Zhang Tie had not deliberately skipped the ceremony. Immersed in that Fruit of Radiance, he had long since forgotten the time. From the instant he swallowed it, he had been swept into the storm and upheaval within his Sea of Consciousness, brought on by the vast spiritual energy contained in that Fruit of Radiance...
A man would die if he did not eat, but he could also be stuffed to death if he ate too much. A man would die if he did not breathe, but too much oxygen could poison him as well. Absorbing too much spiritual energy at once likewise left Zhang Tie overwhelmed, nearly drowned by the spiritual energy that kept surging forth.
Primordial Unity Heavenly Lord might not have been Great Xia's strongest Saint-level expert, but there was no doubt that, as a leading figure among the six great sects, he was absolutely one of humanity's veteran Saint-level powerhouses.
Saint-level beings stood above knights. Compared to knights—even Sky Knights like Han Zhengfang—the spiritual energy of a veteran Saint-level expert was fundamentally different. Whether in quality or quantity, the spiritual energy of a Saint-level expert and that of a knight were worlds apart.
Though Zhang Tie did not know exactly what realm Saint-level experts occupied, one thing was certain: the power of the domains possessed by Saint-level experts was intimately connected to the strength of their spiritual energy. One could readily imagine how formidable the spiritual energy of an expert capable of sustaining a domain had to be.
From the moment he swallowed the Fruit of Radiance, Zhang Tie's sense of time had vanished. Every bit of his awareness had been filled by that Fruit of Radiance.
Unexpectedly powerful spiritual energy erupted within Zhang Tie's Sea of Consciousness like a volcanic eruption, becoming power he possessed. His