A Battle Between the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao

After hearing Wang Xian's words, that voice immediately fell silent.

A moment later, the voice rang out again. "An eighth-grade World-Ending Black Lotus should be of no use to a powerful expert like you, right? And to restore an eighth-grade World-Ending Black Lotus to the twelfth grade, you must destroy a Great Thousand World. But a Great Thousand World possesses a complete Heavenly Dao. Though you are powerful, you probably cannot accomplish that, can you?"

"You don't need to worry about that. Just give me a straight answer: are you giving it to me or not?" Wang Xian said.

"Can I refuse?"

The voice spoke faintly.

"Of course you can! Why not?"

Wang Xian smiled slightly, but before the voice could continue, he added, "Whether you give it to me or not isn't important. What matters is that I will definitely obtain the World-Ending Black Lotus today!"

The voice fell silent again.

About half a minute later, a flash of light appeared above the black lotus, which then flew into Wang Xian's hand.

"The World-Ending Black Lotus is yours!"

The voice sounded once more.

"Thank you!"

After checking the black lotus's attributes and confirming that it was indeed an eighth-grade World-Ending Black Lotus, Wang Xian put it away and thanked the voice.

"Can you leave now?"

The voice made it clear that he was being dismissed.

"No problem. But before I leave, I'll give you a gift," Wang Xian said with a smile.

"What gift?"

The voice sounded somewhat nervous.

"Don't be afraid. You helped me, after all. This gift can make up for the effects of losing the World-Ending Black Lotus."

As Wang Xian spoke, he took out a storage bag and tossed it to the black-robed figure lying on the ground.

The black-robed figure froze briefly, then seemed