Heaven and earth fell silent; all things were soundless.
In the flick of a finger, two blood-red lights born of the same source shot straight out, collided, and unleashed a brutal Tidal Wave that shook the entire Imperial Capital!
The Heavenly Origin Law that blanketed the Imperial Capital and permeated every corner could not restrain it!
The duel between the Hand of Imperial Rule and the swordsmith, the struggle between Heavenly Punishment and Heavenly Slaughter... powers that should have defended the Imperial Capital and established imperial authority were instead dealing vicious blows to one another.
Like mortal enemies, unable to live beneath the same sky.
There was no longer an intact firmament...
Under Heavenly Punishment's cleaving strike, the solemn and magnificent Imperial Capital split open with a ravine that nearly ran from end to end, while the black, canopy-like sky was ravaged by Heavenly Slaughter, torn open to reveal the primordial darkness of the void beyond.
Victory Over Evil, the most murderous of the Nine Forms, and The Horde, the most combative of Superior Virtue—two of the Empire's Three Heavens—had now crashed head-on into one another.
Neither gained the upper hand; neither could claim victory!
Tiny chips and cracks simultaneously appeared on both Victory Over Evil blades. Compared to the other, the cracks in the sword held by Ji Jue were far more severe...
Even the first-generation swordsmith had likely never imagined that, in the future, two Victory Over Evil blades of such astonishing completion would collide point against point.
This had long surpassed the limits of expectation!
What was more, the instant they sensed one another's presence, the two Nine Forms born of the same source erupted with unprecedented killing intent and hatred.
There might be three War Lords, but there could be only one Victory Over Evil!
Likewise,