In the heavy silence that followed, the old man was the first to regain his composure. Though thoroughly stunned, his shock stemmed from a reason entirely different from that of the surrounding crowd.
Ahem.
The elder cleared his throat loudly, snapping the stunned competitors back to reality. "All of this innate talent means nothing without the successful comprehension of a Law Aspect," he declared, his voice echoing over the plain. "As is universally understood, without internalizing a Law Aspect, a cultivator is forever doomed to remain a Monarch, incapable of ever setting foot into the divine realm of an Emperor. This is an absolute, ironclad truth."
With a casual flick of his wrist, a translucent, compact cube materialized in the air in front of Yulong Ba.
