The boundless, vast desert had returned to its habitual tranquility. Today was the day of the Seven Stars Alignment, and Yu Luo wondered if Fan Guangchuan's words had been meant solely to lure her here, or if there was truly substance to them.
Gazing through the gap between her fingers at the firmament, Yu Luo saw that despite the blazing sun, several circular spots of varying shades had appeared across the azure sky, neatly and closely aligned in a row like a pearl necklace offered to the heavens.
Waiting from dawn until noon without perceiving any supernatural signs, Yu Luo watched as the Glazed Pure Fire drifted spontaneously from her lower dantian. Its semi-transparent petals contracted and expanded continuously, as though expressing an inexpressible excitement.
Chapter 269