The West

Alex frowned the moment he opened his eyes. Something was off, he could tell.

He looked around. What was it? 

Was it the dew on the blades of grass? Was it the slightly hung branch of the tree he was meditating under?

Was the air stale somehow despite them being in a forest? Or was his clothes not fitting him the way they used to just yesterday?

Alex couldn't tell what was off, but he could tell something was.

He stood up and looked around, trying to figure out what he was feeling. 'What's this?' he wondered.

Did he awaken new powers now that he had broken through to True Emperor 3rd realm? That didn't seem right. If he was to awaken something, it would have to happen at the beginning of a new realm, not the middle of it.

It was likely not something to do with his cultivation. Then… was it his Dao? But Alex didn't think he had understood anything new to say that it was the Dao.