Exactly!
In Lin Tian's original plan, he had never intended to destroy the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud a second time.
After all, a treasure was an inanimate thing, and there was no grudge between it and Lin Tian.
Lin Tian's true target remained Yuanshi. As long as he could slay Yuanshi once, treasures and everything else were irrelevant.
But events had not unfolded as Lin Tian intended.
The All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud had extinguished nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine lamps, yet left the faint flame of the final lamp burning, firmly blocking Lin Tian's sword light. Anyone claiming there was nothing strange about this would never convince a soul, even if they beat them to death.
Where, exactly, did the strangeness lie?
Lin Tian recalled what had happened and soon understood.
The All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud's spiritual awareness had become far stronger than before.
His earlier plan had failed for one reason alone: the instant his power reached the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud, the treasure itself had actively dispersed all of it.
This should have been utterly inconceivable.
Yet the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud had done exactly that.
The power Lin Tian unleashed had ultimately been divided evenly, distributed in full among nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine golden lamps, destroying them all in an instant.
Yet the remaining lamp, though feeble, had borne none of that power. Thus, it had survived and kept Yuanshi safe and unharmed.
At the same time, as long as this one golden lamp remained lit, the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud's spiritual awareness would suffer no damage whatsoever.
It appeared that nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine flames had gone out, but they would soon rekindle.
In short, Lin Tian's assault had been completely blocked by the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud this time.
And this should never have happened!
"Junior brother,