At those words, Zhen Yuanzi felt a stir in his heart and saw the massive dragon-bone frame shudder violently.
"He truly was someone said to be a single step away. Even after being trapped at this level for over a thousand years, he won't be sealed so easily. Refining him completely will take a little more time."
He took one step and appeared above the enormous ship's dragon-bone frame, where he sat cross-legged in midair!
Boom!
A tremendous crash rang out, as though a thousand mountains had fallen at once, pinning down the frame and crushing every strange manifestation!
Several breaths later, Zhen Yuanzi opened his mouth and slowly exhaled. Then he swept up a hand. His sleeve opened with the motion and swallowed the entire colossal frame, though it immediately began to tremble without cease.
Mystic Yellow Aura twined and shifted around Zhen Yuanzi, streaming into his sleeve to suppress the great ship's dragon-bone frame within.
"Now it's hard to spare my attention for anything else. My earlier plans and this matter of Origin Suppression were both for the sake of completing the Returning-to-Origin Ark. A little delay is nothing. If I can refine him, I'll save at least five or six hundred years of work! Still, I meant to bring Master Soaring over to my side, only to fall into his trap. I've become his stepping-stone. If he grasps the deeper meaning of the Nine Heavenly Daos, he'll become a tremendous wild card. Before I meet him again, I can't let him settle down and digest what he's gained."
As his thoughts continued, the sight of those wisps of Gray Mist flashed through his mind once more, and his expression gradually turned grave.
"Whatever happens, I must keep Master Soaring occupied until my hands are free. Then I'll