The enormous main eye outside the world barrier contracted slightly. For the first time, an emotion akin to "surprise" surfaced within its gray-white pupil. The countless smaller eyes around it suddenly closed, turning into streams of flowing light that poured into the main eye. The main eye instantly swelled to a hundred times its former size, and a vortex composed of billions upon billions of law fragments began spinning within its pupil.
"Awooo~!"
A soundless roar exploded within the Sea of Consciousness of every powerhouse.
The enormous main eye fired a beam of light that pierced through Chaos. This beam was no longer simply "ending" and "nothingness," but contained a "collective consciousness" of countless living beings—there were the roars of Chaos gods and demons, the prayers of cultivators from all heavens, the howls of ferocious beasts, the wails of mortals... Every "will" that had ever existed had been compressed into this beam, forming an unavoidable "Judgment."
"Night! Conceal—"
Night Ancestor slowly turned the oil lamp in his hand. Countless tiny Runes suddenly appeared upon its base. These Runes took root the moment they landed, actually weaving a "Shadow Kingdom" beyond the world barrier of the Eternal Great Universe.
There was no light or sound within the kingdom, only countless overlapping shadows slowly writhing. Some were silhouettes of stars, some were outlines of cultivators, and some even resembled phantoms of the Great Dao—these were the "Shadows of All Things" born from the Law of Night, capable of directing all attacks into the gaps between shadows.
The instant the Judgment beam pierced into the Shadow Kingdom, it vanished like a clay ox entering the sea.
The countless wills contained within the beam constantly darted through the shadows, yet they could never find their true target. Instead, they were gradually assimilated by the