Mirror Strait.
Courtyard.
As An Qingyu finished speaking, a breeze swept through the maple leaves filling the courtyard, producing a soft rustling sound. Lin Qiye stood where he was, seemingly lost in thought.
Seeing this, An Qingyu said nothing more and turned to walk beyond the Misty Wall.
However, just as he was about to step through the Misty Wall, a terrifying aura suddenly descended!
A voidlike gateway took shape behind An Qingyu. As a pitch-black foot stepped onto the ground, the entire Mirror Strait shook violently!
In the strait opposite them, the Black Goat, which had been sleeping as it bred its offspring, seemed to sense something. More than a thousand blood-red eyes suddenly opened across its cloudlike black body, staring in astonishment at the other strait shrouded in mist.
Dense cracks spread across the earth. The Capital City Courtyard that An Qingyu had perfectly replicated instantly turned to ash. Bricks, houses, maple trees, the chessboard... everything drifted through the desolate sky like fine sand scattered by the wind, as if it had never existed at all.
An Qingyu remained frozen in the posture of taking a step, like a statue. The fading courtyard was clearly reflected in his gray eyes.
Even as he watched the courtyard he had replicated turn to ash, there was little expression on his face. Only his lips had turned somewhat pale.
Amid the swirling dust, a tall shadow stood behind him, its head lowered as it stared directly down at him.
"I warned you... if you make me unhappy, I'll come out, kill every last one of you, and destroy this world too... You didn't think I was joking, did you?" Chaos's cold, muddled voice rang out.
"So what?" An Qingyu slowly said. "We are both members of the Three Pillars. I am