While Li Wuyang was deeply comprehending the Dao beneath the protection of the Primordial Stone Coffin, his strength soaring, the atmosphere within the "Annihilation Royal Court"—a temporary structure erected by The Finality Council at the far end of the Abyssal Starfield of Annihilation, built from countless warship wrecks and evil metal—was as oppressive as the dead stillness before a storm.
At the heart of the royal court, within a ferocious hall piled from jet-black bones and dark-red energy crystals, the Shadow Chancellor, the Flesh and Blood High Priest, and the Bone Reaper, three powerful beings who had only just returned in defeat, knelt on one knee and reported their recent encounter to the figure upon the throne, shrouded in dense black mist, with only a pair of indifferent silver eyes visible.
"...The will imprint of the Reincarnation Heavenly Venerate... manifested through the Primordial Stone Coffin... all of our attacks... were dissolved by its power of Reincarnation..." The Shadow Chancellor's voice was conveyed through thought, carrying a trace of barely perceptible humiliation and gravity.
The figure on the throne remained silent. Only within those silver eyes seemed to flow scenes of universes arising and perishing, radiating an authority that could freeze one's soul. After a long while, a cold and emotionless thought slowly spread outward, resounding directly within the depths of the three experts' souls:
"Reincarnation... lingering will... not yet dispersed... troublesome..."
There was no anger or joy to be heard in that thought, yet it made the Shadow Chancellor and the other two tense inwardly and lower their heads even further.
"The spatial gate... construction progress... must not be delayed..." The being on the throne continued to transmit its thoughts. "The 'Myriad Annihilation Return to Origin Grand Array'... must be activated ahead of schedule... draw upon the abyssal deathly stillness...