At Chu Qing's sharp command, the menacing Broken-Formation Logic Attack, which seemed poised to blast the entire Star-Corpse Belt into nothingness, crumbled the instant it touched his simplification Sword Qi. Chu Qing's dimension-reducing strike stripped the enemy's mutual destruction protocol bare, then turned it into an insignificant wisp of smoke with a backhanded sweep. It never even brushed the edge of the Eternal Heavenly Palace.
The surviving enemy jailers' final counterattack, in which they took such pride, proved more fragile than wastepaper before Chu Qing and was torn to shreds on the spot. As the broken formation's restrictions were completely reduced to zero, the entire Star-Sea Exile Facility collapsed with a thunderous crash. Tens of thousands of Netherworld Jailers vanished into ash amid dazzling purple-gold divine radiance, leaving not even a trace of karmic residue behind.
As the Star-Sea Exile Facility's restrictions unraveled completely in an instant, the hundreds of millions of ancient powerhouses' remnant souls, bound fast by Higher-Dimensional Chains of Karma and denied the light of day, finally regained their freedom.
"Rumble—!"
Countless remnant souls soared from the shattered Mystic-Ice Ruins, forming a vast, boundless golden river of stars. When they felt Chu Qing casually dissolve the karmic fire that had shackled them for countless epochs, all the ancient powerhouses' remnant souls bowed together in the starry expanse. Gazing at the peerless figure in white atop the Eternal Heavenly Palace, their eyes streamed with tears as they raised reverent cries that shook the entire Beyond-Realm Starry Expanse:
"Thank you for your boundless grace, Exalted One! The Return to Void Divine Court tormented us for endless epochs. Had you not shattered the formation today, our souls would have scattered into oblivion! For your great kindness, we swear to follow you unto death!"
Countless ancient powerhouses' remnant souls prostrated themselves