Back inside the massive observation amphitheater, the thousands of elite Master Teachers stood completely frozen in their seats.
The previous atmosphere of lighthearted jests and intellectual superiority had been utterly, violently vaporized within a single fraction of a second.
Every single pair of eyes was pinned to the central holographic display, tracking the shifting, dark gold-rimmed perimeter of the sphere that had just materialized inside Shen Haoran's isolated pocket dimension.
A collective, suffocating wave of profound shock and near-primitive terror swept across the ascending rows of the faculty.
"A domain!?" one high-tier instructor shouted, his voice cracking as he accidentally shattered the stone armrest of his chair with a sudden, uncontrolled leak of his spiritual energy.
