Although the Spirit of the Artifact had already acknowledged him as its master and could never betray him for the rest of its life, Luo Yi still felt uneasy at the way it seemed to see straight through him with a single glance.
Noticing the change in its master's expression, the Spirit of the Trial Tower said no more. Instead, it looked at Luo Yi and asked curiously,
"Master, what brought you to me in such a hurry this time? Did something happen, or is there a question you need me to answer?"
Luo Yi did not answer at once. He pondered for a long while before speaking.
"After I broke through to the Void Refinement Pinnacle, an intense restlessness suddenly rose inside me."
"It was as though I were a growing child whose parents had forced him into clothes several sizes too small."
"But the suffocating feeling seemed to come from the world itself. When I looked up, the sky was still a clear, endless expanse, yet it felt so illusory and cramped."
"Do you know why?"
The Spirit of the Trial Tower frowned in thought rather than answering immediately. It consulted the books left behind by the Tianyan Sect several times before finally saying, "Master, it's a long story..."
"That's fine. I'm not in a hurry!"
Seeing that the Spirit of the Trial Tower did not seem to be drawing things out on purpose, Luo Yi waved a hand dismissively.
The Spirit of the Trial Tower cleared its throat and began. "It starts with my previous master—the Founding Ancestor of the Tianyan Sect!"
"Back then, the Tianyan Sect stood supreme on the Tiannan Continent, and the whole continent was remarkably peaceful."
"But wars would flare up from time to time on neighboring continents, or when visitors arrived from