Gu Yue Na keenly caught Lu Jun's momentary lapse.
His face had suddenly gone pale, cold sweat beaded at his temples, and a flash of alarm vanished deep within his pupils.
Her heart tightened. She immediately stepped forward to support his slightly swaying body, her slender hand feeling the stiffness and coldness radiating from his arm. Her worry was plain to see.
"Lu Jun? What's wrong?"
Her voice carried a faint, barely perceptible tremor as her eyes remained fixed on him.
"Did something go wrong... while absorbing the God King Power? Or..."
What she feared most was that the fundamental laws of the universe would not permit Lu Jun to exploit a loophole to ascend to God King, and would therefore unleash terrifying interference.
If that were true, Lu Jun might repeat the same tragedy and even perish on the spot. Without him as their core, the victory they had just achieved would instantly come to nothing, and what awaited them would be the God Realm's merciless reckoning.
Lu Jun took several deep breaths, forcibly suppressing the lingering shock from that apocalyptic vision.
He reached back and gently grasped Gu Yue Na's slightly cool hand, signaling that he could still hold on.
Lu Jun did not conceal anything. He described to Gu Yue Na, in full detail, the fragmented and despairing visions of the future transmitted by the Ice Abyss Sword.
It began with his successful absorption of Divine Power, then his attempt to break through to God King being ruthlessly blocked and backlashed by mysterious laws. Gu Yue Na then forcibly fused with the Dragon God Bloodline to save him, only to be besieged by chains of law and ultimately fall amid the Abyss tide. The planar seal shattered, and the Abyss launched a massive invasion under the leadership