Leon snapped back to reality, realizing he was standing amidst an endless expanse of darkness.
Thanks to the Heavenly Eye Technique granting him true sight, he could actually see that he was still inside Tiamat's temple. Just two steps back would take him out of it, and one blast of Samadhi True Fire could burn away this entire darkness.
Indeed, this was the Material Plane. Even someone as exalted as Tiamat, the Evil Dragon Queen, could not act without restraint here. For her incarnation to fully descend, she would need a devout follower brimming with power and rage, offering up a treasure vault as opulent as those of the Ancient Dragons, to let her wrath pour into this world.
At this moment, faint rolls of black clouds were visible in the darkness. Thunder roared within the clouds, the ground began to tremble, and the air grew thick with the choking stench of sulfur and scorching heat...
