Boundless deathly aura surged forth from the deepest reaches of the Netherworld, swallowing the myriad forms at an unimaginable speed and cutting off all observation from outside the Netherworld.
This isolation was not complete.
Strictly speaking, it was limited to the deepest components of the Netherworld—the Four Ghost Domains and the Netherworld Lord Hall—but it still played a crucial role.
Because Lu Yang escaped.
Originally, with the Sword Lord going all out, Lu Yang had [Destiny] suppressing him from above, while Sword Light rising from the [Homeward-Looking Terrace] blocked his path below.
With both forces layered together, Lu Yang should never have been able to flee into the Four Ghost Domains. And if he could not enter the Four Ghost Domains, he naturally could not use them to break free from the encirclement of the [Heavenly Dao]. Yet the tide of deathly aura surging upward shattered the blockade of the [Homeward-Looking Terrace], opening a clear path for him.
That gave Lu Yang an opportunity to act.
An opportunity to leave Chu Sheng's sight, arrive before True Lord Biluofuguang—before the Ancestral Dragon—and turn him into a [Character in the Play].
Then, without the slightest reluctance, he departed.
His thought avatar flickered like a guttering candle flame. In a flash, it had escaped the Netherworld and slipped back into the Void Darkness, about to return to his true body seated Beyond Heaven.
Almost at the same moment—
A sonorous sword cry came chasing after it, carrying an edge that could slaughter the myriad forms, as though it meant to erase Lu Yang's avatar before it could return to his true body.
Until the figure Beyond Heaven turned to look.
The Light of Order blazed to life. The Great Dao ring, as though expounding every supreme principle, began to turn, as though endless