The Nether Prison Immortal King drew a deep breath and suppressed the emotions surging within him.
Fang Chen and the others smiled when they saw the Nether Prison Immortal King break through.
The Ancient Region had abundant resources, but the Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King had only been there as clones. Their souls were incomplete. Though they could grow stronger, they could never break through to the Immortal Emperor Realm.
Now the Nether Prison Immortal King's clone had returned and fused with his true body. At last, he had broken through that shackle.
Just then—
Crack!
A blinding bolt of Purple Lightning tore through the sky and struck down from the endless heights of the Void.
The bolt was only a little over ten feet wide, but space silently vanished wherever it passed, leaving a pitch-black rift that refused to close. Fine, dense Purple Lightning marks flickered along its edges, radiating a dreadful aura of destruction.
Its target was the Nether Prison Immortal King.
"Heavenly Punishment!"
Aboard the warship, countless cultivators cried out in terror.
Heavenly Punishment was said to be the World Will's punishment for those who defied heaven. Any being who tried to surpass the limits of this world would draw it down. Beneath it, there was no hope of salvation: both body and soul would be destroyed.
The Ancient Records of the Outer Heavens spoke of Heavenly Punishment, but it had always been a legend. No one had ever witnessed it, because no one had ever surpassed the limits of a Six-Turn Immortal King or touched that forbidden realm.
But now the Nether Prison Immortal King had touched it.
And so Heavenly Punishment had come.
The Nether Prison Immortal King looked up at the falling Purple Lightning. There was no fear in