Old Ancestor Xuanming's furious roar tore a hole through the stifling atmosphere in the Secret Chamber.
Old Ancestor Cangwu and the Alliance Leader were not quite so agitated, but they nodded along.
This was the real reason they had no faith in Zhou Xuan's mad idea.
The Earth Vein Instrument was a treasured artifact of the Immortal Court. Its quality was beyond reproach, surpassing even every existing anchor in Central Province.
But it was too clean. Apart from the Nothingness Corruption Grand Hua Old Ancestor had forced into it, it contained no laws of heaven and earth that cultivators could comprehend or draw upon.
What flowers could bloom from a Dao Fruit planted in an iron pot without soil?
The Secret Chamber fell silent again.
Having vented his anger, Old Ancestor Xuanming retreated to the wall, panting. He looked at Zhou Xuan as though he were a fool lost in wild fantasies.
Though Zhou Xuan held their lives in his hands, they had walked the path of cultivation for over ten thousand years longer than he had. They had stumbled into more pitfalls than he had walked roads.
They thought this cruel, technical dead end would crush Zhou Xuan.
After all, he had finally found a supreme anchor capable of contending with the Court Guardian Pavilion Master, only to discover that it was an unusable empty shell. Anyone would find that plunge from the clouds to the bottom of a valley unbearable.
Yet Zhou Xuan was neither angry nor dejected.
Sitting in his chair, he reached out and touched the cold surface of the Black Iron Case. The Taiyi Divine Power at his fingertips forced the leaking chill back inside.
Then he raised his head, sweeping his gaze over the four Old Ancestors' faces in turn.
"It has no laws