As Jasmine and Kavin entered eight months of secluded cultivation, another place far beyond the knowledge of mortals remained as silent as it had for countless ages.
It was a mysterious and seemingly endless expanse where darkness ruled over everything.
There were no stars to decorate the void, no land upon which one could stand, no sky overhead, nor any visible source of light.
The darkness itself seemed almost tangible, swallowing everything that entered it.
It was not merely the absence of light but something far deeper, as though even existence itself had been devoured until nothing remained except an endless black abyss stretching beyond all perception.
Within that boundless darkness sat a solitary figure.
Whether it was a man or a woman was impossible to determine. The darkness concealed every feature, every contour, every trace of their body until they resembled nothing more than an indistinct silhouette.
