It was clear that what Chu Tianya cared about most was the silver box Bai Yang had taken. Now that it was gone, the fury in his heart was unimaginable—so much so that it eclipsed everything Bai Yang had done across the entire Great Light Dynasty!
The box was so precious that Chu Tianya hadn't dared keep it close for fear of losing it. To hide it, he had gone so far as to set up all kinds of hidden compartments in the treasury, tempting anyone who might break in to steal its treasures. In the end, he had placed the box beneath an inconspicuous spot under the entrance steps.
And yet it had still been taken!
Even now, Chu Tianya remembered what he had heard the first time he came across the box: what lay inside was the key to Martial Path practitioners reaching the Heavenly Emperor realm and Divine Path practitioners becoming Sages. Unless one was absolutely certain of reaching that level, one should avoid opening it.
It was because he had heard those words that Chu Tianya had done everything he could to obtain it. He had no idea how many people he had killed for it.
In the end, he had wrested the silver box from countless geniuses. But after obtaining it, he had spent long years agonizing over whether to open it.
Amid his countless bouts of indecision, he had opened it once. But he hadn't examined what was inside before closing it again, because at the time, he hadn't been confident he could advance to that higher level.
He had kept the silver box beneath the steps at the treasury entrance for nearly a thousand Yuan. Who could have imagined that it would be stolen now, right under his nose!
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