The absorption process had been incomparably covert. Lin Su had not noticed it in the slightest. Only after this Cold Moon was sent into the River of Time and firmly sealed by Spacetime Law did Lin Su sense the strands of his own quasi-Saint Sacred Power that it had stolen flowing back to him. Returning alongside that Sacred Power was the Earth-Covering Butterfly's origin...
It had to spit out however much it had absorbed!
No!
Not merely return it—its own Sacred Power had to be paid as interest as well.
When Lin Su slowly opened his eyes, Ming Tianyan's gaze was full of concern. "Is it resolved?"
Lin Su smiled faintly. "Absorbing Sacred Power like this is truly insidious. But don't worry. However it absorbed it, I'll make it spit it back out double!"
"Will this alert that person?"
"No! Only when a high-level sacred treasure has severed its connection with its original owner does it become truly unfathomable. Just as the Martial Saint knew nothing of the Weiyang Brush in his later years, that person knows nothing of Cold Moon either. If I directly destroyed Cold Moon, its original owner would be alerted. But I am merely imprisoning it, so he will not be alerted."
Ming Tianyan let out a long breath. "You never expected this, did you? When I uncovered this information, I was filled with shock as well. Who could have imagined that a dignified Saint would foresee, while you were still only in the Literary Path Realm, that you could break into the quasi-Saint realm? And plant a Cold Moon within you in advance, one born specifically to absorb Sacred Power."
"Yes. A Saint with such foresight, and one capable of laying plans so far ahead, has greatly interested me. This trip down to the lower