Zhang Chen followed closely behind Empress Biyun as she went to pay respects to the Queen Mother of the West. It was still that familiar palace, countless gauze curtains hanging throughout its halls. Divine light shrouded the Queen Mother of the West, and through layer upon layer of veils, Zhang Chen could not make out her features.
"Greetings, Queen Mother. Golden Armored Warrior Jia Eighteen has completed his transformation. Please issue your orders." Empress Biyun bowed respectfully to the Queen Mother, and Zhang Chen followed suit, bending in salute.
Upon hearing Empress Biyun's words, the Queen Mother, seated upon a cloud couch, slowly opened her eyes. Divine light flowed through them as her gaze fell upon Zhang Chen.
Merely those two beams of sight landing on him made Zhang Chen feel as if time and space had frozen. Two invisible mountains seemed to press down upon him, forcing his body to sink slightly.
As the Queen Mother of the West shifted her gaze, the void seemed to twist and change. Boundless Great Dao Power descended in suppression. To Zhang Chen's senses, the Queen Mother of the West before him seemed like the incarnation of the Dao itself, her cultivation shaking heaven and earth and suppressing the ages.
The Queen Mother of the West waved a hand, signaling Empress Biyun to withdraw. Then she looked at Zhang Chen and spoke softly. "Jia Eighteen, I know that you are an anomaly."
The Queen Mother of the West's voice was gentle, yet it seemed like heavenly music of the Great Dao ringing out. Endless Dao Rhyme circulated through the void, and Zhang Chen's Primordial Spirit appeared to receive a trace of Great Dao essence, advancing slightly as a result. Yet the words she had spoken made Zhang Chen's expression change sharply, his heartbeat