Shi Tiexin looked at the sky, looked at the earth. His vision had updated, and everything was clearer than before.
But he immediately frowned.
He saw a layer of hazy gray fog.
He had never been able to see this fog before, yet after his breakthrough, he detected it blanketing the surroundings. Looking out, it stretched across heaven and earth, everywhere and nowhere absent.
Sunlight filtered through the fog and spilled upon the human world. What should have been bright daylight now carried a leaden, gloomy hue.
The leaden color enveloped the entire world. Everyone bathed beneath it, stained by it, blocked by it, without exception.
Oh, if there was an exception, it was himself.
Shi Tiexin looked at his own body. His sharp qi and thought qi spontaneously pushed the leaden color away, allowing him to retain his vivid colors.
Those hazy gray mists seemed unwilling to let Shi Tiexin remain so distinctive. Layer upon layer, they wound toward him, endlessly circling around him.
"Hmph!"
Shi Tiexin gave a cold shout, and the sharp qi around his body erupted.
Rumble!
Thunder roared. Fierce lightning coiled around his body, slashing into the surrounding space. Amid violent explosions, the gray fog nearby was abruptly swept clean.
Those who had just been immersed in the earth-shaking reverberations were jolted awake, all staring at Shi Tiexin with trembling fear.
"Have you all made up your minds?" Shi Tiexin rose to his feet and looked at everyone. "Who wishes to enter my sect and open a pure land with me?"
Many remained silent.
But one voice tore through the silence. Cheng Long stepped forward and shouted, "Big Brother, through mountains of blades and seas of fire, I'm following you to the end!"
Jimmy raised a hand, smiling amiably. "Count me in."
Zhen Zidan stepped