In the blink of an eye, several months passed.
During this time, the region where Shi Lan was stationed had grown eerily quiet. Almost no living beings fought, yet the air grew more oppressive by the day. The auras of numerous Void Realm Supremes were laid bare between heaven and earth, facing one another, poised to erupt at any moment.
Any living being who occasionally ventured into the central region was suppressed with a wave of their hands and sent out of this realm.
Under the pressure, many living beings chose to withdraw of their own accord, taking the immortal herbs and spirit plants they had gathered with them. For prodigies from remote great realms, the harvest of immortal herbs alone was already substantial; there was no need to keep competing for rank.
Still, every Void Realm Supreme who knew of this contest had ambitions for a place in the top ten. As the ruler of the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor would surely offer extraordinary rewards.
Beneath the wilderness.
Shi Lan sat cross-legged amid a spirit vein, mist swirling around her. Her breathing seemed to have stopped; only once every half hour did her chest rise and fall slightly.
An invisible spatial barrier surrounded her, cutting her off from heaven and earth. The disparity in spatial strength seemed to have affected even the flow of time.
Crack—
Suddenly, a sharp snap rang through the void, and transparent cracks spread everywhere. A faint glow lit Shi Lan's skin, illuminating the one hundred and eight acupoints within her body as they began to devour the surrounding spiritual energy at a furious pace.
Blood-red light poured from her acupoints, splitting the wilderness and illuminating heaven and earth. A wondrous scene appeared in the sky as vast clouds of rosy light swept up