Everyone left the bustle of Beacon Ruins behind, crossed countless miles, and saw the dazzling stellar wilderness of the Third-Tier Star System. Then they passed through many other thriving star regions of the Ganfeng Eternal Empire...
At last, they reached a remote place, an immense distance from Beacon Ruins.
By then, Star Ruins, Soothing Moon, and Imprisoned Sun had drawn close to the Inverted Tower, and all three cosmic starships came to a temporary halt.
A group of armored experts who had previously surrounded Princess Ziling were now leading other soldiers in distributing Sumeru Rings to everyone present.
Li Tianming and the others received their own Sumeru Rings too.
He took his from the soldier and found the crimson Sumeru Ring faintly warm to the touch, as though it generated heat on its own.
Ji Xuanjian stood beside him, holding her Sumeru Ring between her eyes to study it. She stared so hard she went cross-eyed, looking rather ridiculous.
"Is that necessary? It's just an image orb combined with a Sumeru Ring. What's there to be so curious about?" Li Tianming said, torn between laughter and exasperation.
Ji Xuanjian rolled her eyes. "What do you know? You think fitting an image orb's functions into something as tiny as a Sumeru Ring is easy? This thing embodies the wisdom of the Ganfeng Eternal Empire. It even has an impressive name: the Ganfeng Ring!"
Ji Xuanjian certainly knew when to bend and when to stand tall. When she needed to bend, she called him "Destiny Bro" and "Boss"; when she felt confident, she didn't hold back at all.
It was only banter between friends, so Li Tianming didn't mind. What she had said did make him more curious, though.
If there hadn't been so many people around, he would have liked to