It was a stupid method, but the only one presently available. No other method was reliable enough; plus, Jiang Chen didn’t have the time to try them out.

As dumb as it might’ve been, the method also happened to be the most suitable because the chain seal in his consciousness slowly came to life in the process, flooding his mind with an astounding, formidable power.

He could clearly feel the intensity and clarity of his mind surpass its normal limits. His consciousness far exceeded that of his peers even in ordinary times, but the chain seal amplified it considerably. His consciousness had now fully reached empyrean realm. In fact, ordinary empyrean experts might not have anything on him. 

The seal was just barely awake. But even not fully active, it had easily neutralized the mental attack from Elder Xi, Huang’er’s...