Jin Tianming: Damn, I've Become a Substitute?

Inside a guest room at the Sun Moon Hotel, the air was so quiet that the wind outside the window could be heard.

Kong Deming followed Jing Hongchen and brought the members of the Sun Moon Team back here.

Jing Hongchen was exceptionally shrewd. With a single glance, he saw that Kong Deming had important matters to discuss with Jin Tianming. He immediately ushered the others out, though not before shooting Xiao Hongchen a glare.

That brat's performance in the arena today definitely warranted a proper scolding later.

The door clicked softly shut, leaving only Kong Deming and Jin Tianming in the room.

"I heard that you recovered Yang Yue's spatial ability?"

Kong Deming spoke first, his voice carrying an unmistakable complexity, along with a faint trace of expectation.

His gaze remained fixed on Jin Tianming, as if he wanted to see a familiar shadow within him.

Jin Tianming did not waste words. He raised a hand and summoned a wisp of pale violet Space Element.

The element floated lightly over his palm, its warm luster flowing with an icy, powerful aura unique to Shengyang Yue.

At a single glance, Kong Deming's body stiffened abruptly.

It was his student.

It was the spatial ability of Shengyang Yue—the student Elder Chen and he had regarded as the most outstanding disciple of their lives, the most dazzling genius the Sun Moon Empire had ever known. There was no mistaking it.

For a moment, as he looked at Jin Tianming before him, he felt that figure gradually overlap with the youth in his memories.

Only after a long while did Kong Deming recover. In a hoarse voice, he said, "Put it away."

Jin Tianming dispersed the Space Element as instructed and silently watched him.

After a moment of silence, Kong Deming asked again,