Deep within the Hope Star Sea, the energy storm unleashed by that ultimate battle that had swept across All Heavens and Myriad Realms had gradually subsided. Yet ripples of law still stirred through the void, like the long, steady breathing of a colossal beast after it had fallen asleep. Fragments of shattered stars and wreckage from the Annihilation Giant Ships slowly gathered and condensed under the push of the newborn universe's origin tides, forming an unprecedentedly magnificent hall at the heart of the star sea—the Myriad Realms Council Hall.
This hall had not been built from ordinary earth and timber. Its foundation was made of refined Star Cores, its pillars of smelted Annihilation Ship Bones, and its beams and eaves of woven Law God Chains. The Radiant God Clan poured forth holy light to engrave Order Runes; the Heavenly Machine Clan traced calculating Star Orbits; the Spirits of Nature nurtured Spirit Wood to adorn the space; and the Titan God Race used supreme strength to solidify its foundations. The entire hall flowed with a dark golden sheen. It possessed both the ancient weight of having weathered calamity and the surging vitality of new birth, silently recounting the cycle of destruction and creation. Its lofty dome reflected a star map of the heavens, its points of light brightening and dimming with the changes in the outer star sea as though it were alive.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall was solemn to the extreme. Led by Venerable Brilliance, the leaders of every race from the Order Star Domain were present. The Radiant God Clan's patriarch wore battle robes woven from dawnlight; the Star Spirit Race's grand elder was shrouded in profound star mist, with the universe reflected in his eyes; the Titan King stood like a mountain, his skin