Yi Tian's brain seemed to crash for a second, leaving his mind momentarily blank.
It had been a long time since anything had made Yi Tian lose his composure like this.
But he quickly recovered, his eyes narrowing as his mental power swept across his surroundings.
Then he discovered that a figure had appeared behind him without his noticing!
Yi Tian spun around and saw a nearly perfect face, as though carved from ice, without a single flaw. Divine radiance shone in her eyes.
Starlight pulsed like breathing across her moon-white gown, lending her a beauty that brooked no desecration.
Yi Tian froze. He had seen this woman before-or rather... she might not even be human.
She was an entity Great Xia had classified as one of the "Transcendent Forbidden Objects," alongside the Time Cat.
Forbidden Object-001!
Why was she here?
Ever since Great Xia had taken her into containment as a "Transcendent Forbidden Object," 001 had remained an enigma.
Unlike the other "Forbidden Objects," she was neither dangerous nor unpredictable. Instead, she was extremely cooperative and had even taken the initiative to warn Great Xia of impending crises many times.
Old Sun, the head of Headquarters, had once declared that 001 was certainly more powerful than any transcendent they had ever encountered.
Yet ever since she had made contact with Great Xia, she had almost always stayed quietly in the Headquarters care facility-the place where Great Xia contained its Forbidden Objects-and had never left of her own accord.
Now she had actually sought Yi Tian out!
"What do you want?"
Bewildered, Yi Tian spoke first, taking a defensive stance while quietly putting away the Divine Godhead Fragment.
But 001 seemed deaf to his words. As if stunned, she stared fixedly at his right hand with eyes as brilliant as