"You fight and scramble over it, treating it like some treasure; but in my eyes, it's a fire set to burn down the walls of your own courtyard!"
Before the smile had faded from his face, Li Tian recalled what he had obtained moments ago.
A faint, shadowy glow rose from his sea of consciousness, and an ancient scroll hovered silently within his Purple Mansion.
Without the slightest hesitation, he touched it with his Divine Sense. The scroll unfurled at once, golden radiance flashing like lightning as it pierced deep into his sea of consciousness.
In an instant, every essential principle of the technique entered his mind.
Li Tian closed his eyes and quietly began to refine it. At times, the light in his eyes blazed like surging molten lava; at others, it became as deep and cold as a frozen pool. Within his pupils, vast and mighty power flickered in and out of existence.
After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes. A streak of golden light swept through their depths before they settled back into calm.
Though he appeared utterly unruffled, waves were crashing within his heart.
This technique was called the Eye of Chaos. Once activated, all illusions, disguises, and restrictions would have nowhere to hide before his eyes.
Better still, it would continuously transform as his cultivation advanced. The stronger Li Tian became, the keener this eye would grow. One day, it would see through all the falsehoods of the heavens.
Having just mastered the divine ability, Li Tian shifted his gaze to another supreme treasure.
It was a crystalline bead shaped like a relic, its surface flowing with obscure and profound patterns. Within it seemed to be sealed the breath and pulse of countless arrays.
Though its effects appeared simple, it was in fact