"Gentlemen, I imagine this journey through officialdom must have left quite an impression on you."
Elsewhere, within the mountain stronghold, Qiu Yan had already drawn his attention back from the unseen realms. Along with it came a surging, violent tide of Fortune!
This Fortune was enough to elevate his standing from that of a mere minister to a regional hegemon. It was also the foundation that had given the chief of the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends the confidence to seek dominion over the realm, even to attempt such a roundabout path.
Yet Qiu Yan did not combine this Fortune with the fate of his Human Path Body, nor did he replenish it with Official Qi to strengthen his own standing. Instead, through the Soul Aperture within the Human Path Pearl, he transmitted the Fortune away and merged it into the Black Sha Half-Body. This allowed that Half-Body to take another step forward in sensing and touching the source, increasing his chances of condensing a true body!
Across from Qiu Yan, the Heavenly Spirits leaders who had previously been swallowed by the radiance and frozen in place now seemed to be waking from a great dream. Confusion still lingered in many of their eyes.
Just moments ago, their consciousness had been forcibly drawn by Qiu Yan into the Literary Web, where they experienced an unforgettable ordeal within an illusory world. It felt like nothing more than a dream, yet the tangled human feelings and worldly affairs within would not simply scatter with the wind. Soon afterward, some of them came to their senses and realized they had fallen into a trap, their expressions changing sharply. Yet people such as Master Li frowned deeply, as if wrestling with some difficult decision.
Not to mention the chief and the others. The moment