The light flame soon died out, but as soon as one outbreak was suppressed, another sprang up. Seconds later, a light flame of the same nature burst from another patch of deep space hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.
The void around the battlefield where Great Monarch Wyatt was being encircled was in chaos. No one could tell what form the energy turbulence would take, where it would appear, or when.
Only from above the "Polar Domain," where source tracing and localization were relatively easy, could they see the whole picture.
In any case, once it manifested externally, it proved that Great Monarch Chang Yi Zhen's judgment... even his "prophecy," had come true.
Grand Duke Zhiping scrambled to relay his entire conversation with Chang Yi Zhen to the front lines, hoping to avoid responsibility. He could not help casting a sidelong glance as well, though from above the "Polar Domain," he could not actually make out Chang Yi Zhen's precise condition. He only heard what sounded like a chuckle:
"What a waste."
"Huh?"
Great Monarch Chang Yi Zhen did not respond.
Grand Duke Zhiping persisted. "A waste of what? How did you guess?"
Chang Yi Zhen still sidestepped the first question, saying only, "I didn't guess. I simply made a very straightforward deduction: the contingencies here in the 'Boundary Curtain' region were almost all personally arranged by the 'Gatekeeper Lord' back then.
"Everyone knows what the 'Gatekeeper Lord' was working on during his final few thousand years. It was nothing more than combining the 'inner universe' with the 'Illusory Nightmare Domain.' But his death was so sudden, and so absurd, that many of the associated powers faded into obscurity before they could truly take effect.
"Now Wyatt has turned first to the 'Illusory Nightmare Domain,' then shifted onto the 'inner