Songhai, bedroom.
The watch on the nightstand shook violently, emitting the same illusory light.
More precisely, it was the strap that emitted light of the same origin as the electronic display. The two seemed to resonate with one another, drawing each other in.
The two straps detached from the watch, turning into two streaks of illusory light that fused with the electronic display.
Then, a complete electronic watch appeared.
The Bagua pattern formed by condensed light was completed. Twelve symbols representing time appeared on its face—the very divine mark behind Vast Heaven's head, symbolizing the laws of time.
When he saw that mark emerge, Zhang Yuanqing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The "slender hope" he had spoken of referred to the hope of completing the electronic watch.
He had once believed that the electronic watch's straps had been hidden in the Feather Ascension Immortal Sect's treasury, which was why he had no memories related to them.
That was why, after Star Lord destroyed that hope, he had decided to gamble everything and begin the final battle ahead of time, denying the other party the chance to erase Ling Tuo's remaining spirit.
Yet, trusting in himself, he had always harbored a doubt. The electronic watch was a gift from Vast Heaven and one of his trump cards. If it had been hidden in the Feather Ascension Immortal Sect's treasury, why had he publicized it so openly?
"Publicized" was not quite accurate, but Demon Lord leaving an inheritance for his "harem consorts" was common knowledge among the upper echelons of the Spirit Realm.
With Star Lord's computational power, it would have been easy for him to see through the truth.
Sure enough, after discovering that Yuanshi Tianzun possessed the protection of "Cycle," Star Lord had immediately realized that it was Vast