Jin Tianming: Damn, I Became a Substitute?

Inside a guest room at the Sun Moon Hotel, the air was so still 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 shrewd enough to see at a glance that Kong Deming had important matters to discuss with Jin Tianming. He immediately ushered the others out, not forgetting to glare at Xiao Hongchen before leaving.

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

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

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

Kong Deming spoke first, his voice carrying undisguised complexity and a faint, almost imperceptible expectation.

His gaze remained fixed on Jin Tianming, as though he wanted to see that familiar figure within him.

Jin Tianming did not waste words. He raised his hand and summoned a wisp of pale violet spatial element.

The element floated lightly above his palm, its gentle glow flowing with a crisp, powerful aura unique to Shengyangyue.

At a single glance, Kong Deming's body went rigid.

It was his student.

It was the spatial ability of Shengyangyue—the student Elder Chen and he had regarded as the finest of their lives, the greatest genius the Sun Moon Empire had ever known. There could be no mistake.

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 spatial element as instructed and quietly watched him.

After a moment of silence, Kong Deming asked again, "Where is Ye Xishui?"

"Senior Ye Xishui is dead." Jin