Curious, Evan walked underneath the teapot. Suddenly, he felt something in his artifact space trying to burst out—it was the Beast-Soul Stele. As he gripped the stele, the teapot emitted a beam of light, pulling him inside.
The Beast-Soul Stele, which contained countless beast souls and once overwhelmed Luna and Brocade, suddenly reacted—startling Evan. As he held the stele, the teapot's beam drew him inside.
Evan found himself in a vast inner world—its boundaries invisible, filled with varied environments.
Mountains, forests, plains—each region supported different spirit beasts and fiend beasts. It was a complete ecosystem sealed inside the teapot.
Evan wondered, 'Is this the teapot's world?' He headed toward a forest, where he saw wolf beasts with oversized heads and thin legs, darting fast and spitting wind blades that could cut down trees.
Evan conjured an ice wall to block their attacks—since these wolves weren't strong enough to rival Immortal Sovereigns, he quickly subdued many of them.
Sensing a superior foe, the surviving wolves immediately fled.
Evan observed, 'Even the spirit wolves here are different from ordinary animals.' He realized everything about this place was strange.
He guessed these were only the weaker inhabitants—there must be stronger beasts lurking elsewhere. Driven by curiosity, he continued forward, crossing many regions and encountering all kinds of spirit beasts.
Eventually, Evan met a relatively powerful spirit beast—a tiger capable of transformation, newly advanced to beast king level and ruling this area.
This tiger beast had just reached beast king level and ruled the region. Hearing about an intruder, it confronted Evan directly.
Seeing Evan, the tiger narrowed its eyes and asked, "Are you human?"
Hearing this, Evan paused. Soon, a figure appeared in his mind's eye—Yara Lowe, the leader of the Water-Domain Kings, had arrived.
Yara Lowe smiled and asked, "Scared?"
Evan replied, "Scared? Not at all. I'm going in now," then stepped into the barrier with a smile.
Once Evan entered, Yara Lowe turned to the other kings and ordered, "Set up the Nine-Mystic Formation. Completely seal the barrier—let nothing in or out."
The beast kings nodded in agreement, immediately moving to carry out her command.
Evan wondered to himself, 'How can such a small world hide so many powerful beings?' Still, this world's fate had nothing to do with him. He soon reached the center of the barrier.
The barrier wasn't large, but all of its energy converged at a single central point.
At the center stood an old teapot—rusted in appearance, but spinning with vitality. As Evan approached, it spun even faster. Curious, he muttered, "Is this why they can't come in?"