The azure stone statue was lifelike, depicting a middle-aged man who had once been a renowned figure in Tattoo Palace.
After Wang Xuan cleaved apart the Dao charm outside his body, sacred ripples flowed through the surroundings, unfolding a mysterious space—the Sage Battlefield.
It was hazy and nearly transparent, yet its interior could roughly be seen from outside.
Then Wang Xuan was drawn inside, setting foot in a tranquil place.
Opposite him, a middle-aged man dressed in feathered robes sat within a pavilion. He possessed the air of an immortal detached from the mortal world. Formed entirely from Dao charm, he had revived.
Yet upon closer inspection, tattoo patterns could be seen beneath his collar and among his hair. They had been concealed; if they were fully manifested, he would lose that immortal aura.
"He went in. This Shang Yi truly is remarkable. He is qualified to exchange pointers and spar with an Anomalous Being."
People whispered among themselves, thoroughly astonished. This was a man with the potential of an Anomalous Being; otherwise, he could not have entered that mysterious space.
"Do not celebrate too soon. That is Yu An, an Anomalous Being of Tattoo Palace—detached and solitary, with unfathomable attainments in the spiritual realm!"
Everyone here knew that only by drawing with or defeating an Anomalous Being within the same realm could one earn the right to obtain the insights they had left behind on the stone statue.
Wang Xuan stood in this space, looking at the revived Anomalous Being before sweeping his gaze over the surroundings. Nearby stood green pines, emerald cypresses, a pavilion, and a black wall lying across the land like a mountain ridge.
Some scenes appeared upon the black wall. Throughout the ages, he was not the only one to break in; other prodigies had