He was so mysterious that he seemed to take first place in every competition he entered, and he was like a bottomless abyss, impossible to see through.
It seemed his methods would never run dry.
He was always so astonishing.
If everyone had awakened at roughly the same time in the previous trial, then this one was completely different.
No one else had awakened from the Illusion Realm.
Only the two of them had managed to make it here in the end.
Even so, Yun Shu had still taken far less time than she had. She had thought there were few opponents in her realm who could match her, yet this person kept making her come up short at every turn.
But now, she didn't even know what to say.
If it had happened once or twice, she could have chalked it up to luck. But this was clearly no isolated incident. When it came to alchemy, he had taken less time than she had.
And now, he had once again awakened from the Illusion Realm sooner than she had. That seemed to prove a great deal.
The feeling left her nearly helpless.
She should have been an unparalleled genius who stood head and shoulders above her generation, someone who could surpass everyone else of her age. At the same level of strength, she could say she had never lost to anyone.
Yet this person before her seemed always to wait for her at the end of time.
Chu Huangyue didn't know whether that feeling was right or wrong, but there was no doubt that, at least for now, he was far more terrifying than she had imagined.
She couldn't help recalling the first time she had met Yun Shu.
It had been just as fleeting a glimpse.
But at