Situ Xuan, Treated Like a Pet

Situ Xuan's mental fluctuations were very unusual.

Not powerful, but pure.

That purity was like the most primordial darkness in the depths of the universe, without the slightest impurity, without the slightest disguise—only naked, unconcealed will. That will had no purpose, no direction. It simply existed, like the universe itself.

The giant whale let out a second long cry.

This time, the sound was clearer than the first, stronger, as if something had exploded inside its chest before turning into an invisible shockwave that spread in every direction. The shockwave swept over Situ Xuan's body, making his skin prickle faintly—not because it hurt him, but because the fluctuation was so intense that even his infinitely strengthened body felt the pressure.

The giant whale seemed to find his reaction very interesting.

It slowly turned in the void, its mountain-range-like body stirring the surrounding starry sky, making countless stars flicker and vanish along its flanks. With a gentle sweep of its tail fin, its body glided tens of thousands of miles forward. Then it lowered its head, aiming that enormous mouth at Situ Xuan.

Situ Xuan could see everything inside its mouth.

Dense rows of teeth, a deep-blue tongue, and the esophagus leading into the depths of its body, radiating that same eerie blue glow. That esophagus was as broad as a canyon, wide enough for hundreds of people to walk through side by side. Its depths were pitch-black, revealing nothing, only a vague, heart-palpitating sense of profundity.

The giant whale opened its mouth.

That mouth opened to an astonishing degree, like the earth splitting into an abyss, like the sky being torn open by a rift. The angle between its upper and lower jaws exceeded one hundred and eighty degrees. Its mouth became a colossal black hole, a black hole with