Turning the Tables

A dreamlike opportunity—any cultivator who encountered it would clearly do everything in their power to clutch it tightly in their grasp.

Sun Ying was naturally no exception.

Even after confirming that he could not possibly break through the relic's array restrictions and enter to seek opportunities by his own power, he still lingered unwillingly for several days before he had no choice but to seek another method.

The paths laid before him were undoubtedly clear.

Either report it to the family and strive to get a share of this tremendous opportunity.

Or guard the opportunity alone and place his hopes on the future.

There was no doubt that Sun Ying chose the latter.

But Heaven did not grant his wish. Just as Sun Ying reached his decision, another tiny breach appeared in the relic's grand array. This time, the affected area actually spread beyond the Gu Garden.

Had this Gu Garden not been so remote, with only him alone here in ordinary times, such a strange phenomenon would likely have been noticed long ago.

Sun Ying almost frantically concealed the breach that had appeared again, but faced with a Fourth-Order Array Formation, he, a mere first-order Gu Cultivator, clearly had more desire than strength.

In just a few short hours, flaws emerged one after another, as if within the Saint Spirit Sect Relic, there was still an Unknown Existence that could no longer wait to emerge.

Though the grand array stopped it, even the slightest leak of its aura was enough to trigger strange phenomena outside.

Sun Ying was frantic, but it seemed he had no other choice.

Though this pie falling from the sky had landed in his hands, he could neither swallow it nor carry it—he could not even hide it.

And this time, it did not even