Buzz—!!!
Just as the Destruction Beam was about to engulf Qin Chuan, the Shadow Domain behind him—the Dark Domain that had absorbed countless energies and Law Fragments—finally crossed its last threshold and reached an unprecedented state of perfection: 100%!
In that instant, it underwent a transformation beyond words.
The Shadow Domain was no longer merely a special energy field under Qin Chuan's control. It seemed to have its own breath and heartbeat.
The powers of shadow, space, wind, lightning, death, and the other laws within it had once operated separately. Now they wove together seamlessly, forming an internal cycle that was more stable and held limitless possibilities.
The darkness grew purer, and the spatial structure more stable. He could even faintly sense a hazy set of "world rules" taking shape within it.
This was no longer a mere domain. It was a Divine Kingdom Prototype!
Almost by instinct, the perfected Shadow Domain neither dodged nor braced itself against the violet Destruction Beam, a strike capable of Eradication even against a Lower God. Instead, like an ancient beast awakening, it opened its abyssal maw!
The dense darkness, which seemed capable of swallowing all things, lunged forward to meet the Destruction Beam!
"Know your place! You and your domain can turn to nothing together!"
The Thousand-Eyed Demon Projection let out a final roar. He did not believe any domain could survive his full-powered strike.
What happened next shattered everything he thought he knew.
Hiss—!
There was no earth-shaking explosion, no blinding flare from colliding energies.
The violet Destruction Beam, powerful enough to pierce the temple and tear through laws, vanished into the vast darkness the moment it touched the perfected Shadow Domain, swallowed without a sound!
A barely perceptible ripple passed across the Shadow Domain's surface before it grew still again, as