The Ancient Demon Star Altar's crushing defeat, Li Wuyang's suspected death, and the Primordial Stone Coffin's silence spread back to the Eternal Night Great Hall of The Finality Council as though they had grown wings. Yet the atmosphere within the hall held none of victory's joy; instead, it was steeped in strange solemnity.
The three titans—the Shadow Chancellor, the Flesh and Blood High Priest, and the Bone Reaper—still lay prostrate on the ground, but their soul fluctuations were filled with irrepressible terror and a trace of... confusion.
"Holy Lord, the Shadow of Annihilation has already acted. That variable should have been completely reduced to nothingness, and the Primordial Stone Coffin should have shattered as well. Why... why must we still be so cautious?" Gathering his courage, the Shadow Chancellor asked with the humblest intent. He could not understand why, after deploying their ultimate power, the Holy Lord had not ordered them to press their advantage and wipe out the remaining alliance forces, but had instead commanded the council's forces to temporarily withdraw and strengthen their vigilance, as if guarding against something.
Upon the throne, the Holy Lord of Annihilation was shrouded in ever-denser darkness. Only his silver eyes remained visible, colder and deeper than ever before. Rather than answering directly, he sent a frigid intent containing information into the souls of the three titans.
What appeared within that intent was not the scene of the Ancient Demon Star Altar's destruction, but a close-up of the Primordial Stone Coffin, covered in cracks yet still stubbornly floating in the air, along with the faint but unextinguished flicker of spiritual light within it.
"An error... remains uncorrected." The Holy Lord of Annihilation's intent was utterly calm, yet it chilled the souls of the three titans. "The Primordial Stone Coffin is a Paradoxical Artifact