Then it exploded with a roar!
In an instant, heaven and earth lost their color.
Golden light burst apart, turning into billions upon billions of petals that shot in every direction.
The sight was so magnificent, so shocking, so unbelievable that no words could describe it.
Golden petals blanketed the entire sky, like a golden downpour—or countless golden meteors streaking across the heavens all at once.
Most of the petals flew toward the horizon, toward the Milky Way, toward the endless firmament.
Higher and farther they flew, until at last they vanished into the depths of the sea of stars, becoming part of eternity.
But even more of them wheeled back like lightning, hurtling down toward the hot spring below.
Their target was Wang Xian.
If Ye Honglian had woken at that moment, if she had opened her eyes and looked toward the hot spring, the sight before her would have left her stunned.
The hot spring was filled not only with mist that refused to disperse, but also with golden blossoms that filled the sky.
The golden blossoms surged in from every direction, fell from the sky, drifted down from the night, and flew back from the sea of stars. They blanketed the heavens, crowding together as they descended upon Wang Xian.
A petal landed on his shoulder.
The moment it touched him, it turned into a streak of golden light, sank into his skin, and disappeared.
Then came a second, a third, a tenth, a hundredth, a thousand, ten thousand—
Countless petals jostled to land on him. Each one turned to golden light the instant it touched him, sinking into his body.
Golden light flowed over him, gathered together, and coalesced into form.
Gradually, the petals stopped vanishing as golden light. Instead, they clung to his skin, one