In the forests to the west of Elm City, a gentle breeze of theThank You for your support wind plucked a vermillion colored leaf from an Elm Tree. It slowly swayed with the wind and drifted towards the golden orange carpet of leaves on the road.

“Autumn is here.”

Sitting in the carriage, Ikasa wistfully muttered as he saw the scenery of the fall outside the window. The red and yellow leaves strewn across the ground reminded him of his company compound on Earth.

Complicated emotions flashed through his eyes as he realized that it has almost been a year since he transmigrated into this world. He was a nobody of a Tier-3 city back then who had to fear every resident of the Inner-City.

Now, he was dealing on equal terms with one of the powers that dominates a Tier 2 City.

While he was thinking, a yellowish leaf entered through the open window of the carriage and landed on Ikasa’s lap. An involuntary smile formed on his lips as he picked up the jagged leaf.

He was reminded of the Elm Tree that was outside his office window on Earth.

Every autumn, a gust of wind would blow a few of its aged leaves into his office. The moist yellow and red leaves annoyed him back then, but now they were just a fond memory.

Unaware of the thoughts in his mind, Sang Yi saw Ikasa smile while looking at the leaf. He couldn’t help but ask, “Beautiful, isn’t it?”

Ikasa looked up at Sang Yi and nodded with a small smile. Then he looked outside the window.

Elm trees full of red and yellow leaves lined the road. They looked like a bride dressed in red and bedecked in lots of gold jewelry. The foliage looked even more bright in the warm sunlight of the afternoon sun.

Suddenly, a huge shadow fell on the trees, blocking the sunlight. The Dual-Horned Horse stood rooted to the spot, shivering with fear.

In the carriage, Ikasa and Sang Yi trembled and became petrified. They were burdened with so much aura that they had no thoughts of resistance.

Ikasa had never felt such a powerful coercive aura ever before. Comparing this aura to that of any Path Finder would be like comparing a phoenix to a chicken!

Even Sang Yi felt that this aura was many times stronger than that of his Chakra Sage Ancestor!

Ikasa gathered courage to peek out of the window. He was rewarded for his courage with an incredible sight.

A pearly white horse glided in the clear blue sky above the forest. Its golden feathered wings, as big as that of an airplane, eclipsed the sun.

When the beast suddenly dived down, Ikasa missed a heartbeat. Its silvery spiral horn did not seem like a wonder of nature but more like a lethal weapon.

Ikasa only felt relieved when the magnificent beast simply touched some tree and reascended into the sky.

As it flapped its wings, a shiny golden feather floated towards the ground. It landed just a few steps away from where the carriage had stopped.

The coercion from the beast had reduced as it had reascended into the sky. Ikasa jumped out of the carriage and quickly picked up the feather the length of his arm.

An intense wave of energy assaulted him as soon as his hands touched the feather. Ikasa felt as if someone had shocked his soul!

In his mind, he saw two bright blue eyes judging him. He felt like his soul was burdened with crushing weight that could destroy his soul.

Various memories of his life experiences in this world began to play in his mind. The moments of his happiness, his sadness, his love and his hate, they were all exposed before those blue eyes.

Then the memory of his first kill in the Ruins near Sal City played. When the figure of the hunchbacked old man appeared, Ikasa suddenly felt the weight on his soul increase by a fold!

After that, every time a memory that contained the hunchbacked old man played, he felt the burden on his soul increase. The pain he felt also increased.

When the blue eyes finished sifting through all the memories of the hunchbacked old man, his soul had reached its limit.

Ikasa felt as if his entire body was being torn into pieces and being stitched again. If the prying blue eyes did not stop, his life would really end here.

Suddenly, the memory of his meeting with the Absolute of Water surfaced in his mind and began to play before his eyes.

The moment the lady in his memories introduced herself as the Absolute of Water, the weight on his soul halved!

As the memory played further, the pressure he felt lessened. Eventually, the weight on his soul was completely lifted and he was bathed in a warm white light.

The pain he felt in his soul completely disappeared. He felt as if he just had a fruitful training session and was completely refreshed.

Just as Ikasa opened his eyes, a loud neigh of the horse resounded through the forest, startling the birds and beasts alike.

Ikasa saw the humongous flying beast looking at him with its wings fully unfurled. The horse reared in the sky by raising its front limbs up and then turned around and galloped into the clouds.

When Sang Yi got out of the carriage, he noticed Ikasa facing away from him with his head tilted back. The tattooed man followed his gaze and saw a vague figure of the flying horse disappear into the clouds.

“Guardian of the Tornado Totem, <anno data-annotation-id=”1299f77b-0c2b-2a16-197d-afb396ff21d1″>Tianma</anno>  !”

Sang Yi shouted with shock and excitement. He immediately fell to his knees with a putong and bowed his head at the disappearing figure of the beast.

A long while later, Sang Yi raised his head. Small bump had formed on his forehead from the collision with the ground.

He looked in Ikasa’s direction and saw a pearly white feather in his hands.

Sang Yi’s eyes widened as he struggled to string words together to form a sentence.

“You…  How?… The Judgment Feather of the Heavenly Horse?… How?”

Seeing the amused smile on Ikasa’s face, Sang Yi calmed down. He took a deep breath and looked at Ikasa with shining eyes.

“You are the first outsider to pass the judgment of the Heavenly Horse. I am sure the Ancestor would be delighted to meet you!”

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