As Qiu Yan's heart jolted, his thoughts raced. He was about to draw Divine Power from the Black Hole within his soul again when a flash of Spiritual Light made him notice the old man's gaze. He immediately stopped and tried instead to contact the Divine Power that had departed from his soul, but its traces were faint and distant, with no response at all. It had clearly dispersed completely!
"Divine Power actually dispersed!"
The realization left Qiu Yan even more astonished, yet his emotions instead settled. With a turn of thought, he forcibly suppressed all surprise, no longer allowing his feelings to show through his soul.
"From the time my Living Soul first achieved Spirit Projection until now, I've encountered several cultivators and fought them one after another. Though spells can affect Divine Power to some extent, this is the first time Divine Power has been directly forced out and shattered in midair!"
At that thought, a term flashed through his mind—
"Unity Realm? Three Souls Unity? Shattering Divine Power! Could this man's cultivation realm be the Unity Realm mentioned by the Person in the Painting? A realm where a cultivator can contend head-on with a deity?"
Qiu Yan's true self was a god, and his understanding of the Divine Path had deepened by the day. He knew that gods might appear powerful, but they were restricted. They could not casually interfere in mortal conflicts, much less manifest in the human world. His Living Soul could wield Divine Power through the Black Hole, which was in truth an enormous advantage—a loophole he had slipped through. Since the Divine Power he could command was limited, he could not sweep all before him. Even so, he could still fight across realms. Back when he was in the Aperture-Opening Realm, he had