'Ancient God'

On the beach of Longevity Island, the sea breeze suddenly stilled.

Under the lingering glow of the sunset, Tiandao raised a hand, hooked the end of his black blindfold with his fingertip, and gave it a gentle tug.

The instant the blindfold slipped free, two azure-blue beams pierced the gloom over the beach. His eyes were like shattered starry skies held within them; with every blink, tiny starlight flowed and shimmered. They were the Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eyes he had not revealed before others for a long time.

And the removal of that black blindfold seemed to be some sort of signal—the fragile balance between the mysterious old man and Tiandao was broken!

Boom!

As the star energy within his body was unleashed, the ground centered on Tiandao suddenly began to cave in. Countless cracks spread outward like a spiderweb.

At the same time, as the Vector Field expanded, the masses of vines covering the beach were instantly ground into powder.

Green sap from the vines mixed with sand and splashed into the air, but the instant it came into contact with the Vector Field, it turned into something like vapor, plunging the beach into a hazy white mist in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, the mysterious old man suddenly drove his cane forcefully into the beach.

The next second, the White Jade Rose at the tip of the cane abruptly bloomed, and countless pale pink vines poured from its shaft.

Completely unlike the savage dark-purple vines covered in barbs from before, these newly emerged vines were not only snow-white and slender, but their tips were adorned with white flowers the size of palms.

The petals of these flowers overlapped in layer upon layer, while their stamens glimmered with faint golden Glimmer, brimming with "vitality."

In just a