Eternal Remembrance

Within the Misty Realm, a towering ancient tree laden with fruit stood silently.

The most eye-catching things were the fruits, each one as large as a burlap sack.

[Store] Character Saint Breaking Fruit.

For some reason, Zhang Huizhi had known the fruit's name the instant he saw it.

It contained a vast amount of energy, enough to let Zhang Huizhi rise to power in a short time.

At the same time,

Crackle...

The sound of electricity flickering rang out.

Zhang Huizhi looked toward the source of the sound. A patch of ground was flashing with electric light, and before long, a basin-sized ball of thunder crackling with purple lightning burst through the earth.

The thunderball crackled. Eyes and a mouth appeared on its surface, almost human in form.

"Mas... Master... Follow me..."

The tiny thunderball spoke in a childish voice.

A hint of confusion flashed in Zhang Huizhi's eyes, but he still went to the spot where the thunderball had emerged from the ground.

Crackle...

Bolts of lightning erupted from beneath the earth, and in an instant, a deep passage appeared before Zhang Huizhi.

Inside the passage were countless Thunderball Creatures, waiting for Zhang Huizhi as though they were welcoming their king.

"Where are we going?" Zhang Huizhi asked.

"To the treasure vault of Ji Prefecture's royal court. It's full of treasures. The Second Master already had us open an entrance to the vault,"

the first Thunderball Creature to appear replied.

Zhang Huizhi frowned and rubbed his forehead. For some reason, he could sense a stretch of memory that felt both unfamiliar and familiar.

He should have been curious. He should have been frantically questioning the Saint Breaking Tree and the Thunderball Creatures inside him.

But he wasn't.

Some strange consciousness made him instinctively ignore all of it, convinced that