Zhou Yan’s thoughts surged rapidly, a deluge of information racing through his mind like a stampede.
Like the opening of thundering radiance, it illuminated his thinking, and in an instant, Zhou Yan grasped the Transcendence Method from the Golden Fragment.
Zhou Yan’s entire bloodline ignited, his excitement uncontrollable. His body trembled, his heartbeat accelerated, blood rushing to his head, heating his entire brain.
"It must be so, it should not belong to this world—it belongs to that so-called True God Plane’s Yanyan, only it would consume the ’Golden Fragment’ as food. Perhaps the true nature of the Golden Fragment isn’t a Scripture, but rather a condensation of the Ancient Tao."
"The Golden Fragment, the Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City... Lei Yan King must have relied on this food, transcending in a short time, becoming powerful!"
Zhou Yan’s heart pounded uncontrollably.
All of this unfolded in a mere moment, yet Zhou Yan derived an almost terrifyingly vast torrent of information.
Suddenly, his gaze blazed like flames, akin to two suns, abruptly casting a piercing light directed at Wan Ziqing.
Wan Ziqing, who happened to be observing Zhou Yan, was caught off guard by the rush of blood and blinding divine radiance from Zhou Yan’s eyes, screaming in agony, nearly blinded.
The terrifying aura, the supreme dignity of the Emperor Qi Sword Body, left him feeling as if struck by thunder, completely stunned.
The sword on his back sobbed as, under Zhou Yan’s suddenly erupting aura, it shattered.
Wan Ziqing’s mind shuddered as though struck by a Heavenly Tribulation, nearly dying from the sudden burst of aura. He was taken aback, unsure of why Zhou Yan had erupted so unpredictably.
Taken aback himself, Zhou Yan immediately reined in his aura and then urgently said, "Sorry, I’m just too excited! But I must ask, do you still have any Golden Fragments here? Perhaps, I’m at a critical moment in grasping some Tao, and I need to contemplate it immediately, to validate it."
Wan Ziqing was startled and then realized that Zhou Yan wasn’t targeting him, but was merely overexcited from a Sudden Enlightenment!
"Good heavens, you were just excited, but because you focused on me, I almost died from your outburst! Your strength, how heaven-defying it must be! This is monstrous, an Ancient colossus indeed! No wonder, no wonder the Yaochi Saint regards you so differently."
Wan Ziqing was internally shocked, but also excited by Zhou Yan’s words; his dismay at nearly dying vanished, and he immediately started rummaging through his Qiankun Ring.
Wan Ziqing’s excited actions alerted Elder Wan and Wan Zichen.
Although neither was directly hit by Zhou Yan’s aura, they too were immensely shocked.
After all, seeing is believing, having personally experienced the terror of Zhou Yan’s bloodline; Wan Zichen was deeply moved, her beautiful eyes shining even brighter.
And Elder Wan was genuinely impressed.
Elder Wan was still reeling from the shock Zhou Yan had given him and hadn’t yet collected his thoughts. Seeing Wan Ziqing searching through his Qiankun Ring, Elder Wan’s eyes suddenly brightened, and he immediately began meticulously searching through seven or eight Qiankun Rings.
Elder Wan did so, and Wan Zichen was not to be outdone, promptly beginning her own search.
In just a moment, Wan Ziqing announced excitedly, "Found one, a fairly intact one. If it’s not enough, Zhou Xuanzhe, you can accompany me to our family immediately; our family, having emerged from a thousand-year seclusion, has many ancient relics. And with the Array Plate activated, we will surely arrive in less than a day."
"I’ve found one too, though it’s a bit damaged," Elder Wan said, thrilled.
"I’ve found two complete ones. This ring, I had it before I went to Thunder Flame Breaking Pill Mountain; if I hadn’t gone to Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain, I might have lost it long ago," Wan Zichen said excitedly, producing the Golden Fragments in her hand.
In a flash, Zhou Yan had secured four more fragments.
Zhou Yan felt so elated he nearly suffocated; his heart pounded away furiously.
"Perhaps, my journey won’t be so difficult."
Zhou Yan had a vague feeling that he had uncovered an enormous, terrifying secret.
He was not being rash; the situation was too significant!
The gravity of the matter could even influence the development of the Nine Origin Universe!
This feeling, as if he was just one step away from the actual truth, seeing the secrets even Saints and Divines yearn for—how could he not be excited?!
"Wait for me a moment!"
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Zhou Yan’s figure flashed and disappeared.
Those who knew Zhou Yan possessed such elusive techniques were not surprised, but Jiang Wannian, Wan Zichen, Wan Ziqing, and Elder Wan were stunned.
Such a movement technique was indeed shadowless and traceless, virtually spectral.
"This movement technique is terrifying, to suddenly vanish, could this be the movement technique of a Saint?"
Even a composed person like Jiang Wannian was incredibly astonished.
Soon after, he fell into deep thought and then spoke after a long silence, "It seems, with such a movement technique, I indeed have no chance of success; his combat power is close to ten, even with his current strength he’s capable of facing Cultivators of the Sword Tribulation First Refining Realm. Indeed, I am no match for him, I am without an answer to this movement technique."
In his mind, Jiang Wannian had simulated countless battles with Zhou Yan, but as soon as this movement technique was accounted for, Jiang Wannian knew he had failed.