Within the Eternal Night Great Hall, the Holy Lord of Annihilation's silver eyes, reflecting the end of the universe, were like two bottomless pools of icy spring water. They mirrored the Primordial Stone Coffin hovering tenaciously above the Ancient Demon Star Altar despite being covered in cracks, as well as the faint yet unextinguished spiritual light within. The news that Li Wuyang was not dead and the stone coffin had not been destroyed did not stir the slightest ripple in him. Instead, it seemed to confirm a certain speculation. His frigid will flowed slowly like a frozen river of stars. "The resilience of the 'Paradoxical Artifact' exceeds estimates. Conventional erosion has yielded minimal results. Initiate the 'Myriad Realms Return to Silence' protocol. Execute the final reckoning."
The instant the order was issued, the Finality Council, a machine of destruction that had lain dormant for a moment, let out a roar deeper and more terrifying than ever before. This was no longer an attack directed at a specific region or target, but a true ultimate extermination program indiscriminately covering the entire known sea of stars!
The Singularity Cores within the three Revert to Silence Engines scattered across the endless dead starfields were driven into an unprecedented state of overload. The throbbing of the cores sounded like the final wail of a dying colossal beast, frantically drawing out all energy and matter from their dimensions, even beginning to tear apart spatial structure itself for fuel. The dark red, blood-vessel-like channels writhing across the engines' surfaces bulged one after another, while the purity and intensity of their energy output rose by several orders of magnitude.
Even more chilling was that the three engines no longer fought separately. Under the joint guidance of the council's foremost Annihilation Sorcerers, their vast annihilation energy converged, compressed,