Outside the City of Sin, dazzling light dyed the sky gold. Two figures slowly descended: the little princess and Dongfang Fenghuang, held by Dragonling. Not far from them stood Chen Nan, his expression filled with uncertainty.
The Void was suffused with watery radiance. Holy golden light continuously rippled and spread outward. From afar, the place was shrouded in glowing mist, like a saint realm in the Mortal World.
Dragonling's body was glowing. Countless rays of Golden Light converged around it, wrapping it into an enormous "Dragon Cocoon." Ten thousand rosy beams and a thousand auspicious colors radiated blazing sacred light.
"Sacred Beast nirvana? But why was it charging at me?"
Chen Nan still looked shaken, but the bowstring in his hand loosened slightly, and the dazzling Golden Light around him faded away. Even now, he was utterly bewildered, unable to understand why Dragonling had charged at him.
"Heavenly Thunder Tribulation? The Heavenly Dao of this world has destroyed the world many times. Wouldn't the best way to deal with all Heaven-Defiers be to lock onto their auras and directly send down heavenly condemnation? But why... Perhaps the Heavenly Dao itself is restricted. It has imposed restrictions upon itself."
Within the City of Sin, Yan Kuan gazed up at the Void. The gathering thunderclouds had drawn down the Origin of heaven and earth. From his perspective, this tribulation revealed far more, allowing him to infer additional truths about the Heavenly Dao.
The Heavenly Dao of the God Tomb World was a collective entity formed from the Will of All Beings. For special reasons, external influence, or perhaps the erosion of all beings' stray thoughts, it had developed its own intelligence. It had changed from a cold, utterly impartial AI intelligence into a living being with selfish desires.
Once the stray thoughts