The bowl shattered. As lotus seeds tumbled out across the white jade tiles, Arch-Immortal Plumdark inhaled sharply. Her beautiful eyes filled with incredulity as her heart began to race.5

“Was that light I just saw?” 11

***25

Arch-Immortal Plumdark was correct. For a fleeting moment, she had indeed seen light.3

The door atop Mount Dark Dao had shimmered briefly, in a way that was different from what had occurred in the crown prince’s mansion back in South Phoenix. During that fight, the light had spilled out in all directions, burning everything, and seriously injuring Xu Qing due to its immolating heat. Were it not for the violet crystal’s healing powers, and the blessing to his fleshly body provided by the golden crow, the light of that door would have scorched him into ashes.0

It made sense considering it was a fragment of a magical treasure. Not only did it reflect what was in a person’s heart, but also, it contained deadly, harmful power. Of course, due to its gruish nature, it had a different deadly power for each person it was used on.6

But that wasn’t what happened this time. Master Shengyun had performed a twofold ensorcelling on the door, and therefore, the light didn’t shine out in a sustained manner. Instead, it became momentary. And its might manifested in a different way.0

The light flashed, then vanished.1

It happened so quickly that anyone who could observe it might think they were seeing...4