the forest of alph and dimension

dont know what is the reason behind it but the current planet where ken ascended to by chance is covered by dense forest region in the middle region . to the north , south , east and west many countries , empires , guilds, sects etc. have occupied the area sounding the forest but not a single human establishment exists inside the forest of alph which occupies more than half of the land are of the planet . ken heard many stories about it and brushed off everything with one conclusion that it must be dangerous inside it . when ken left the dawn city , he had to choices for the are where continued his journey . one was the direction of the Atom empire and other was the forest of alph . without restoration ken chose the forest of alph as he wanted to enjoy the beauty of nature more than meeting other cultivators .

the area till the forest was barren and there was no sign of a village much less a city . ken deduced that people must feel fear of the dangerous beasts that could rush out of the forest anytime . ken flew at full speed and arrived at the entrance to the lush green forest in just few hours . he saw many strong cultivators on the way who were travelling in groups and deduced that they must belong to some establishments like the sects and were most likely out on some missions .

ken saw the huge trees at the entrance which were totally out of the place as the joint area from where ken arrived here was totally barren and not a single grass could be seen there . this contrast complemented the beauty of the greenery inside the forest more . ken had decided to cultivate in peace till he reached the peak immortal realm after the upgrade of the time chamber as he could reach the realm in days at most when years would have passed inside the chamber .

ken scanned the nearby area with his divine sense and checked with map for confirming any other beings in the area and found that more than 30 km area ahead was devoid of any beasts . ken could be considered one of the best array grandmasters now because of the best knowledge and his control on spiritual ki . so he drew some runes and built a formation which would use the spiritual ki from the surroundings to power up . with his superior control ken could control the ki somewhat so that the sudden change in the density of ki in the atmosphere doesn't alarm the powerful beings in the forest for some time but he wasn't sure as it was his first time building such advanced array formation . that's why he repeatedly checked if there were any beasts in his surroundings or not . ken deduced that spiritual ki in the 20 or so kilometers around him would be sucked clean when he activates his formation so he didnt worry about any interference by beings because he had confirmed that there were none in 30 km around him .

ken finished writing numerous runes in the universal language with his finger . he wrote lines and lines in the air and in the end the spiritual ki in the surrounding was sucked clean in the small black hole that was formed where ken was writing the runes . when the ki of radious 23 km was sucked dry , the black hole enlarged to the size of 5 meters and stabilized its shape. ken stepped inside it and vanished from the forest completely and no cultivator in the immortal realm would be able to feel his presence on this planet now . after ken entered, the black hole vanished too as if it was never formed and the surrounding atmosphere returned to the peaceful one from before when the black hole didn't produce the powerful suction force .

this array formation was an advanced one that was not possible for any cultivator in the immortal realm . it required the understanding , spiritual ki control and mental power which was out of the league for them and only somewhat powerful cultivators of divine realm could build it . Ken's supreme ki was very dense and not that different from divine ki , complemented with his control he could pull it off without much difficulty as only his mental energy was drained very fast after concentrating a lot to write the complicated runes at a fast pace .

ken was now inside a small dimension which was independent from the immortal realm after he used the dimensional travel array to arrive here . it's an abounded dimension which was cut off from a large dimension years ago due to some events and was forgotten . ken especially chose the dimension coordinates of such a dimension when building the formation because he could cultivate here alone in peace .

Ken's surroundings were filled with scorching lava and even the sky was dark red due to the temperature but it didnt matter to ken . welll that's true as ken just needed a secluded dimension not to cultivate here but to hide from others perception . ken would cultivate inside his time chamber anyway so his only requirement for a private dimension was for it to be stable as he didnt want to drift in the vast cosmos after the dimension is destroyed .

ken found an open ground that was more than 20 meters and flew towards it while lava was gushing under his feet as he was in the air . it was getting uncomfortable for ken as the temperature was unbearable so he quickly took the cube out and pushed the switch. a small door appeared like usual and he dashed inside immediately..