News of Li Wuyang's return from reincarnation, his effortless repair of the star altar, and his single sword strike that wiped out the enemy fleet spread like wildfire through every corner of the Star Sea Alliance, bringing unprecedented exhilaration. Yet the news also pierced through layers of void at an even faster speed, reaching the heart of The Finality Council—the Eternal Night Great Hall.
Inside the hall, the silence was terrifying. The chill permeating the air, enough to freeze a Golden Immortal's soul, had grown incomparably dense. The Shadow Chancellor, Flesh and Blood High Priest, and Bone Reaper knelt prostrate on the ground, even their soul flames trembling as they dared not make the slightest sound. Upon the throne, the dense black mist shrouding the Holy Lord of Annihilation churned violently. Within it, those indifferent silver eyes now resembled two supernovae on the verge of eruption, the scenes of cosmic birth and destruction reflected within them cycling and collapsing at an unprecedented pace!
"Reincarnation... quasi-Saint... Myriad Phenomena Renewed..." The icy will was like billions of ice blades scraping across the three giants' souls, filling them with instinctive terror. The Holy Lord... was enraged! This was not mere killing intent, but the deepest fury born from an ant challenging his supreme authority—even shaking the very foundation of the Great Dao!
"The remnant of the Primordial Stone Coffin... the variable of Chaos Nirvana... has truly taken that step..." For the first time, the Holy Lord of Annihilation's will carried a clear, grating sharpness like metal scraping against metal. "This child... has become the core of a 'paradox.' He must be... completely corrected!"
He slowly raised a skeletal hand condensed from crystals of Absolute Annihilation and lightly tapped the void with one fingertip. At once, a pitch-black altar formed from countless remnants of