“Lingxi, I want to show you something.”

Xiao Lingxi was about to ask what when a pitch black slate suddenly appeared in Yun Che’s hands.

The moment her eyes made contact with the object, her heart suddenly shook like it had been struck full force by a giant hammer. Her inquiry never made it past her lips.

“This… is…” Even as she spoke, it felt as if her eyes and her mind had flown somewhere else.

“The Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor gave it to Meiyin before she left, and Meiyin to me afterward,” Yun Che said. “The engravings on the slate are probably—”

Suddenly, the seemingly inert, pitch black slate shone with a dark, devilish light.

“...” Yun Che cut himself off. It was the same anomaly as before, but it still stunned him nonetheless.

The light scattered quickly into several thousand smaller beams, but they didn’t travel into the distance. Instead, they paused unnaturally in the air before taking the form of many odd words.

It was the Divine Text of Absolute Beginning!

Xiao Lingxi stared at the strange, floating words dazedly. She mumbled, “It’s… the World-Defying Heavenly Manual again.”

The first time she saw the World-Defying Heavenly Manual, she had been surprised and perplexed by it. But now, her emotions...