The moment the Immortal Fox lady's slender fingers touched Liang's forehead, he felt a surge of strange energy coursing through his body, causing his physical form, soul, and spirit to freeze instantaneously. Darkness enveloped his vision, and in that brief moment of sensory deprivation, he felt his consciousness and bloodline source being forcibly extracted from his being. A few heartbeats later, the sensation abruptly ceased, and the suffocating darkness around him began to dissipate.
Regaining his senses, Liang opened his eyes and found himself in a completely unfamiliar environment. It was a boundless expanse, stretching endlessly in all directions, with no discernible boundaries or horizons. A sense of awe washed over him as he realized that he was suspended in a realm that seemed to exist outside the confines of time and space, his connection to his body, soul and even inner universe was cut.
