Deal Reached

"An ancient divine flower of the Immortal Realm! Able to foretell the past and the future! Omniscient! Proficient in mind-reading!"

These words exploded through Heavenly Secrets Tower like thunder from the Ninth Heaven, making the entire pavilion tremble faintly. The hall fell utterly silent, so quiet a needle could be heard dropping. Every gaze was fixed firmly upon that strange black-gold flower, eyes brimming with incredulous shock.

Tianji Zi stood with his hands behind his back, silver radiance flowing across his moon-white robe embroidered with stars. The face that had always been as gentle as jade, calm and composed, finally underwent a violent change the instant he heard the words "Immortal Realm."

As the Young Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, he had pored over the secret tomes of countless halls since childhood. His understanding of the Immortal Realm far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators. The passage between the lower realm and the Immortal Realm had been severed for endless ages; even Saint Realm experts found it difficult to glimpse its threshold. If this Mandala Divine Flower truly came from the Immortal Realm, then its value... simply could not be measured by anything mundane!

A flicker of fiery brilliance flashed through Tianji Zi's deep eyes, but he swiftly suppressed it and returned to his cloud-light, wind-gentle demeanor. Yet the fingers behind his back unconsciously tapped lightly against the back of his hand, revealing the unrest in his heart.

However, not everyone was intimidated.

"Hmph! Foretell the past and future? What a boast!"

A grim, frigid snort abruptly rang out, shattering the dead silence. Elder Bai Sha of the Golden Tiger Shark Race stared coldly at the Mandala Divine Flower, his tone full of contempt and disdain. "I say you're nothing more than a plant spirit that absorbed Heaven and