Her eyes, on Tianlong, held the complexity. The shame. The gratitude. The hatred. The greed. All of it, merged into one impossible, overwhelming, unresolvable emotion.
On the ground, in the mid-sky, many cultivators hovered. The participants, the young prodigies, the sect disciples, the soldiers, the ambitious — all of them, gathered. Hundreds. Thousands. All looking up at the ships. All waiting for the tournament to begin.
Tianlong, his gold-crimson eyes, scanned the crowd. The divine perception, the transcendent awareness, swept. Face by face. Cultivation by cultivation. Name by name.
[ SYSTEM SCAN ]
Subject: Shen Mu
Age: 17 (apparent), Unknown (true)
Cultivation: Late Soul Formation (suppressed)
Special traits: Sword Intent (Prodigy level), Spirit Sword Seed, Past Life Memories
Status: Reincarnated Sword Sovereign
Threat level: Moderate (potential: Extreme)
Subject: Shen Ling
Age: 18
Cultivation: Foundation Establishment
Special traits: None detected
