Arthis spoke with an incomparably grave expression on her face, causing Qin Ye to retract the smile on his face as well. His eyes instantly turned pure black, and he widened his eyes and took a closer look at the scroll, only to be struck by a wave of intense pain in his pupils, so much so that he recoiled back in shock and squatted down at once.

“Lord Qin!” Yang Yanzhao swiftly moved in front of Qin Ye and held up his hands as he glanced about warily. A spear formed from Yin energy instantly materialized out of thin air.

“It’s fine…” Seconds later, Qin Ye gnashed his teeth and looked up once more. His eyes were already back to normal, yet copious amounts of Yin energy continued to pour out from his entire body. Arthis spoke softly, “What did you see?”

Qin Ye wiped off the cold sweat that was beading up on his forehead. His heart was still thumping furiously, because just a moment ago, he saw… a majestic, towering figure!

It was incredibly tall, and indescribably majestic, almost as though it were the embodiment of the heavens and the earth. In fact, it wouldn’t even be an overstatement to describe the entity he saw as the centre of the universe!

It wasn’t a human.

He had once seen the illusory projection of King Song, Yama-King of the Third Palace. However… this figure he just saw was orders of magnitudes more terrifying than even King Song himself!

It was a qualitative difference. If King Song were described to be a river, then the figure that Qin Ye had just seen would be as vast as the oceans. At the very least, he could still...