I Will Surpass You

When Xiao Yan saw the hazy, graceful figure standing within the Divine Cleansing Spring, he could not help falling into a momentary daze, nearly suspecting that he had seen wrong.

After all, aside from seeing that figure, he could not sense the slightest trace of life. The Place of Inheritance remained as deathly silent as ever.

It was no wonder Xiao Yan's first reaction was that he was hallucinating.

Yet he soon realized that it was not an illusion. Something truly existed there, though it was also something beyond his ability to perceive.

Like a ghost that could be seen but not touched.

That was why Xiao Yan had unconsciously said what Yao Wan had heard.

"Eh?"

Xiao Yan blinked. If that was the case, could that figure be someone who had always existed within the Place of Inheritance?

Though Xiao Yan did not know whether she could truly be called a person.

"Hmm—strange. She didn't hide from you this time?"

As she gently pushed Xiao Yan out through the light gate, Yao Wan thought it over and found it somewhat odd. The last time she had brought Xiao Yan to the Place of Inheritance, Progenitor Lord had shown no intention of meeting him.

Had he changed his mind this time?

"—This time?"

Xiao Yan clearly caught the surprise in Yao Wan's words. Did that mean she had already been here when he came last time?

"Mm. She deliberately hid from you last time. But since she didn't tell me I could mention her, I simply didn't say much."

Yao Wan spoke indifferently, then looked toward the graceful figure standing silently in the spring, as though she had fallen into a brief slumber.

"You've reached Dou Saint?"

At last, he slowly spoke. The hazy figure above the water's surface faded