Beyond the Sea of Enlightenment.
A gigantic water mirror floated in midair, clearly projecting everything that was happening in the third layer of the sea.
Representatives of the various factions and the elders of the Cloud Ruins Alliance all furrowed their brows as they stared at the white-clad young man sitting cross-legged in the mirror, and the slowly rotating Black and White Disk above his head.
"He failed."
A gray-robed elder sighed, his tone tinged with regret.
"It seems that an extreme physique like the Indestructible Body, which focuses solely on cultivating the physical body, is destined to be unable to awaken a Void Star Sign. The will of the universe is fair. It gave him an unrivaled physique, then closed the door to awakening a blessing."
"But... he couldn't even awaken a Star Vessel?" someone beside him asked in confusion. "What exactly is that black-and-white pattern? It has neither the pressure of a Star Constellation nor the sharpness of a Star Vessel. It looks like a doodle drawn by an ordinary person."
The burly middle-aged man from the Divine Flame Civilization snorted.
"Someone with a physique rejected by the will of the universe shouldn't have been allowed into the Sea of Enlightenment in the first place!"
He pointed at Chen Yan in the water mirror, his face full of indignation.
"That was a dark-gold leaf from the Enlightenment Tree! There are fewer than ten leaves like that on the entire tree! If another top genius had gotten it, they'd have awakened at least a mid-grade Void Star Sign. And what did we get? This ridiculous, useless diagram! What a waste!"
His words drew agreement from many people.
In their eyes, the greatest value of an Enlightenment Tree leaf was that it could help someone awaken a Void Star Sign.