Inside the Ninth Chaos.
Houtu's Limitless Reincarnation Law transformed into a giant gray palm and slammed straight toward the more than ten thousand System Light Orbs besieging Dijiang.
As long as this palm landed, it could wipe out at least more than half of the systems.
But the instant the gray palm was about to touch the systems.
More than ten thousand System Light Orbs erupted with dazzling golden light at the same time, and those golden rays swiftly wove together, forming an indestructible golden barrier.
Boom!
The gray palm struck the golden barrier hard.
The restriction flickered violently, cracks appearing across its surface, but it forcibly blocked this strike from the Fusion Dao Realm.
As expected, it blocked it. Houtu's heart sank.
This was the defensive restriction Cang Xuan had spoken of, triggered when the number of systems exceeded ten thousand.
It blocked a strike from the Great Dao Realm.
Though it only blocked it for an instant, and the barrier shattered completely right after.
But that brief pause was already enough for the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub.
A trace of resolve flashed through Houtu's eyes. The instant the gray palm shattered the barrier, it directly transformed into countless fine Law Chains, accurately piercing through the systems' encirclement and stabbing into Dijiang's brow.
"Retract!" Houtu shouted in a low voice.
The Law Chains yanked fiercely, directly wrenching a sliver of Dijiang's True Spirit out of his Dao Body, which was on the verge of collapse.
The True Spirit was wrapped in the Limitless Reincarnation Law, instantly pierced through the Amniotic Membrane, and returned to Houtu's hand.
At the same time that Houtu drew away Dijiang's True Spirit.
In the outside world.
The two Abyssal Sea Divine Hub experts who were being held back tightly by Zhou Ming sensed the