After watching Han Yi depart, Li Fan turned his gaze toward the southwest. His vision seemed to stretch across thousands of li, reaching a deep trench on the ocean floor—the very spot where Han Yi had fled from that minor world in a panic.

A minor world with no ordinary humans. Only beastkin. Li Fan frowned slightly.

Drawing on the memories he had taken from Han Yi, Li Fan believed the creatures of that minor world resembled beastkin he had encountered before—beings that were half-human, half-beast. Yet there were subtle differences.

Both were amalgamations of human and demonic beast, but ordinary beastkin retained more of the human aspect. The creatures Han Yi had encountered leaned further toward demonic beast. This distinction was visible...