After subduing the two of them, Bai Di reached into the flower's center and grabbed.
Two slender streaks of golden light rose as he pulled out the two magical treasures Nangong Moyu carried.
He barely glanced at the golden armor, focusing instead on the finely crafted golden cup.
When Nangong Moyu had activated it, he had sensed a rather familiar aura within.
Now, holding the treasure and examining the lingering fluctuations inside, Bai Di could tell the aura had not come from the cup itself. It had come from the clear stream of water the cup had held.
That water was no native product of Canglan Continent—or at least, not entirely a product of Azure Waves.
The fluctuations it had left behind were almost identical to the divine power he had sensed from Wu Chang over the years.
A chill entered Bai Di's eyes as he confirmed it. "You old bastard, you broke the rules by sending a soul fragment into the Lower Realm, and you even brought in power that never belonged to Azure Waves."
He did not know where those fluctuations of divine power had truly come from. He assumed Nangong Jinghe had smuggled it into Canglan Continent when his soul fragment descended.
After all, his conversation with the old demon Lang Xiao through Thought Transmission had already taught him the so-called secrets of creation within the Void Realm and Outer Domain.
In truth, the divine power had come from the essence of a spirit ore Chen Yang had given Nangong Jinghe years ago.
To convince the old monster that a Treasure of Creation was truly forming inside it, Chen Yang had left a small portion of his divine power within it from the start.
Later, when Chen Yang traveled through the Central Region with an avatar and