A burst of violent rumbling rang out, and the clouds rapidly parted in all directions, revealing a massive vortex at the center. At the heart of the vortex was a pure golden eye that was entirely formed by runes, and it was in the process of slowly opening.

As the eye opened, the entire world was trembling and quaking. Qin Ye could feel himself rising up higher and higher, drifting into the sky, as light as a feather, as if that eye were producing immense suction force. After just a few minutes, he found himself hovering right in front of the eye.

Aside from the eye, everything else seemed to be completely illusory, and it was as if the color of the surrounding clouds were slowly fading away.

The eye was the only thing that was clear and in focus, and Qin Ye found himself physically unable to look away from it.

"This is... the Heavenly Dao," he murmured to himself with an awestruck expression. He recalled that the second King Yanluo had told him that the peace treaty had been signed with the Heavenly Dao acting as witness.

So the Heavenly Dao has been keeping an eye on this place this entire time... 

It was also because of this that he was immediately noticed by the Heavenly Dao as soon as he opened the peace treaty. In fact, it was earlier than that. He could sense that something had already been scrutinizing him even before he opened the peace treaty.

The giant eye continued...