War against Heaven

Within the isolated space, endless white light stretched across the heavens, boundless and vast, shrouding the entire world.

Chen Nan stood in the void, gazing at the radiant curtain of light. It appeared sacred, yet concealed an endless, chilling darkness. His eyes were filled with bewilderment and shock.

Most of the powerful figures within the hidden realm felt much the same.

Most had lived through the ancient war against Heaven and witnessed the world-ending catastrophe firsthand. Yet apart from a scant few, none had been qualified to face the Heavenly Dao's true form or glimpse the true appearance of that supreme existence.

Only a handful of beings who had endured through the ages, such as the Demon Lord and Dugu Baitian, had confronted the Heavenly Dao at the end of time and seen it for themselves.

"That's right. This is our world's Heavenly Dao."

The Demon Lord raised his eyes to the white light filling the sky. His expression was cold and unmoved, while his gaze held the weariness and sorrow of countless ages.

Holding the Primordial Banner, the Human King spoke with a gaze full of conflicting emotions. "The Heavenly Dao of old had neither feelings nor desires. It was utterly impartial. The sun and moon revolved, the seasons changed, all things lived and died, and reincarnation repeated itself, all according to ordained laws. It favored neither good nor evil and yielded to no personal attachments, allowing all living beings to rise and fall through the cycles of time."

"But the Heavenly Dao of today has long since changed beyond recognition. Obsession has eaten into its bones, and selfish desire has overwhelmed its principles. It has utterly discarded its former laws of fairness. It uses the flesh and blood of living beings as nourishment and their lives as sacrifices,