Relying on Yourself Is Better Than Begging Others, Drawing Attention

Just as Xue Yin's mind was immersed in the mysteries of the authority he had newly acquired—

Above Blood Hidden City, space rippled soundlessly like the surface of water. There was no dazzling radiance, no oppressive might. A figure condensed out of the void.

He wore plain white robes, and his face was obscured by light. Only his eyes were visible, deep as singularities formed from the collapse of ancient starry skies. Calm as an unfathomable ancient well, they made every dark-gold scale on Xue Yin's body tremble instinctively when he looked up, as though a young beast had encountered a primordial colossus.

It was Emperor Lord Tianguang!

"Disciple Xue Yin pays respects to Master!" Xue Yin did not hesitate in the slightest. He immediately bowed, his posture as respectful as ever.

Before an Emperor Lord, even the status of a God King remained as insignificant as dust.

Emperor Lord Tianguang's gaze swept over Xue Yin. It seemed capable of piercing through his divine body and scales, seeing through him entirely.

"True order is born from chaotic disorder; new life hides at the end of destruction." The Emperor Lord finally spoke. His voice was gentle, yet it carried a force that smoothed the ripples of laws. "For the Hun Tian Lineage to reach perfection in the Chaos Realm and use that to knock open the gate to God Kinghood... very good!"

He nodded faintly, approval flashing through his eyes. "The path of Dao is perilous and arduous. It is good that you were able to break through this trial."

He took a step forward and landed before Xue Yin. The array was nonexistent to him.

His sleeve lightly swept.

A strange object wrapped in a chaos-colored halo floated soundlessly before Xue Yin.

It was a token neither metal nor jade,