Boiling

The gentle breeze blew, causing ripples on the calm sea surface. Suddenly, a figure appeared silently from above, casting a high and scrutinizing gaze around.

"Quite perceptive, and you've deliberately moved this far away. It seems you've gained something valuable."

Guan Hongxuan stood with his hands behind his back, and a Night-Luminescent Pearl floated in front of him. Faint ripples spread outward with the rise and fall of the Night-Luminescent Pearl.

The Haiyue Cave Trials was a grand event, a gathering of Aperture Tempering realm martial artists. The treasures obtained within the cave were rare and seldom seen by most people.

Some of them even had practical uses for those in the Combined Aperture Tempering realm.

With benefits come competition, and with competition comes conflict. Hence, powerful sects would dispatch people to protect their disciples.