Chen Shouzhi brought the treasure remnants deep into the cloud sea. At first, the clouds and mist were so dense that even his senses lost all direction and all judgment of external things beyond himself.
Yet he continued deeper. After what seemed a long while, a point of light appeared ahead. This light brimmed with life and, in an instant, expanded to fill the entire range of his sight.
Within that boundless radiance arose a pitch-black hollow that seemed utterly opposed to the light. It looked like a pupil, and within it stood an immense figure beyond description. Though separated by emptiness, that colossal figure seemed at once to encompass both sides of life and death, yin and yang.
Chen Shouzhi made a respectful salute and said, "Greetings, Executor Zhuang."
Among all the Executors, there were two with whom he was most familiar. One could be considered an ancestor of his school, while the other was this former Chief Executive.
Perhaps because this man had attained his achievement later, although he had now reached the Upper Realm, he did not feel like the other Executors, who had seemed High Sublime from the very beginning. His cultivation realm had not created such a vast distance between them.
Executor Zhuang's voice seemed to come from everywhere as he replied, "Greetings, Chief Executive."
Chen Shouzhi said, "This time, we repelled Origin Xia's all-out assault and destroyed several of Origin Xia's treasures that stabilized the Dao. However, these treasure remnants should not remain in our hands for too long. I have come to hand them over to the Executors."
As he spoke, he took those crystal jades from his sleeve, spread his hand, and allowed them to drift toward the hollow.
Executor Zhuang let the crystal jades come to his side. After a while,