Some gamblers in the vast universe had also bet on Luo Zheng, becoming deliriously happy at the thought of growing fabulously wealthy overnight.
Yet whether losers, winners, or even the bookmakers, none had understood that this would be their final carnival.
This was the last period of peace for the entire vast universe—for all the warriors of the Ten Thousand Great Realms. Before long, the entire vast universe would plunge into panic and upheaval.
"Regardless, this battle really was spectacular!"
"Could a World Lord take Luo Zheng's sword?"
"Haha, you're joking. He was ultimately only a Divine Sea Realm warrior. To cross three major realms and defeat a World Lord—that's impossible..."
"Indeed! But to speak frankly, that sword could kill a Divine Transformation Realm warrior. A Divine Sea Realm warrior killing one from the Divine Transformation Realm is already beyond imagination!"
After Luo Zheng defeated Hua Tianming, the two of them sat cross-legged on their chess pieces with their eyes closed in meditation...
One was recovering his true essence, while the other was quietly pondering and consolidating his insights.
In battles that squeezed oneself to the absolute limit, it was easiest to experience sudden enlightenment.
Hua Tianming's Southern Dipper Flawless had previously failed to block Luo Zheng's nearly True God-level sword, but it had also honed his state of mind tremendously.
After absorbing some True Essence Jade, he fell into deep contemplation.
Luo Zheng's recovery was relatively more troublesome.
Chaos Energy was far denser than true essence. Although Luo Zheng had absorbed quite a lot of True Essence Jade, after swallowing it and using Chaos Energy to consume and transform it, almost nothing remained...
Actually, given Chaos Energy's current properties, it could completely devour mountains, rivers, and all things, converting them one after another.
But now that he was bound