The next day, Gong Xiong came on time as he had promised. He wore a different black bearskin this time and seemed really well put together as he led the way. "Come, come. I'll take you to see the sovereign."

The sovereign hadn't wanted to meet Lingfeng and the rest, so Tianming went alone. As he had already gone against someone like the sun emperor, facing one of the two top figures of a nova source world no longer fazed him. Gong Xiong, however, was nervously adjusting his outfit along the way.

"Friend, I look fine, right? Is my hair alright?"

"Brother Xiong, you have no hair."

"Ah, I forgot! Dang, I'm so nervous!"

The two of them headed toward the...