Does Entrance To Silent Expanse Require A Quest?

So I'm probably one of the few people who have yet to touch the silent expanse. From the few videos I've seen of it, I think I saw that a quest is required to enter. Is this actually the case or is there another way in?



Asking this cause I'm trying to get a class to lv105 with kills only (besides king's recruit and discoveries), and if I need to do a quest to access silent expanse, I might skip it for awhile until I get tired of that class or until there's some other way to enter (if that happens).

 

You have to complete the quest "A Journey Beyond" to access it. And possibly also "A Journey Further" to access the whole Expanse, don't quote me on the second part.