"Don't panic," Sonya said. "The reason we can't return to reality is that we're not in the Distant Sky Domain. We're inside a dream. There's a bubble-like barrier between us and reality, preventing a direct exit. As long as we leave the dream and return to the Distant Sky Domain, we can leave the Virtual World normally."

Dia asked anxiously, "Then how do we get out?"

"Find the Dream Master, or just fly upward," Sonya explained. "The ceiling on this place shouldn't be too high. Ascending one to two hundred meters should be enough to break free. The real problem is that the moment we return to the Distant Sky Domain, we'll die immediately."

Ashe froze. "What?"

"The dream is actually a protective mechanism for sorcerers. Once we lose its protection and are exposed directly to the domain, we'll be subjected to the Forbidden Ritual of Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon Resonance, killing us very...