From the Nine Heavens Above, a vast, distant sigh suddenly rang out.
"Ah..."
That sigh carried the weight of endless ages, piercing every inch of space in the Primordial Wilderness.
The shattered rifts in space swiftly healed the instant the sigh fell.
Then golden light blazed above the Thirty-Three Heavens.
An edict formed entirely from purple Heavenly Dao origin essence slowly drifted down from Chaos in the boundless heights!
Great Dao runes flickered across the edict, radiating supreme heavenly might that brooked no defiance.
The will of Dao Ancestor Hongjun of the Purple Xiao Palace had finally descended!
The Heavenly Dao Edict stretched across the sky above the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, and Hongjun's cold, majestic voice rang out from every direction at once.
"Niu Ben, know when to stop."
"Taiyi and Di Jun are saints ordained by the Heavenly Dao. They bear the Demon Race's fortune in the Primordial Wilderness, and their crimes do not warrant death."
"In consideration of your recent breakthrough through the Profound Gate and the turmoil in your Dao Heart, today's karmic dispute shall end here."
"Return the Chaos Bell and withdraw to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains at once. You are forbidden to cause further trouble. Thus it is decreed."
The edict shone with boundless golden light, bearing the overwhelming momentum of the Heavenly Dao as it descended over Niu Ben's head!
At the sight of the edict, hope of escaping certain death suddenly flared in Di Jun's eyes.
The Dao Ancestor had personally intervened to save them!
No one in the Primordial Wilderness dared defy the Dao Ancestor's edict-not the Three Pure Ones, not Nuwa, and certainly not the Two Saints of the West!
And yet.
Holding the half-dead Emperor Taiyi in one hand, Niu Ben raised his head and looked at the