Meanwhile,
Several thousand kilometers from the Explorer Ship.
Clang—clang—clang!!!
The resounding bell echoed between heaven and earth. The red-haired girl draped in a white velvet cloak suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Chloe turned toward the source of the bells. A powerful surge of divine energy erupted from within her body as she lowered her head to look at the back of her hand. A mark identical to the one on Lin Qiye's chest was frantically devouring her strength, emitting a faint glow.
"The Eastern Emperor Bell rises, the covenant answers in time; causality reverses, and life emerges from the realm of death," Chloe murmured.
"After two thousand one hundred and forty-one years, the First Sacred Covenant has finally been activated..."
That violent devouring force lasted for dozens of seconds. When the final glimmer faded, she groaned and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, her face incomparably pale.
The pillar of light rising into the sky in the distance finally began to fade. Chloe wiped the blood from the corner of her lips, a smile appearing on her face.
"Our first sacred covenant has been fulfilled. Whether this causality can be reversed now depends on you... Lin Qiye."
Great Xia, National Destiny Island.
Clang—clang—clang!!
The bells ringing from afar resounded through heaven and earth. Figures throughout the island stopped what they were doing at the same time and looked in the direction of the sound in confusion.
"Bells? What kind of bell is that?" Li Kengqiang stood atop a cliff, gazing out at the endless sea as he muttered in puzzlement.
Behind him, a woman in a sherpa hoodie slowly emerged.
"Is that... the Eastern Emperor Bell?" Wang Qing asked uncertainly.
"The Eastern Emperor Bell? What is that?"
"It was a Supreme Divine Artifact of the Heavenly Court in