The Fall of the Heavenly God

The Heavenly God had been formed from a wisp of Senior Brother San Sheng's obsession.

He was an unconventional Yang Sixth Layer.

Back then, no one in the Yang Realm was unaware of San Sheng's name.

Yet many had overlooked the Heavenly God, San Sheng's junior brother.

His talent had been equally terrifying.

Had there been no San Sheng, he might have been one of the most dazzling lights of that era.

But his radiance had been utterly eclipsed by San Sheng.

In Qi Yuan's view, if things had followed the script, San Sheng's junior brother—the Heavenly God—would likely have turned dark long ago.

Yet the Heavenly God... had not fallen into darkness.

He had always labored without complaint, even helping San Sheng patch up every gap and flaw.

Only in the end, when his people were devoured by Return to Nothingness and he had nowhere left to flee, had he finally perished.

A wisp of obsession had been born, transforming into the Heavenly God to fight Return to Nothingness.

And he had become an unconventional Yang Sixth Layer.

The meaning of his existence was to oppose Return to Nothingness.

Or rather, the unfinished responsibility San Sheng had left behind was filled by him.

Qi Yuan stood in the void, yet the Heavenly God did not appear in his sight.

He let out a long sigh.

"No matter what happened in the past... you and I are destined to stand opposed."

San Sheng's junior brother bore no hatred toward San Sheng.

But his obsession was another matter entirely.

Especially since everything the Heavenly God had done had already placed him against Qi Yuan.

If the other Yang Sixth Layers, including San Sheng, had all used relatively gentle means to fight Return to Nothingness—

Then the Heavenly God's methods had been