Wu Ya

Shi Lan felt as if a thunderclap had exploded inside her mind. The searing pain instantly robbed her of consciousness, and the system's notification cut off abruptly.

The old man's Primordial Spirit entered Shi Lan's sea of consciousness. Nearly all of her memories lay exposed before him, without the slightest concealment.

"Earth..."

"The system..."

"The Sword Emperor's legacy..."

In a single instant, nearly half of Shi Lan's memories had been read.

Shi Lan held too many secrets—enough to shake even an emperor.

Before the old man could investigate them closely, an invisible force sealed off Shi Lan's sea of consciousness. He was immediately plunged into darkness so complete he could not see his own hand before him.

Hum—

A terrifying aura cleaved through the darkness. In a daze, the old man glimpsed an unparalleled figure, peerless in bearing, wrapped in flowing auspicious light. He could not make out the figure's features. Though it stood right before him, it seemed separated by the ages—visible, yet impossible to reach.

In a trance, a hand, warm and luminous as jade, slowly reached out. Accompanied by divine flames and radiant light that blotted out the heavens, it seemed a true immortal had descended upon the world as it pressed down on the old man.

The old man's Primordial Spirit shuddered violently, and immense terror surged through his heart. He was a mighty expert at the pinnacle of the imperial path, and his understanding of space had long since reached its limit. He had already glimpsed the threshold of time and space. This attack did not belong to the present age. An exalted being had reversed the river of time and space to strike at him!

This was a power that did not exist in the current age. The old man was nearly overcome with