Cangyuan: I am... the Great Emperor of this Era!

Cangyuan stood upon the Void, the Starry Galaxy wheeling around him. Before his eyes, every trace of the entire world's aura was laid bare.

That ancient, weary voice rang out again, carrying a tremor of urgency. "Visitor from beyond the domain... are you the key to breaking this deadlock?"

The corners of Cangyuan's lips lifted slightly. His gaze pierced through layer upon layer of spatial barriers and landed precisely upon the core of this Myriad Heavens and Worlds. "The Heavenly Dao of this realm?"

He did not wait for an answer.

Yet he had already sensed the source of that power!

Deep within the world's core lay a vast yet steadily draining aggregate of laws.

The next instant, Heaven and Earth were reversed.

The boundless Starry Galaxy around him abruptly faded away, transforming into a grayish-white space filled with Heavenly Dao patterns.

Law Chains interwove like a spiderweb through every corner of the space. At its center floated a dim grayish-white orb of light.

The surface of the orb was covered in dense Heavenly Dao patterns, each one representing a Great Dao law of this world.

Some patterns were bright, some dim, and some had already snapped.

The strongest impression given by the entire Heavenly Dao Space was one of—ruin.

Desolation.

Cangyuan sensed no hostility in the power that had reversed Heaven and Earth. It was merely a spatial transfer, so he did not resist, allowing the other party to pull him here.

Once he steadied himself, he glanced at the grayish-white orb.

"Your condition appears to be very poor."

The Heavenly Dao incarnation's tone was steeped in exhaustion. "The dark creatures have completely occupied the underworld... stealing half of my authority and the world's power."

"I fear it will not be long before they create a Dark Emperor."

"Then,