Eve of the Great War

Central Sacred Domain, Holy City.

Immortal Sect Grand Hall.

Jiang Yuanshen, seated upon the throne, received encrypted information transmitted by Stars. His expression changed drastically as he sprang to his feet, his aura erupting like surging, raging waves.

His eyes were like cold stars as he stared fixedly at the masters of Tianyuan Immortal Sect and the Hall of Longevity.

"You two sects actually fired Primordial Light into the territory of my Gate of Stars. Are you trying to provoke an all-out war and destroy the Cave Heaven Realm?"

The clamor throughout the banquet came to an abrupt halt, as though instantly gripped by an invisible giant hand.

Everyone present—including the Ten Great Powers, the reclusive great sects, God Burial Mountain, and the rest—froze. They rose to their feet in unison, their pupils trembling violently.

They had fired Primordial Light?

Since its creation, Primordial Light had never been detonated in the Central Sacred Domain. It had only been test-fired in the Four Great Heavenly Realms.

The resulting dead zones could not recover even after tens of thousands of years.

Moreover, those had been events from tens of thousands of years ago. In the past twenty to thirty thousand years, ever since the treaty banning Primordial Light test detonations had been signed, not a single Calamity Weapon had undergone a test explosion.

Now, Tianyuan Immortal Sect and the Hall of Longevity had suddenly shattered this balance. It was inconceivable to them, and a thread of fear flashed through their hearts.

The terror of Calamity Weapons had long since been carved into their souls. If the Three Great Immortal Sects descended into total chaos, the entire upper realm would be left with corpses strewn across the land.

The leaders of the major powers present were no fools. Since Tianyuan Immortal Sect and