At that moment, inside Tongtian's body,
Within the Purple Mansion of his primordial spirit, the Five-Colored Divine Light blazed brilliantly. Tongtian's primordial spirit floated silently in the air, a lotus formed from the power of nothingness slowly blossoming beneath it, while the Thunderclap Sword and Godslayer Magic Array circled around him, each nourishing the other!
He had not lost consciousness at all. On the contrary, he was cultivating, completely unharmed!
Tongtian had already noticed something amiss during his fight with Shoutuo. More precisely, he had made preparations before even entering the Arena World!
The Protective Talisman Nuwa had given him had not lit up once since she left.
Yet, as if guided by some unseen hand, just as Tongtian was about to enter the Arena World, he suddenly noticed that Nuwa's Protective Talisman had lit up. Naturally, this meant she was nearby!
It was just like when Tongtian and the others had rushed back to Thousand Mechanisms Mountain. The Protective Talisman had lit up then, too!
However, Tongtian had no idea what Nuwa had been doing during the centuries she had been missing, or why she would appear here!
Thus, Tongtian had kept quiet for the time being, giving no indication that he had noticed anything!
But just when Shoutuo had him utterly suppressed, he suddenly detected a strange restraining seal appearing inside Shoutuo's body. It had sealed away all of Shoutuo's cultivation in an instant!
At the same time, a streak of spiritual light from Nuwa's Protective Talisman entered Tongtian's body!
It was precisely this spiritual light that stirred a sense of recognition within Tongtian, prompting him to attack Shoutuo with all his strength without hesitation, destroying the entire Arena World outright!
After unleashing that attack, Tongtian had not actually lost consciousness.
He had simply wanted to find out