Purification

As everyone felt uneasy about this overly orderly cosmic environment and exchanged quiet words,

A sudden change erupted!

The uniform pale silver void ahead began to ripple violently without warning!

Countless intricate, complex, profound runes formed from pure light surged forth like a tide, rapidly assembling and weaving through the air. In the blink of an eye, they condensed into a giant ten thousand miles tall, radiating cold white light from its entire body!

The giant possessed a metallic chill throughout its body, with only two red lights shining where its eyes should have been.

Golden light like that of a precision scanner instantly locked onto Hong Yuan and his group!

A vast, majestic, yet mechanical-cold will swept over them like invisible ripples, ringing directly within their minds.

[Alert: Detected an unidentified ultra-high-density energy aggregate. Origin: outside the realm. Protocol: unknown. Threat level: preliminary assessment—"extremely high."]

[In accordance with the core provisions of the Supreme Guardian Codex, the first-tier interrogation shall now be carried out upon the unidentified invading entities.]

[State your identities, explain your purpose, and submit reports on your energy spectra and law composition.]

[Cooperate with the investigation, or... accept purification.]

As the giant's voice fell,

Luohu, Yang Mei, Daoist Karma, and the others' expressions changed drastically.

They immediately felt a powerful and strange force pressing in from every direction!

This force did not target their physical bodies. Instead, it acted directly upon their Mana, souls, and even the essence of their lives!

Naturally, Luohu, Yang Mei, and the others would not obediently allow random things to be forced into their bodies.

Thus, they began mobilizing the laws within themselves to resist.

And it was precisely because of that resistance

That the force instantly surged!

In just an instant,

Crack... crackle...

A faint, teeth-grinding sound, as though space