Li Wuyang stepped out of the light gate of the Chaos Ancestral Vein Secret Realm. The chaotic currents around him had yet to fully settle, slowly drawing inward like docile silk and merging into the depths of his increasingly profound eyes. Ten days of secluded cultivation within the secret realm had amounted to merely one day outside, yet he seemed to have undergone a complete rebirth. Not only had his cultivation fully stabilized at the late-stage Great Luo realm, but his comprehension of the Chaos Nirvana Dao had entered an entirely new realm. In particular, the newly fused Chaos Heaven Opening Creation Light had yet to be tested in battle, but it already filled him with unprecedented confidence.
Yet the faint joy of emerging from seclusion vanished the instant he sensed the nearly tangible oppression pervading the immortal vessel. From the direction of the Cardinal Hall came not the clamor of victory, but the dead silence before a storm. Even the moving air seemed to carry the heavy scent of rust. The low hum emitted by the warning formations was not a piercing shriek, yet it struck every cultivator's heart like a funeral bell.
His figure flashed, and he was already inside the Cardinal Hall. There was no need to ask. His gaze was instantly drawn to the enormous Myriad Stars Mirror at the center of the hall—or rather, consumed by the sight reflected within it, a sight capable of freezing any living being's soul.
The mirror no longer displayed the familiar map of the star sea territories. Instead, it focused on a dark region so distant it seemed to lie at the edge of the universe—the Reincarnation Ancient Land. It was a forbidden zone of life, said to be the final battlefield of an ancient war between gods and