Inside the library of the Sacred Source Tower, Bai Ling stood on tiptoe, reaching for an ancient book on the highest shelf. Her five-year-old body limited her movements, but her golden eyes gleamed with wisdom far beyond her age.
"Miss, let me help you." The elderly librarian hurriedly brought over a step stool.
Bai Ling shook her head and waved her little hand. A thread of Sacred Source Power lifted the heavy Three Realms Resonance Technique and set it steadily on the desk before her.
"Thank you, but I can do it myself." She smiled politely and opened its yellowed parchment pages.
The librarian quietly withdrew, long accustomed to the extraordinary talent of this little saintess. Since contacting her sealed parents a month ago, Bai Ling had become even more diligent. Aside from her basic training, she spent most of every day in the library studying the Resonance Ritual.
"Found it!" Bai Ling suddenly cried, pointing at a complex formation diagram on the page. "The 'Three Realms Positioning Method' requires energy nodes to be established simultaneously at the Sacred Source Spring, the Eye of the Storm, and the Eternal Vortex."
She carefully read the obscure ancient text, her brows gradually knitting together. The ritual not only required precise synchronization across time and space, but also demanded that its conductor be capable of controlling three different source powers at once—Sacred Source Power, profound ice, and Dragon Breath.
"I can borrow the Primal Fragment's power..." Bai Ling murmured to herself. "But how can I be in three places at once?"
Just as she was pondering this, the library doors opened and Star Radiance entered slowly, leaning on his staff. The old man was more stooped than he had been a month ago, yet the wisdom in his eyes had not diminished in