Ten starships hung in the starry sky, glimmering faintly.
Behind them, a giant eye stretched across the void, calm, indifferent, devoid of the slightest emotion.
The giant eye was like an icy rule, merely carrying out its most basic program.
As that vast voice fell silent, a peculiar light suddenly flashed before the giant eye, clear and turbid indistinguishable, incomparably mysterious.
Lin Xuan could see clearly that it was a diamond-shaped crystal formed from two triangular bodies, symmetrical on every side, joined together at their bases—clear above, turbid below.
"It truly is the Mysterious Yellow Core. The old and new are changing places; transformation has already begun."
"The Mysterious Yellow Core... a single wisp of Mysterious Yellow aura can allow people like us to cultivate one more Great Dao. One Mysterious Yellow Core is enough to give a realm at least ten more peak Holy Sons."
"Lord Nine-Headed Cat, it is said that you reached your present heights because you obtained a Mysterious Yellow Core. Is that rumor true?"
Upon the ten starships before the giant eye, all manner of living beings conversed.
Most of them were humanoid, but there were also plant-shaped beings: a blooming flower, a tangled clump of grass, and countless other strange forms.
There were even beings in the form of artifacts—sabers, spears, swords, and halberds—with pulses beating within them, brimming with vigorous life.
At this moment, every living being's gaze fell upon a seated nine-headed black cat.
The Nine-Headed Cat was the ninth disciple of the Primal Chaos Great Sage, a terrifying existence renowned throughout the heavens. Though ranked ninth, the Nine-Headed Cat was the strongest among the Primal Chaos Great Sage's ten disciples beneath the level of Sage.
The Nine-Headed Cat had forged nine Great Daos, gathering the nine profundities into one body. It