Upon that throne sat a blurred figure overlooking the myriad realms of All Heavens—the supreme sovereign of the Watchers, who had held power for countless Epochs and proclaimed himself the creator of the ultimate order of All Heavens.
The moment the sovereign's true consciousness manifested, the entire Void Forbidden Zone trembled violently. It was a terror-like pressure surpassing that of a Daluo Golden Immortal, as though a single thought of his could determine the birth and extinction of billions of worlds. The sovereign's emotionless voice exploded directly within Chu Qing's sea of consciousness and across the void of All Heavens, beginning an interrogation into the very foundation of the universe's continued existence:
"Chu Qing, you have fought upstream all this way, destroyed the Primordial Wall, and shattered the order of causality. Have you ever considered what you are doing?" The Watchers Sovereign's gaze was like two sharp blades piercing space and time, locking coldly onto Chu Qing atop the immortal city. "Since the birth of the myriad realms of All Heavens, absolute order has been needed to maintain balance. Without the Fate Law established and upheld by us, all living beings would be consumed by greed, with the strong devouring the weak. The entire Chaos Sea would have long since collapsed completely and fallen into Return to Void! The 'freedom' you seek is nothing more than a chaotic catastrophe that hastens destruction!"
Chu Qing stood on the deck with his hands behind his back. Facing this sovereign who stood so high above all else and had wielded authority for endless ages, his expression did not ripple in the slightest. He gave a cold laugh and retorted, "Order? Balance? What a high-sounding excuse. The order you speak of is nothing more than treating all living beings as livestock kept in pens,