The Cure For Panic

After that came vegetation, and then the sea surrounding the one mile patch of land where his Dao Tree stood began to fill up with qi.

[The Sea of Consciousness.] Dara muttered when he saw the endless sea, but he could only sense a span of about one mile and the rest seemed to be veiled from him by an invisible barrier.

The sea of consciousness contained the mental qi which was the energy with which all manner of mental actions or attacks are activated.

Meanwhile…

Flashback to when Dara's group split apart…

Several figures could be seen dashing through the trees at high speed. Bolting farther and farther away from Dara's present location.

"Ji Qiu, do you think it is a good thing that we are leaving the tribe leader behind." One of them asked;

"You heard the tribe leader, we are no match for those beasts if we all fight together, we will just be holding him back."