Thunderstruck, everyone rounded onto Zheng Kai with wide-open eyes, “Someone’s controlling it?! No way!” Bai Yunfei exclaimed.

“I felt the same way.” Zheng Kai replied quizzically. “As I was saying, this pocket was said to be unopened for at least a thousand years or so. What kind of person would be able to live for that long? Furthermore, we never saw even a single soulbeast on our way here, didn’t we? And this pocket’s unsteady nature has already seen to it that only Peak Late-stage Soul Exalt are allowed entry.”

“But that spatial barrier.” Bai Yunfei replied.

“I can only guess that this is some sort of ‘array’ that adapts based on the number of people walking in. I heard long ago that many of the strong were...