Beneath the main hall of Heavenly Derivation Peak, inside a top-secret space.
Two Tribulation Transcendence cultivators stood on either side of a ritual, looking at Bai Xuanling, who had just stepped inside. Their eyes held both admiration and regret.
"Although I told you before, I always felt you weren't listening at all last time."
With a gentle smile, Lü Xuan watched Bai Xuanling, who had entered the formation's ritual and sat down cross-legged.
Bai Xuanling sat cross-legged, calmly watching Lü Xuan, who had insisted on waiting until she entered the ritual before preparing to launch into a lengthy speech.
Her eyes narrowed slightly, the threat in them plain:
"I listened. Stop wasting your breath and just start."
Lü Xuan took his position at the ritual's main station, and Yan Yun carefully handed him a pale golden talisman.
"Oh? Then how about repeating what I told you last time to prove it?"
Lü Xuan beckoned lightly, and the pale golden talisman slowly settled before him. Specks of golden light flowed toward the ritual. Once he had finished, he said with a smile,
"See? You can't, can you?"
Watching Bai Xuanling's slightly sulky expression, Lü Xuan's smile deepened as he said:
"I clearly told you that once your cultivation was unsealed, not only would sealing it again be harder, but the harmful effects you suffered would also be worse."
"Is early-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivation not enough for most things? Did you have to shatter the seal?"
"How many times have I reminded you to think before acting? What couldn't we have dealt with afterward?"
"The Patriarch didn't leave many of these Dream-Shattering Spirit Barrier Talismans behind. Every one we use is one fewer left."
"Grand Elder Chen and Grand Elder Lin were both in seclusion. When they heard about you, they dropped