Boom!!!
The instant he was struck, Lu Chen felt a thunderous buzzing explode inside his head.
The whole world immediately spun around him, as though he had been hurled into an endless vault of stars.
To his astonishment, he saw a bright full moon surrounded by a host of stars, slowly rising through the void.
Then silver light blazed forth, moonlight surging like a tide and instantly swallowing his entire field of vision.
When he opened his eyes again, how could this still be the Wu family's Lunar Divine Hall?
Before him lay a tranquil, elegant lakeside.
The full moon overhead was so enormous it seemed within arm's reach.
By the lake stood a pavilion fashioned entirely from white jade, its surroundings draped in curtains of pearls and jade. Through them, he could vaguely make out a graceful figure reclining sideways on a soft chair woven from silver threads.
Through the hazy moonlight, her features were impossible to discern clearly.
"This is... a sea of consciousness?"
Lu Chen abruptly came to his senses.
He had thought that divine punishment had truly landed squarely on him just now. Unexpectedly, the Lunar Star Lord had directly pulled him into her sea of consciousness.
"What are you standing there dazed for? Didn't you want to see me?"
A cool, clear voice drifted from within the pavilion.
Lu Chen hurried forward, stopped outside the pavilion, and gave a deep bow. "This commoner... no, this minor god, greets the Moon Goddess!"
Standing before him now was—
A congenital deity, mistress of the Moon Palace, one of the Nine Luminaries!
A supreme being beyond the core circle of the Heavenly Court!
"You dared put on that little performance before me, Registrar Lu. You've got quite the nerve."
Lu Chen immediately felt his shoulders sink, making it