"I admit that they were right to call you a genius, but this world should not contain geniuses. Who exactly are you?" Di Wen fixed Wang Ping with an icy gaze, trying to see through every part of him.
"My earliest memory was of a dilapidated farmstead. Every day, I went hungry, and only later did I set foot on the path of cultivation." Wang Ping met Di Wen's eyes, neither sorrowful nor joyful. "If Daoist Changqing can deduce the rest of my fate, then I would also like to see who I truly am."
He spread his hands slightly, assuming the posture of someone willing to let Di Wen observe him at will.
"By my past experience, anything alien must be different. Take Yaoxi from back then—he was too much of an aberration, and so none could tolerate him. Do you wish to follow in his footsteps?" Di Wen asked coldly.
"Whether I am an aberration is not for you to define!" Mysterious light emerged around Wang Ping, and a 'Sky-Veiling Talisman' appeared above his left hand.
"Then please continue your instruction, Daoist Changqing!"
Dense Earth Spirit Qi surfaced beneath Di Wen's feet and bore down on Wang Ping with lightning speed. Yet Wang Ping advanced instead of retreating, directly meeting it with the River of Time while attempting to peer into the Heaven and Earth rules connected to True Monarch Diwen.
At that moment, the clash between their two figures had already transcended the boundaries of time. Just as True Monarch Diwen's Earth Spirit World spread beneath his feet and nine illusory mountain ranges rapidly condensed, Wang Ping's Wood Spirit World had already swept across the entire starfield like towering tidal waves.
The instant they collided, the mountain ranges were infected by Wood Spirit power. Di Wen could