The moment gravity returned to normal, the light across the Immortal and Mortal Realms suddenly began flickering between brightness and darkness. Blinding flashes pierced their eyes so fiercely that no one could open them; then darkness spread like ink, swallowing everything and leaving them unable to see their own hands.
Everyone realized in shock that this was the legendary Light Chaos Demon! It wielded light as a weapon, freely manipulating its intensity and direction, causing people to lose themselves between light and darkness.
The Light Chaos Demon transformed into streaks of light and shadow, darting wildly through space like lightning. Wherever it passed, space itself was forcibly sliced apart. The Divine Bell's sound waves lost all direction amid the shifting light, unable to lock onto the target accurately; the divine sword, disrupted by the light, could not unleash its true power, and its attacks lost all precision.
The inheritors and the old man groped through the darkness with difficulty, trying to find a way to deal with the Light Chaos Demon. Suddenly, they discovered that each time it shifted between strong and weak light, it produced an extremely brief ripple of energy.
Though that ripple was faint, it gave everyone a glimmer of hope. The Divine Bell immediately seized the opportunity, releasing powerful sound waves at the instant the energy fluctuated. Like ripples spreading through space, the sound waves interacted with the light and gradually stabilized it.
Bolstered by everyone's faith, the divine sword transformed into a dazzling beam of sword light and slashed straight at the Light Chaos Demon. Darkness was torn apart wherever the sword light passed. The Light Chaos Demon let out a shrill scream and was violently driven back.
After a heart-stopping battle, the Light Chaos Demon was finally repelled, and the light of the Immortal