Inside the Ninth Chaos.
Houtu's Boundless Reincarnation Law turned into a massive gray palm and slammed straight toward the more than ten thousand System Light Clusters besieging Di Jiang.
As long as this palm fell, it could erase at least most of the systems.
But the instant the gray palm was about to touch the systems—
More than ten thousand System Light Clusters erupted with blinding Golden Light at the same time. The Golden Light swiftly wove together, forming an indestructible golden barrier.
"Boom!"
The gray palm struck the golden barrier with brutal force.
The restriction flickered violently, cracks appearing across its surface, but it forcibly withstood this strike from the Fusion Dao Realm.
It really blocked it. Houtu's heart sank.
This was the defensive restriction Cangxuan had mentioned, triggered when the number of systems exceeded ten thousand.
It had blocked a strike from the Great Dao Realm.
Although it only blocked it for an instant, and the barrier shattered completely right after, that brief pause was already enough for the Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot.
A trace of resolve flashed through Houtu's eyes. The instant the gray palm smashed the barrier apart, it turned directly into countless fine Law Chains, piercing precisely through the systems' encirclement and stabbing into the center of Di Jiang's brow.
"Retract!" Houtu shouted in a low voice.
The Law Chains yanked fiercely, forcibly drawing out a wisp of Di Jiang's True Spirit from his Dao Body just as it was about to collapse.
The True Spirit was wrapped in the Boundless Reincarnation Law and instantly pierced through the fetal membrane, returning to Houtu's hand.
At the exact same time Houtu drew away Di Jiang's True Spirit, outside, the two Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot experts who had been held back tightly by Zhou Ming sensed the