Within another realm.
Here, ancient trees towered into the sky, vines stretched thousands of feet, and spiritual mist gathered into rivers. A waterfall tens of thousands of feet high plunged from the clouds, its roar like thunder.
Atop a lofty mountain, an ancient mirror reflected the place where Jiang Ning stood.
All the changes that had just unfolded appeared within the mirror as nothing more than a Great Sun blazing across the sky, dazzling and blinding.
Only a moment later did the Great Sun vanish, leaving Jiang Ning standing alone in midair within the mirror, his eyes closed in quiet concentration.
Watching the scene in the ancient mirror, Immortal Lord Xuan'e, wreathed in purple qi, narrowed his eyes slightly.
Beside him stood Immortal Lord Zixiao, violet lightning gleaming in his eyes.
Next to them, Yu Jiuxiao and Miaoguan scarcely dared breathe. They merely watched the images in the ancient mirror, their pupils trembling with shock.
Those successive changes had erupted in the blink of an eye.
By the time the dust settled, only a dozen or so breaths had passed.
Yet within those dozen or so breaths.
Everything had already been decided.
"'White Lotus' has been utterly erased!" Xuan'e said.
"Everything has returned to emptiness, stillness, and nothingness. Her Divine Handle no longer exists. There is no possibility of her resurrecting and returning," Immortal Lord Zixiao added.
Then Zixiao asked, "Can our fellow Daoists see this scene?"
"They can!" Xuan'e nodded. "With an anchor point, the Tracing Directions Ancient Mirror can observe all the heavens and ten realms. Profound Yellow Heaven, Four Directions Heaven, and Azure Sun Heaven each possess this mirror. They should all be watching now."
Meanwhile.
Profound Yellow Heaven.
Here, turbid qi sank while clear qi rose, distinctly separating heaven and earth.
The heavens above were