"I’m here!"

Li Chen called out to the two not far away, somewhat helplessly pulling them back to his side once again.

Yang Xin and Tian Yi were truly missing.

Li Chen searched the surrounding starry sky but couldn’t find any trace of them. Along the way, they asked many cultivators who had seen the two women, and only by following these clues did they arrive at this place.

What made Li Chen feel helpless was that, although this place was clearly among the stars, there was an endless river appearing not far from him!

Void River!

Li Chen had never even heard of such a thing.

Because according to common sense, water in a place like the starry sky would instantly freeze into ice and float apart.

Yet, perplexingly, this great river seemed unaffected by the cold of the starry sky, calmly stretching across it, as if existing eternally without dispersing for any reason.

"This is the place we heard was Tian Yi and the others’ last known whereabouts." Li Chen looked around, smiling bitterly.

For if it were just this river, it would be one thing, but the surroundings were shrouded in dense white mist.

Even more terrifying, it seemed the mist rendered even Divine Sense useless. Both Christina and Zhang Shutong found navigating this area akin to being blind.

As for Li Chen, only with the Eye of the Dao could he observe anything around him.

"This place immediately seems off. Why did they come here?" Christina frowned and said.

"There are three possibilities." Although Zhang Shutong couldn’t see around him, he calmly analyzed: "First, they found a treasure, pursued it here, and you can observe that this mist seems to block everything. Even if you unleash Sword Intent here, we, outside, wouldn’t sense it."

"Second, this place wasn’t like this before. Perhaps it changed after they entered, leaving them unaware of the danger."

"Third, perhaps they did not enter here willingly."

Upon hearing the third possibility, Li Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly, a cold glint flashing through them.

"The first possibility is unlikely." Li Chen shook his head. "Neither Tian Yi nor Xinxin are greedy. If they found something, they would notify me first, rather than pursuing it without thinking."

"As for whether it’s the second or third, we’ll need to ponder it ourselves." Li Chen spoke slowly.

"But it’s almost certain they did enter here." Christina agreed.

"What should we do now?" Zhang Shutong asked, "You said there’s a Void River ahead, and the closer we get, the denser the mist. I’m afraid when we approach, we won’t even see our own bodies."

Zhang Shutong was not exaggerating.

They were still some distance from the Void River, but except for Li Chen, the visibility for the two had reduced to less than ten feet.

Moreover, the mist was indeed eerie. While it seemed not to harm cultivators, it could block even Divine Sense, making the vision of cultivators, which usually became brighter through practice, as useless as though they were severely nearsighted without glasses.

However, at this moment, Li Chen and the two shared a different feeling.

Because he sensed... a sense of familiarity!

This suppression of Divine Sense, the mist that rendered even the Eye of the Dao ineffective, he had encountered it once!

Three Lives Bridge!

It was during his time in the Immortal Domain, when he stumbled into a minor world on the Three Lives Bridge, he saw this similar mist.

And here, the mist was evidently even thicker than it had been on the Three Lives Bridge.

"Let’s go take a look." Finally, Li Chen spoke up.

They had already searched in the mist and almost got separated; in this mist, even sound didn’t travel far.

They did a full circle without finding any trace of the two women.

The last clue left was that distant Void River.

"Let’s go then."

This time, the two dared not stray too far from Li Chen, fearing he would vanish suddenly.

"What is this place, really?" Even Christina became puzzled, "I’ve read quite a few ancient texts but never heard of such a place."

"It’s quite normal." Zhang Shutong nodded. "Much of history is not necessarily recorded, and over the eternity of time, who knows how many truths are buried."

Li Chen glanced at Zhang Shutong, sure that this old fellow knew quite a bit, but since he was unwilling to share, Li Chen didn’t press.

As they approached the Void River, Li Chen suddenly saw, within the void near the river, several ancient inscriptions faintly engraved in space.

Upon seeing these inscriptions, the expressions of Li Chen and his companions changed.

For clearly, all three of them recognized the meaning of these inscriptions.

Staring at these inscriptions, Li Chen’s eyes narrowed once more, though this time, his gaze was filled with complexities that even those beside him couldn’t understand.

Three Births River!

The inscriptions in the void composed those very words!

"Three Births River..." Li Chen couldn’t help but murmur to himself.

During his time in the Immortal Domain, he had accidentally ventured into a realm of secrets. Upon exiting, he crossed a place called the Three Lives Bridge, and now he encountered a place so similar here.

At this moment, he finally understood where that familiar feeling came from.

Three Lives Bridge, Three Births River!

Same mist, same ancient mystery.

If one were to claim there was no connection, he wouldn’t believe it even if it killed him.

Recalling his experiences on the Three Lives Bridge, Li Chen’s mind filled with even more questions.

What secret lies hidden within?

"Three Births River... to think I’d see this again." Zhang Shutong muttered quietly beside him.

"You know what this is?" Li Chen suddenly turned, staring intently at Zhang Shutong.

This time, Zhang Shutong didn’t hold back, nodding gently.

"The Three Births River, crossing calamities and sins, an eternal dream revealed."

"The Three Lives Bridge, a passage of profound mystery, a timeless insight."