Dim Water Tower

The two stared at each other, each falling silent.

Some things were useless to explain.

Ye Kang said, "So, Senior, you came today to save him? He doesn't have the power to force me to undergo Spirit Transformation. Even if you save him, it'll be pointless."

Nie Qing shook her head. "No. I never intended to force you to undergo Spirit Transformation. I'm saving him only because I owe him a debt of gratitude."

"What if I refuse?"

"Then I naturally won't let you release him for nothing."

With that, Nie Qing raised her hand. A flash of spiritual light appeared, and a tiny transparent needle materialized in her palm.

"This is the Void Escape Needle you've been looking for. It was never in his hands."

The next moment, the needle flew into Ye Kang's hand of its own accord.

[ Ding ]

[ Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a spirit treasure: Void Escape Needle ]

[ Void Escape Needle: A boundary-breaking spirit treasure that can guide a martial artist through the barrier between realms and automatically locate their direction. It has no other uses ]

Ye Kang's brows twitched. It was real.

So the Void Escape Needle really hadn't been in Huang Ye's hands.

"Senior, by giving this to me, are you giving up on making me undergo Spirit Transformation?"

Ye Kang asked, puzzled.

Nie Qing's goal had been to make him the first to undergo Spirit Transformation, so that he would draw a Dao Integration Strong Person here and allow her to return to the Soaring Heaven Dao Sect.

Now she was giving him the Void Escape Needle ahead of time. Wasn't she afraid he'd run away?

Nie Qing offered no further explanation. She only said, "You've grown beyond my ability to control. There's no point