The void was silent.
Qin Chuan's movement was the only ripple in that deathly stillness.
The muzzle of the Sniping Rifle pointed at the dazzling cluster of countless Divine Kingdoms.
It was an unmistakable provocation.
A newly ascended Mid-Rank God had bared his fangs at an ancient Pantheon that had ruled for untold ages.
The hymns of the Radiant Divine Kingdom Cluster did not grow louder or angrier.
Quite the opposite. Every sound vanished.
Light.
Endless light.
The vast radiance that had spread across the void and illuminated countless planes began to contract inward.
It was not fading. It was gathering to an extreme.
Every holy city suspended in the void, every territory bathed in Holy Light, and every praying soul contributed its strength.
Those powers converged, but formed no attacking beam or spell of judgment.
They simply turned the entire Divine Kingdom Cluster into one flawless whole.
Light became solid.
A crystalline yet indestructible wall enclosed every Divine Kingdom.
Across its surface flowed the devout faith of countless believers, interwoven with the hymns of innumerable Angels and inscribed with every law the God of Light System had established since its birth.
It gave off no hint of danger. It merely existed, still and silent.
Yet it felt sturdier than any substance in the universe and more eternal than any law.
There was no gap to find. No weakness.
This was an Absolute Defense forged from the power and will of the entire Pantheon.
One solid, inviolable wall.
The moment that wall was complete, a will descended from the deepest reaches of the Divine Kingdom Cluster.
That will held no warmth and no emotion, only pure judgment and authority.
It crossed the distance between them and spoke directly in Qin Chuan's mind.
"Your crime is overstepping your place."
The voice