The Dream Realm was dying. There was no better way to describe it.
Mountains occasionally trembled without reason. Ancient rivers changed their flow overnight. Strange cracks appeared in the sky before vanishing moments later. Even the sun sometimes flickered as though it were only a painting stretched across the heavens rather than a real celestial body.
Every powerful participant could sense it. The World Tree's trial was approaching its conclusion.
Within the Clark Family estate, two people remained completely isolated from the chaos unfolding around them. Lily and Kevin Ten had practically disappeared into their cultivation chambers. Days passed without either of them emerging. Mountains of manuals, scrolls, notes, and copied techniques surrounded them.
Lily devoted herself entirely to mastering every fragment of knowledge she could obtain from the Ice Spear Arrow Technique and the ancient records Tony had given her.
