THE FIRST
Author: Haiistory
last update2025-03-14 22:17:07

Time seemed to freeze in the Hall of Nine Tails. Lin Fengtian stood tall facing the waves of dark figures that kept popping up from the cracks in the floor, while the eight balls of light spun more and more wildly above them. Zhao Lingyun could feel such heavy spiritual pressure-it was as if the entire history of the cultivation world was trying to crush him all at once.

“Xiao yun,” Lin Fengtian said without taking his eyes off the enemy before them, ”do you remember what I said about the Bridge of Choice?”

“Yes, but...” Zhao Lingyun tightly grasped the crystal that still remained from the previous transformation ritual, “I'm not sure how to use it in this situation.”

“The Bridge of Choice isn't just a transformation tool,” Lin Fengtian's voice changed-for a moment it sounded like a chorus of thousands of voices, before returning to normal. “It is a manifestation of the concept of choice itself. And in this situation... we need a choice that even the Watchers don't realize they have.”
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