His fingertips touched the gray-white stone gate. There was nothing unusual about its texture; it felt no different from ordinary stone.
Hong Yuan examined his information.
Aside from his progress advancing another step, allowing him to touch the stone gate, the two talents [Clear Eyes Through the Nether] and [Qi Through All Bones] had disappeared.
When Hong Yuan directed his thoughts toward the talent field, he could sense an entirely new talent taking shape. The previous two talents had not truly disappeared, either; they had both been incorporated into the new talent that had yet to emerge.
His Root Bone and Comprehension remained at nine threads and nine strands, but in truth, they too had reached the threshold of transformation.
"Just a little more..."
Hong Yuan murmured softly and opened his eyes. Everywhere he looked, the smoke of war rose across the Imperial Capital, as though brutal fighting had erupted in every corner.
A tremendous shock reverberated from far away. Even from more than ten miles distant, he could feel the air shudder. Boiling clouds of dust surged upward, rising hundreds of feet into the sky.
It came from the direction of the Nine Tribulations Chan Monastery.
"Time for me to get moving, too..."
Watching these scenes unfold, Hong Yuan abruptly grew light. Air currents wrapped around him as he soared into the clouds, then turned without the slightest pause and shot toward the Imperial City like a flying star.
Atop the ten-story golden tower.
The six gods sat calmly. Even as they heard the turmoil and slaughter outside, their divine expressions remained indifferent. They merely watched the bronze coffin within the tower.
The bronze coffin now seemed alive, humming and trembling without cease.
"Di Yin... you sensed it too, didn't you? Where that object is!"
A soft, alluring female