Enlightenment on the Return Journey: A Chess Game Revealed, Presenting Captives and Discussing Punishment to Determine Qin Law

"What realm had the Sword Hut patriarch's master reached? With my current cultivation, I didn't even have the strength to resist in the slightest.

Had he not been laboring under a misunderstanding, I would likely already be dead."

On the way back to Wu'an City, Zhao Cheng rubbed the spot on his throat with his fingertips.

Though the tiny wound there had already healed completely, that irresistible pressure had branded itself deep into his bones, impossible to shake off.

Ever since entering the Golden Core realm, he had believed that his own strength was enough to handle most powerful enemies in the world. Even if he encountered someone he could not defeat, escaping unscathed should have been easy.

Yet the moment the Sword Hut patriarch's master appeared today, Zhao Cheng had not even been given a chance to strike back.

"What exactly did he mean by 'reincarnated celestial being' and 'born with the wisdom of past lives'?"

"This definitely has nothing to do with my transmigration.

Transmigration alone would never be enough to make someone like that wary. There must be a deeper reason behind it."

"Celestial being reincarnated... a celestial being reincarnated..."

Zhao Cheng furrowed his brow tightly. As his thoughts churned, a few hazy notions gradually became clear.

"Could it be that reincarnated celestial beings truly exist in this world?"

The thought only deepened his alarm. He immediately circulated the acupoints throughout his body, observing the stars as he attempted a divination.

Yet amid those vast and boundless principles of the stars, he touched upon a world-shaking current of fate—immeasurable, unfathomable.

Merely glimpsing one corner of it, he was overwhelmed by a sense of danger like mountains collapsing and seas roaring.

The warning drenched Zhao Cheng's back in cold sweat in an instant. He no longer dared to