He had already closed his eyes as he spoke, holding the Formation Disk fragment in his right hand while his left hovered in the air. The Supreme One Token flew out of his sleeve and floated an inch above his head.
The four Longevity Realm cultivators dared not delay and all stepped back.
Lin Qingzhu hesitated, then retreated to the stone door as well, but her hands clutched the hem of her clothes, and her eyes remained fixed on Zhou Xuan without blinking.
Zhou Xuan stilled his mind.
Within his sea of consciousness, the system panel appeared.
[Targeted creation—advanced] [Requirements: Use the lingering resonance of a world's Origin Source as the outer structure, remnants of Nothingness as the core trap, and the Taiyi Law as a binding agent to create a pseudo-world-class wondrous item possessing a genuine Creation Aura but harboring a concealed ability to inflict Corruption on Dao Fruits...] [Estimated cost: 672,000 Gold Touch Value.]
Six hundred and seventy thousand.
The corner of Zhou Xuan's mouth twitched. After spending a vast amount of his reserves in the Return to Void, he had little Gold Touch Value left.
This would all but empty the last of his coffers.
But he did not hesitate.
[Confirm execution.]
The Supreme One Token hummed. Dark-Gold light seeped from the Command Token and slowly enveloped Zhou Xuan's hands.
The black marks on the Formation Disk fragment began to writhe, stripped from the stone slab by an invisible force.
At the same time, the wisp of lingering world Origin Source resonance stored within the Supreme One Token was drawn out as well—a milky-white orb the size of a thumb, radiating a pure aura that cleared the spirit platform.
Two forces, one white and one black, one life and one death, faced off