Back In Murim?

'What the...?' Michael stared outward with widened eyes.

He had just been in the hall—a tunnel a couple of thousand meters below ground—and yet, what greeted his sight was anything but that.

Michael found himself on the side of a mountain. He could even see further ahead, where a city in the far-off distance looked eerily similar to the one he had arrived at just a day prior.

The familiar four estates were in view, and a shining golden light emanated from the Golden Dragon Sect, which, as he glanced at it, swiftly disappeared.

'I'm back?' he thought, stepping forward and climbing out onto the rocky, mountainous ground.

But just as he decided to take a look behind him, he noticed the exit he had come out of had completely disappeared as well.

Now, a simple ditch remained, as if a mud puddle, which he chose to simply climb out of and fly into the sky.