Inside the void passage, the three of them were wrapped in the overwhelming force of Space Law as they sped toward the Fifteenth Firmament.

This wasn’t Jared’s first time traveling through a void passage.

The last time—when he moved from the Thirteenth to the Fourteenth Firmament—his palms had been slick with sweat the entire way. He’d been on edge, bracing for the passage to collapse at any moment and drop him into a spatial rift where he’d be torn apart.

This time, he was much steadier.

Maybe it was because he’d grown stronger.

Or maybe it was because he wasn’t alone.

Lydia was on his left, black, ghostly miasma rolling off her body as it resisted the erosion of the Space Law’s force. Her expression remained calm—if anything, there was a hint of anticipation. She had been away from the Fifteenth Firmament for a long time. Now, she was finally going back.