Outside Tang Yu's Microcosm at the Voidreturn Sword Sect, Su Qichen had been standing guard all along.
The shock in his eyes had never faded. Shen Tianyi's refining speed was simply too fast—so fast that it had surpassed his understanding.
"Tang Yu, Tang Yu, where did you find this Shen Tianyi? Why do I feel like something is wrong here?"
He had begun to consider entering Tang Yu's Microcosm to investigate it for himself.
But just as that thought surfaced, he sensed an unusual aura.
As the wielder of the Voidreturn Sword Sect's sword and its guardian, ever since Dongfang Zhuo and the others had pulled their stunt, he had become exceptionally vigilant.
Especially during this period when he had to protect Shen Tianyi, unable to keep watch over everything happening within the Voidreturn Sword Sect at every moment, he had activated some of the sect's hidden surveillance formations.
That way, even without watching constantly, he could promptly learn of any disturbances within the Voidreturn Sword Sect. If outside enemies infiltrated, he would still be able to detect them.
And the enemies he had in mind were, at the very least, existences at his level—World Lord Realm experts, or those with combat strength close to the World Lord Realm.
The formations might burn through money, but at a critical time like this, they had to be used.
He had a premonition that, in the near future, this universe would inevitably descend into chaos.
Dongfang Zhuo's real target was not what he appeared to be after. Su Qichen saw that clearly.
The Voidreturn Sword Sect could not possibly stay out of it.
At this moment, the formation sent an alert, and his face immediately darkened.
Gripping the Voidreturn Sword, he headed toward the source of the disturbance, saying coldly as he