[Xiao Jiu had entered this gate prepared for the possibility of death, so he had remained highly vigilant... Yet even with precautions in place, he still failed to fly beyond the enormous reach of that force. He was swept back into the core's inward-spinning winds and blown about for more than a day.
Fortunately, Xiao Jiu himself was no weakling. Though he could not compare to someone like you, among cultivators of the same Human Flower Imperial Realm, he still ranked among the stronger batch. As a special soul-type attendant, he possessed exceptional soul talent to begin with. His powerful soul force had also granted him the ability to divide his attention, allowing him to control multiple artifacts at once without the slightest strain.
This was actually an immensely powerful advantage. Other cultivators could only control multiple artifacts simultaneously for a short time before their Mental Energy grew exhausted. That was perfectly normal. After all, the higher an artifact's grade and the greater its power, the more difficult it became to control, and the heavier the burden borne by the soul.]
[Xiao Jiu possessed only one supreme treasure, the Demonic Moving Golden Dipper, but he had quite a few other Sixth-ring Dao Treasures that he could control at the same time. It was precisely thanks to this ability that he survived being carried by those winds for a full day, remaining alive even after reaching the cloud layer.
Had it been Wei Lai, even if he possessed more supreme treasures, he might not have lasted above the clouds... Once past the cloud layer, however, the wind Dao law power weakened after coming into contact with the clouds and being affected by the environment within them. This instead gave Xiao Jiu some room to turn the situation around.]
[Seizing that opportunity,