Above the Origin Continent in Paradise Lost Time-Space, the black-red flames that had been spreading outward began to slowly draw inward.
The Destruction Black Lotus hovered deep within the continent, with Locke seated cross-legged upon it. The God Slaying Spear stood before him, and the occasional glint from its tip caused faint distortions in the nearby void.
The branches and leaves of several Origin Ancient Trees swayed gently.
The light of life cast down by the Sacred Tree spread outward across the continent. After their initial instinctive terror, the creatures nearby gradually began to feel a gentler power.
Locke did not allow the gathering origin of destruction to wash directly over the lives within his time-space.
The black-red flames drawing inward finally settled upon the Destruction Black Lotus.
Its pitch-black petals unfolded one by one. Countless threads of rules that already shared deep connections with Locke reached in from different directions, making the entire lotus platform appear ever more unfathomable.
Some of them came from beyond the Bronze Gate.
Within Destruction Time-Space, the star sectors Locke had taken over continuously sent back responses from their origins.
Power once scattered across the vast starry expanse converged inward along the now-stable nodes. Broad swaths of black-red light first appeared in the regions guarded by the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast and the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch, followed by the more distant reaches of space that had only recently been seized.
Locke kept his eyes tightly shut.
The power of destruction flowing into his body made his rule true body increasingly heavy. Even the traces of origin power that could previously escape outward were gradually drawn back in.
This process continued for a long time.
Sometimes, the power arriving from Destruction Time-Space would suddenly turn violent. The Destruction Black Lotus would then rotate slowly, channeling