Max felt weightless.
Suspended in nothingness.
A vast, endless abyss surrounded him, stretching infinitely in all directions.
He wasn't falling.
He wasn't rising.
He was simply drifting.
It was a strange, suffocating feeling, unlike anything he had experienced before.
Then—
A sudden pull.
Like an invisible force yanking his very soul.
And before he could even process what was happening—
He was somewhere else.
His Soul Palace.
Max's eyes flickered open, his surroundings instantly familiar.
The massive Tai Chi Diagram Door stood before him, unchanged.
Just like before—
The white part of the diagram was only an outline, incomplete.
The black part was solid, full, a stark contrast that made the door seem asymmetrical and unnatural.
The cloud like world but completely black.
There was no denying it. He was back in the entrance of his Soul Palace.