"This is a classic case of something coming straight into the bowl... Li Xiangru really is inside the bowl?" I hurriedly picked up the small sea bowl with one hand and brought it close to my eyes for a careful look. Zhou Xuan did not know what the phrase "coming straight into the bowl" meant, but seeing that I wanted to inspect what was inside, she pressed two fingers against the back of my hand. In the next moment, I became familiar with the incantation for controlling the formation. She had actually acknowledged me as the ruler of the Linye Kingdom.
Li Poxiao and Ye Yunqiu also came over. The three brothers and Nunu gathered around as well, all extremely curious about the world inside the bowl. After all, everyone wanted to confirm Li Xiangru's condition. That fellow had been one of the divine beings who had jointly besieged us—both crafty and formidable.
I smiled and immediately recited the control incantation a few times. After that, the scenery inside the tiny "Universe Realm" contained in the bowl sprang vividly before the few of us!
The world inside looked pale and feeble. No matter how far one flew, one could never reach the end. It was practically a terrifying world of nothingness, without even a blade of grass or a single tree! Even the mechanism we had ridden into the place storing the lost treasures had long since vanished, unable to continue taking shape without energy. A heap of treasures had been left behind, but unfortunately, most were ancient objects incompatible with primordial energy and were barely worth using as references.
More importantly, there was no source of aura. That made it impossible for Li Xiangru to restore his ethereal form, which was tantamount to sentencing him to life imprisonment. From