"That's the twenty-sixth time Venerable Vast-Sky has killed me."
Quinn Shepherd quietly sipped his tea, now rather diluted. He set down the cup, lost in thought: "Twenty-six times, and not a single killing technique repeated. Remarkable... Ever since coming to Heavenly Court, I've been busy nonstop—barely any leisure. I wonder what teas Heavenly Court offers? With all the nobility here, the tea must be better than what we have below."
He considered buying some tea leaves to bring back to the lower realm as gifts for his closest friends.
Just then, in the illusion, Venerable Vast-Sky killed him once more.
But what currency does Heavenly Court use? My Everpeace Dafu coins definitely won't buy me anything here.
Quinn couldn't help missing Lina the Spirit Fox and Serena Yunxiang—if those two were here, he'd never have to worry about money.
In a little while, Her Majesty the Empress will establish the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge, opening a path between the Origin World and Heavenly Court. Then I'll finally have money.
He squinted, resting his eyes: "I've died fifty-one times at Venerable Vast-Sky's hands, and he's used fifty-one different divine arts—never repeating once. Incredible. I never realized my cultivation and techniques had so many hidden flaws."
He couldn't help but feel a surge of admiration.
It's true what they say—an outsider sees things more clearly. It's hard to spot your own weaknesses.
To someone as proud as Quinn Shepherd, his cultivation and divine arts seemed absolutely perfect, flawless. Yet to others, perhaps there were still many hidden flaws.
After all, Venerable Vast-Sky is a Heavenly Venerable—the second person in history to open up the Divine Treasuries, second only to Heaven-Guide Venerable.
After so many years of research, he created the Hundred Methods to Slaughter Shepherd, proving there are at least a hundred flaws in Quinn Shepherd's cultivation and divine arts. Having a genius like this help refine your techniques is truly a blessing!
In Venerable Vast-Sky's world, Quinn Shepherd died again and again. Strangely, after each kill, it felt as though everything reset to the beginning.
That starting point was always the same: Vast-Sky stood in the pavilion facing the sea, and Quinn Shepherd walked toward him, coming to stand by his side.
Every time, his first line was always the same.
"Shepherd Heavenly Venerable doesn't seem surprised at all."
Yet inside, Vast-Sky grew more and more astonished, more and more confused. The scene felt uncannily familiar—like he'd lived it before, and not just once.
Ever since acquiring the Taichu Primal Stone, Quinn Shepherd's divine sense had grown stronger and stronger.
Even before coming to Heavenly Court, his divine sense was already formidable—he could spot flaws in the divine sense arts of Zuo Shaobi and Yan Shaoqing, trapping even Heavenly Court's top divine sense expert in a cycle of illusions, unable to tell real from fake.