprehend.

Having confirmed the Jade Qilin's safety, Lin Yi quickly dismissed the issue.

Now Lin Yi needed to investigate the changes that had occurred to themselves.

At this moment, Lin Yi called out in his mind: 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

'Skills Panel'

In the next instant, the system panel appeared before them.

Lin Yi then tested other abilities in succession.

Ultimately, Lin Yi concluded:

In the Nine Nether Continent, the Dragon Soul Summoning for summoning the Elf Dragon and Dragon Seal, as well as the Floating Wings, were in a greyed-out state and unusable.

All racial summons were also unusable.

This meant that Lin Yi was completely cut off from the Rafam Continent in this world, unable to call for support.

However, professional skills and equipment skills were mostly operational.

Lin Yi determined:

Being here had not greatly impacted his strength.

However, items and information related to the Rafam Continent were blocked and unusable.

According to Rafam Continent's strength standards, Lin Yi reckoned that his strength would allow him to stand his ground even against Seventh Transformation Saint Level opponents.

With his current strength, he should be able to establish himself in the Nine Nether Continent, right?

At this moment, Lin Yi suddenly remembered that he didn't know what his task was.

Then he opened the task panel and found his current mission:

[Plane Task] Activate Paradise Island!

Task Summary: Find the key secret to activate Paradise Island in the Nine Nether Continent.

Task Level: ★★★★★★ (Divine Level)

Task Requirement: Key 0/1

In Progress:

(1) Go to the Jialan Imperial Capital, participate in the Divine Son selection of the Holy See and obtain the Divine Son's position. (Unfinished)

(2) Complete the above task to unlock the next task clue...

Reading the task details, Lin Yi felt a shiver down his spine:

"Go to the Jialan Imperial Capital to participate in the Divine Son selection?"

"What the hell is this."

"And where exactly is the Jialan Imperial Capital?"

Lin Yi looked up, only to find the surrounding scenery almost identical, making it impossible to distinguish north from south, east from west.

Originally Lin Yi had hoped to have a map to rely on.

But all that came was a cold message from the system:

"This function cannot be used."

Before coming here, Lin Yi thought that having the Jade Qilin and Aifula, the 'locals', around would make the task relatively easier.

But unexpectedly, at this crucial moment, neither could be relied upon.

It was unclear if they were left on the Rafam Continent, or if some other change had occurred...

Lin Yi quickly shook his head, temporarily putting this dilemma aside.

After some rest, Lin Yi's body had returned to normal.

Then Lin Yi pulled out the Dragon Scale Sword from his backpack and gripped it in his hand, looking down to find his magic robe covered in mud and dead leaves.

"Is it really this realistic?"

When on the Rafam Continent, there was never any need to worry about clothes getting dirty.

Because even if soaked by rain, as long as it didn't rain again soon, the system would automatically dry the equipment and clean it.

But here, evidently that function was no longer working.

Now, wearing the robe in this thorny jungle gave Lin Yi a sense of being unable to move freely.

Soon Lin Yi noticed the issue on the equipment panel.

Every piece of equipment now had a new attribute: [Durability].

For instance, on Lin Yi now was:

[Redemption of Nature]

Cloth Armor

Level: Legend

Durability: 95/100

...

When on the Rafam Continent, equipment never had this attribute.

This meant that now.

In the Nine Nether Continent, equipment could be damaged due to various reasons.

This was like being just an ordinary person with a game system here, with little difference from reality.

Realizing this, Lin Yi became immediately alert.

If his supposition was correct, then.

It meant that in case of injury or whatever, the system would not automatically heal it like in the Rafam Continent.

At this moment, a strong sense of danger surged into his mind.

A sharp gleam flashed in Lin Yi's eyes as he glanced around:

"There's killing intent!!"