"I hadn't even entered a dream yet, and only twenty years have passed in the Mortal World. He's already reached such heights, even without anyone interfering. If things had gone according to..."
Old Beggar shook his head and counted on his fingers. "So many factions getting involved is one thing, but how did that wisp of Yuan Hong's reincarnated thought encounter him too? It even stirred a response in me. Really..."
As he pondered, Old Beggar slowly stood and stretched.
"Looks like my spur-of-the-moment decision back then wasn't wrong after all. And that first warning, strange though it was, turned out to be right..."
Suddenly, several flashes crossed his eyes, and he frowned.
"This has gone a little too far. If it manifests fully, it'll draw those few people's attention again. That won't do. Best keep things quiet..." With that, he flicked a finger.
Boom!
A rumble rose on all sides. Heaven and earth trembled as a Rainbow Streak tore through the air, pierced the Firmament, and vanished deep into the Starry Sky.
Then came the sound of something cracking.
Old Beggar paused, then laughed. "Well now. Even that can't conceal it completely. What momentum..."
The dim cavern was riddled with Rifts. The space that had once been sealed off from the outside had changed completely, and countless fragments of light and shadow seeped out through the cracks.
Thoughts arriving across the void slipped into the cavern through those same Rifts, probing its changes. With the Heavenly Palace and the Buddhist School facing off as well, light and shadow crisscrossed the place, shifting without cease.
But as strange phenomena rose around Chen Cuo again, the star the two had been fighting over suddenly turned its radiance upon him.
Chen Cuo became the center of attention once more!
Above his head,