The light bursting from that largest purple Black Leaf flower, dozens of miles in diameter, was so dazzling and resplendent that it left one intoxicated. Even onlookers such as Shifa Supreme and the North River Emperor were both shaken and drawn to it. As they watched the white-robed youth who had already reached the black leaf at the very center, their hearts filled with shock, envy, jealousy, and disbelief...
All manner of emotions tangled within them, utterly complex.
"He actually managed to go up there, to reach the very center?" Even someone of Shifa Supreme's stature could not help muttering under his breath. Black Leaf Lake lay on his own island, and he had tried countless times. Yet beneath that terrifying pressure, even his soul could not withstand it, forcing him to stop...