He had gone through an untold number of trials and tribulations to arrive at where he was today. He was no longer the careless person who would let a detail—especially one that felt off—slip past him just because it had felt minor and inconsequential.

So he summoned the profound energy and replayed the projection once more.

This time, he gathered his mind and—besides the split spiritual perception that was following Yun Wuxin—kept his eyes and his full perception trained on the projection.

Blue Pole Star’s space was shaking, and the crimson divine light of the World Piercer was spreading quickly. When the red light fully encompassed the entire projection...

… he caught sight of that purple flash once more.

It only appeared for a brief instant, but it more than confirmed that it wasn’t just a hallucination of his mind!

At the same time, his heart started beating wildly.

That purple was...

No...

No...

It cannot be…

He pressed a palm to his chests. His heartbeat was so strong that it actually felt like it was physically ramming against his palm.

He shook his head powerfully and replayed the projection again.

At the same time, he pressed a finger imbued with profound energy against the projection.

Sometimes when a person’s nervousness and tension reaches a certain level, they might feel as if the world itself had fallen silent.

That the flow of time itself had become infinitely slower.

He stopped breathing, but even then he couldn’t suppress the mad beating of his heart. When the replay finally reached a certain moment, he unleashed the profound energy imbued in his finger.

It felt like a miracle. The replay froze at the exact moment...