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Hao Xuan roughly remembered the direction he had come from and started backtracking.

Even after going through all that he did in the last hour or so, he was still back in peak condition after just a few minutes of rest. His speed did not dwindle throughout the journey back until he himself came to a stop.

With a barely audible thud he landed on a thick branch of an old tree that projected into the air for well over 20 meters.

It was the tallest one for hundreds of kilometers and provided a great vantage point.

To the right was the purple whirlpool in the sky that had almost doubled in size. From so faraway Hao Xuan was able to clearly see the difference from before. The minor spatial cracks that would show themselves here and there were now much bigger and spread over a vast area.

It looked like the sky was a mirror that was starting to break apart from inside out.

"That's not very good...is it?"