"That world is vast," the Giant Kunkun affirmed, "This world is small."

Indeed! Xiao Jie already had a strong sense of certainty. Ma Yuan and the Giant Kunkun must have come from the so-called "Great Thousand Worlds"! According to the brief teaser for the next expansion pack he saw on the official game website while redeeming game rewards, the "Great Thousand Worlds" is the main map of the upcoming expansion.

The official site didn’t provide much detailed description of this new map, only vaguely mentioning it as a broader, more dangerous world with more opportunities. Now, combined with the Giant Kunkun’s description, Xiao Jie could infer some things.

Since the expansion takes place in the "Great Thousand Worlds," then the current "Jiuzhou World," according to standard setting logic, should be the so-called "Small Thousand World" or "Lower Plane." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Clearly, some terrifying upheaval occurred in the "Great Thousand Worlds" tens of thousands of years ago (or even longer), possibly a world-wide war or disaster, forcing Earth Immortals like Ma Yuan to hide inside the migrating Giant Kunkun, then drifting through the Void to this relatively tranquil and peaceful "Small Thousand World"—Jiuzhou World.

This terrifying upheaval must be related to what Ma Yuan referred to as the "Immortal Puppet." Judging by Ma Yuan’s previous terrified madness, seeing it as a great enemy, this "Immortal Puppet" must be a terrifying entity, likely a high-level monster from the advanced map of "Great Thousand Worlds" or a manifestation of some disaster.

The game difficulty of Great Thousand Worlds seems very high...

Xiao Jie inwardly clicked his tongue, even Earth Immortals are scared, forced to hide to save their lives...

Suddenly, his face changed as he thought of an even more frightening problem.

Even Earth Immortals are frightened... weren’t the Immortals of Gu Yun State also hiding in the Mountain and Sea Painting Realm due to their foresight of the ’Doomsday Tribulation’? Could it be... the apocalyptic catastrophe they anticipated is similar to the kind encountered by the ’Great Thousand Worlds’? Or even the spread of the same entity?

This thought sent a chill down his spine. If that’s the case, then the so-called "Salvation" might be far more difficult and dangerous than previously imagined!

"No! I must find Ma Yuan and get a clear explanation!" Xiao Jie decided, "But I should first inform Lin Xuance, Wu Qingyue, and the others, and definitely tell Shen Jizi. Everyone would certainly be interested in and need to take seriously this life and death matter concerning the apocalyptic catastrophe!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Jie quickly gathered his thoughts, preparing to concentrate on completing the visualization of the Giant Kunkun. He needed to settle this matter quickly and then return to Ginkgo Village to discuss this vital matter concerning world survival with the three Immortal Daoists!

He flew to the Giant Kunkun’s enormous eye and gently said, "Big guy, please tell me about your ’Inner World’ divine skill? Also, as a Kunkun that can traverse the Void, what is the feeling of roaming among the stars?"

The Giant Kunkun blinked its deep pond-like eyes slightly, seemingly intrigued by Xiao Jie’s request, but it held great affection for the Immortal who had helped it out of a huge predicament, showing no intention of refusal. It started to narrate intermittently, in its own way, the innate divine ability involving the mysteries of space, and the long and solitary feelings of journeying between different worlds...