Upon the Ancient Demon Star Altar, Li Wuyang, through his deep resonance with the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, was the first to sense the bone-chilling threat spreading from the depths of the universe. It was not a tangible fleet, but an all-pervasive will of deathly silence that kept intensifying like cosmic background radiation, along with a torrent of incomparably pure annihilation energy surging through some bizarre channel. These were the destructive ripples released after the Revert to Silence Engine activated—the prelude to The Finality Council's full-scale assault!
"They're here!" Li Wuyang suddenly opened his eyes. The galaxy flowing within them instantly receded, replaced by utter gravity. He rose to his feet, his hands swiftly tracing mysterious patterns before him. Through their spiritual connection, he instantly conveyed the warning and his orders to everyone on the altar.
"Star Formation Barrier, fully activate! Elder Xuanji, stabilize the formation foundation! Shadow Sword Immortal, Jungle Walker, watch for infiltration!"
At the urging of his will, the entire Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars let out a deep hum that seemed to come from the ancient starry skies. The immense formation diagram hovering above the altar abruptly began rotating faster. The phantoms of three hundred and sixty-five primary stars shone brilliantly, casting down condensed dark-gold pillars of light that fused with the altar's foundation. An incomparably solid spherical barrier of light, its surface flowing with countless stellar runes and patterns of creation and destruction, rapidly expanded from the altar and firmly protected the entire core area within. This barrier contained not only immense stellar power, but also Li Wuyang's Reincarnation Dao Rhyme, granting it the peculiar quality of "Immunity to All Magic and the cycle of karma."
Almost the instant the Star Formation Barrier took shape, the first wave of invisible "death tide"