This voice had not been deliberately concealed, so the Dao Ancestor could hear it as well. Moreover, because the Five-Elements Dao Ancestor currently shared a special connection with that Divine Spirit, anything the Divine Spirit heard could likewise be known by the Dao Ancestor.
As for that Divine Spirit, the voice had already revealed his identity—
He was precisely the Eye-Bearing Star Lord whom Qiu Yan had previously moved away. Back then, this Star Lord had vaguely sensed the Divine Spirit Body's special care for the Human Path Body. Yet now, hearing Qiu Yan's words conveyed through the Human Path Body, he showed little unusual reaction.
The Five-Elements Dao Ancestor, however, was rather impatient. He interrupted the message and asked in return, "Who established these rules?"
"Very well. From the attitudes of you two, I have roughly understood your resolve," Qiu Yan's voice came again. He knew full well how firm the wills of figures like the Eye-Bearing Star Lord and the Five-Elements Dao Ancestor were. They would not be persuaded lightly unless facts were placed before them.
Thus, the next moment, atop the Sky-Watching Terrace in the Imperial City of Great Rui, Qiu Yan stirred his thoughts, and countless rays of light blossomed from the Armillary Sphere. Specks of radiance drifted within it, as though the starry sky above had been shrunk down and displayed anew. At first glance, it looked like a projection.
Yet at the same time, beyond Donghua, in the true starry sky, countless starlights suddenly shifted. They passed through layer upon layer, collided, passed through again, and intersected, forming a strange grand formation in the heavens that trapped the increasingly brilliant star, the Eye-Bearing Star Lord, the Five-Elements Dao Ancestor, and that army of cultivators within.
"Is this meant to imprison us?" The Five-Elements Dao