Brilliant, crystalline rainbow light flickered ceaselessly, radiant sparks glittering as luminous clouds streamed in every direction-
He was actually suspended in the dark cosmos.
There was nothing around him, not a single place to gain purchase.
Xu Zhi looked up in astonishment. In every direction, he saw only the sun and moon wheeling through the heavens, and the constellations of the stars.
Within this celestial sea of stars, an ancient mirror the size of a palm had appeared at some unknown point. Its surface flashed, and a strange boy emerged, his eyebrows sweeping high into his temples, his scarlet robes dripping blood.
The boy gave Xu Zhi an impatient glance. With a point of his finger, he drew a drop of Xu Zhi's blood essence through the air, then expended dozens of mouthfuls of immortal spiritual qi, blowing them onto it. His eyes suddenly turned a vivid red.
A scarlet cloud of gang qi also drifted out through the crown of his head.
Its shadowy depths seemed to encompass infinite changes in heaven's ordained course and the natural principles of existence...
A long time passed.
A thoughtful expression suddenly crossed the boy's face. His cheek twitched violently, and he could not help bursting into curses:
"Fucking Xudu Heaven! What fine work you've done! The Eight Sects and Six Schools are nothing but old bastards with bellies full of poison! Did you do this deliberately? Immortal Lord Yuan Dai had clearly settled your Xu Household safely in Zhonglang Province, yet I took one nap, woke up, and Zhonglang Province was gone? The Xu Household was destroyed? You're the only seedling left?!
"We agreed back then that one descendant of the Xu Household would be preserved, and you really left just one, not even half a person more? Blackhearted maggots!
"If I'd