Wasteland
Making his way inside what was left of the forest, Xuan Hao did not take long to discover that the formation that had covered the massive forest before was no longer present. Meaning that even when entering the small part of the massive forest that was still left, he didn't end up trapping himself inside the formation again.
On the other hand, he also discovered that the spatial anomaly was still present after he made his way inside the forest. Meaning that the formation that had covered the forest before, had most likely also been responsible for keeping the spatial anomaly from affecting the forest. Now that the formation was gone, there was nothing left to stop the spatial anomaly from spreading into the forest.
I wonder just how much of the fog covered mountain range the spatial anomaly covers… Is it only this small part left of the forest, or has it also spread to the area outside the mountain range?