Chen Cuo had indeed arrived ahead of Li Si.
The moment he reached Xianyang, someone recognized him. He was promptly escorted to a guesthouse and received with lavish courtesy.
Yet three days passed without a summons from the King of Qin.
"You came rushing here in such a fever, only to be given the cold shoulder. You must be terribly disappointed." The Jade Void Cult Leader, who had accompanied Chen Cuo, seized the chance to mock him.
Chen Cuo smiled. "Your Divine Ability was sealed away, Cult Leader, but I never expected your wits to fade as well. No, wait. You lived here for years before. Could it be you never noticed?"
The Jade Void Cult Leader's expression darkened at once.
Chen Cuo paid it no mind. Turning toward the window, he murmured, "There's more to this city of Xianyang than meets the eye."
To his eyes, the entire city lay beneath an indescribable, mighty force!
It was the very force capable of suppressing every Transcendent Divine Ability within a person's body! Compared with Three Rivers Commandery, the force here was far fiercer, denser, and vaster. And it seemed to have a center, like the eye of a raging hurricane.
As he thought this, his gaze shifted toward the magnificent palace.
Somewhere beyond perception, the Jade Belt linking him through the void trembled faintly.
An invisible road that seemed to have neither beginning nor end unfurled beneath his feet. One end stretched toward the Eastern Lands; the other reached toward the palace!
Crack!
Deep within the void, a Rift appeared. It twisted and spread until it broke through the void and descended upon Kongtong Mountain. A vast will manifested in the world alongside it.
"Whether in the Mortal World or in the past, this realm cannot yet tolerate the birth