The energy from Stone Dragon Heavenly Venerate's self-detonation still ravaged heaven and earth. A thousand miles of land lay like a wound that could never heal. The mountain ranges had vanished, lightning and fire danced across the scorched earth, and turbulent currents poured from cracks in the void.
That battlefield no longer existed. A Void Glimpse Realm expert had erased it from the map at the cost of his own self-detonation.
Everyone's eyes reddened.
Grief and fury—the fury of watching one of their own die before their eyes, powerless to stop it.
Mu Cangming's sword hand trembled, his knuckles white. Star River Heavenly Venerate's eyes filled with sorrow. Snow Ji Heavenly Venerate bit through her lip, her face stricken with grief. Han Shan Heavenly Venerate's eyes were bloodshot, and a low growl rumbled in his throat.
He had been a Void Glimpse Realm expert, someone who had cultivated for endless years, yet had ultimately been forced to detonate himself.
For a Heavenly Venerate, self-detonation was the most devastating end. It affected the Primordial Spirit imprint in the River of Time, severing their connection to this world and making it impossible to reconstruct their body. They would wander the River of Time forever, until they were utterly exhausted and dissolved into nothingness.
That was true death!
But now, no one had time to grieve. Every gaze searched the shattered land.
"Where's that Holy Venerable? Is he dead?"
Everyone stared fixedly at that stretch of ravaged heaven and earth. Nothing was visible there, only raging energy.
"He should be dead. That was a Void Glimpse Realm expert's self-detonation! He couldn't possibly have escaped!"
Zi Yue's eyes were grave, his gaze searching without pause. His tone was uncertain, as though he were trying to bolster his own confidence.
But no one spoke. That