He Who Would Be the First to Borrow Lifespan

The vision he had sensed through the Creation Gate came to an abrupt end.

The puppet Fang Han flickered without moving, like a candle flame buffeted by the wind.

Though the puppet's foundation in Square Inch remained unharmed, it would need several days to gather enough strength to recover.

Li Shun gazed at the doorway still hanging overhead and recalled what he had just experienced.

Four words suddenly surfaced in his mind.

"Outworld Heavenly Demon."

The commotion he had caused by trying to steal Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Qi in the Martial World was exactly like what had happened at Ge Linfeng's shrine. After witnessing that terrifying lightning punishment descend from the heavens, Duan Jiuzhang had called him an "Outworld Heavenly Demon" on the spot, then personally struck him down without mercy. The Great Qian World already knows about Outworld Heavenly Demons. They've even taken precautions.

"And the Martial World..." Li Shun frowned slightly.

It did not seem as simple as it looked, either.

"Whatever the case, if I want Mystic Yellow Qi, it looks like I'll have to get it myself."

"And in the Martial World, the only way is to become an Innate Grandmaster who stands above an entire age."

After some thought, Li Shun still felt that would be much easier than obtaining Mystic Yellow Qi in the Great Qian World.

And considerably safer.

"Next time, I'll first see whether any of the methods I learned in Great Qian work there."

Three days later, the Fang Han puppet had recovered. It floated once more toward the Gate of Myriad Mysteries overhead.

The familiar sensation of passage washed over him. Once Fang Han arrived, another set of memories about his identity flooded into his mind.

His name was still Fang Han.

This time, however, he was somewhere else.

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