"Hah...!"
The red ring around her gradually shrank until it merged with the darkness surrounding her. Gorzan let out a heavy breath, spewing brownish-red atomic breath that instantly shattered the balance around her.
A moment later, the asteroid swarm froze briefly before gravity pulled it back into its established orbits, where it resumed its aimless rotation.
"The path of merging the flesh with the Dao is far too difficult. Becoming a tier-nine life-form is over ten times harder than ascending to godhood. I still have a long way to go. I can't rush this breakthrough..."
As she pondered, her draconic body, more enormous than a planet, gradually shrank.
Gorzan reached into the void and touched the Dao Domain Network login device stored in Higher-Dimensional Space, connecting her consciousness to the Dragon Domain juniors calling her.
"Have those two boys finally settled their match on Radiant Star?"
A moment later, Gorzan's expression sharpened.
Someone had beaten them to the prize?
"Working together, the two dragons still couldn't defeat another tier-five life-form..."
But she said nothing, listening to the two dragons tattle first.
She listened as Gallon and Dosos took turns explaining, then added Boman's account to theirs.
For a moment, an image of Azure Sea Star's extraordinary genius formed in Gorzan's mind, and the harsh reprimand she had intended to deliver gradually faded.
Apparently, this defeat wasn't their fault...
Gorzan asked, "Can he control light?"
The two dragons thought about it, then shook their heads.
Gorzan said, "Someone who can't control light while still mortal... you probably encountered an extraordinary genius second only to Boundless Class. He actually attained a perfect body inside the Eternal Cauldron. He's an unparalleled prodigy of the Dao of the flesh, too.
"So losing was only natural. Don't expect me to intervene. Besides, he probably has