As one sprite after another gathered, their faith condensed where the girl had vanished. Combined with the lingering traces of her aura, it transformed into a flower with layers upon layers of petals, each a different color, while its branches and leaves were pale green tinged with withered yellow. The flower appeared and fell into Yu Chen's hand.
This was a fragment of authority left behind by that former nature deity. Through the blessings of countless sprites, the new god's deification ritual, the nurturing of the Flint Emperor Stone, and finally her letting go and the nourishment of this divine domain—
After several reversals and several transformations, it had ultimately forged this strange blossom that grew between life and death in people's hearts.
Holding the flower, Yu Chen swept his pure qi around himself and returned to the Thirty-Three Heavens Palace with the entire divine domain in tow.
Taibai Jinxing, who had long been waiting once more, was somewhat surprised upon seeing Yu Chen. He first glanced at the flower in his hand, then sensed the arrival of the divine domain and hurried forward to congratulate him. "Congratulations, Imperial Lord. Not only have you obtained a spiritual root on this journey, but you have also added another sight to the Thirty-Three Heavens Palace."
"It is more than just that." Yu Chen smiled and took out a fragment of stone.
The scorch marks left by flames upon the stone stirred a resonance among the many palaces within the Thirty-Three Heavens Palace. Specks of fire emerged upon the stone, and within the flames flashed fleeting scenes of countless people passing down the sacred flame from generation to generation.
The fortunes of humanity surged, churning the clouds between the Thirty-Three Heavens Palace into rolling waves.
That tiny blot-like stain upon it also revealed