While Xiao Tian was still watching the destruction in front of him, his consciousness was pulled to something further away. That transfer happened without clear initial signs. No sudden change in his body’s position, but the boundary between “watching” and “being pulled” disappeared just like that. That pull did not come from a certain direction, as if the dimension where he stood no longer had limits. He felt his feet still touching the ground, yet at the same time, his perception was forced to penetrate deeper layers. The view of debris and troops faded as if pulled away, replaced by one point that became increasingly clear. That change happened without sound. The world full of destruction did not collapse, but moved away, like a backdrop being pulled to the back of a stage. Xiao Tian saw a four-year-old child practicing. And the only thing practiced was one technique, the Universe-Devouring Void technique. There was no transition explaining how that point turned into the child

Xiao Tian felt the pull begin to form, not from his body, but from the vortex that was being born. He realized that this was not a technique he could let run wild. He felt how easily the vortex would expand if he was careless. He could feel the world around him begin to react, even though it had not yet been truly pulled. Yet, Xiao Tian did not devour everything in that world. He immediately dissolved the Universe-Devouring Void technique. That decision was made without hesitation, but also without panic. He cut off the flow before the vortex forced the world to also become a victim. He stopped his seal at the right point, letting the vortex collapse again without letting damage spread. Space returned to stable, as if it had never been opened. He chose to stop not because he was afraid of the technique, but because he knew, this was not the place to test destruction. The old man who had given the scroll to Xiao Tian was still staring at him from the sky. “That child really doe

No one asked questions, no one came closer. They maintained their respective positions, letting Xiao Tian receive the report without interruption. “Commander, reporting. We have found an Eternal Plant. The plant has twenty-one leaves, and it also has eleven colors. We are still in hiding now, because the groups of the First Princes of the Western and Southern Sea Palaces are also here, and they have gathered with their full forces, only one thousand people from each group are absent. Fortunately, there is a barrier leading to the Eternal Plant, and so far no one has been able to break the barrier. However, luckily the First Princes of the Western and Southern Sea Palaces have not yet arrived, they are still elsewhere.” The report was delivered coherently, clearly, without excessive emotion. Each piece of information was organized for easy comprehension, as if the person on the other end of the communication knew exactly what needed to be said and what should be held back. As the re

“You do not need to worry, they are not an obstacle to me. Now show me where the plant is,” Xiao Tian said. His words were short. There were no additional explanations, as if the three princes were just part of the work sequence that needed to be completed. “Very well, Commander.” Though they still did not understand why their commander was acting casually when the obstacles were the three princes, they did not ask many questions. They immediately led Xiao Tian to the location where the Supreme Law Lotus was. However, they did not go too close, they kept their distance, because the three palace princes and their hundreds of thousands of group members were quite close to the Supreme Law Lotus. When they arrived, Xiao Tian’s gaze immediately fixed on the Supreme Law Lotus. He did not even pay attention to the three princes and the hundreds of thousands of members from the Western and Southern Sea Palace groups. His attention had been focused from the start, as if the presence of ot

Within the large ranks, order was still maintained, but inner tremors spread without sound. There were no shouts, no whispers dared to escape, only a shift in focus that happened almost simultaneously. Their collective awareness captured the same signal, that the situation before them was no longer within the usual framework. Even Xiao Tian’s group, still in hiding, was shocked. They were far away, restraining themselves, suppressing their own presence, but the sight before their eyes still felt clear. How could it not be? These were three princes from the ruling Palace, yet they were so alert to Xiao Tian. That alertness did not look like people preparing to face an equal opponent, but like people who had already been forced to feel their limits. From a separate vantage point, distance did not reduce the sharpness of observation. Every change in position, every opening that appeared, was read as a clue about what had happened before. Conclusions were not spoken, but the awareness g