The air fell silent in an instant.
Even the sound produced by the Mysterious Woman Statue hanging above the heavens grinding against the pitch-black chains vanished.
Dead silence.
The entire world fell quiet the moment Shen Xuanwei casually spoke the three words, "Bury the Heavens."
Yet nothing happened.
Or rather, Chen Yan could not feel anything—
Until that sound came from beyond the hollow heavens.
It was a deep, resonant cry, as though it came from some ancient beast.
At the same time, the edges of Kunwu Continent began to collapse.
In the far north, the Xingchui Mountain Range—the Xingchui Mountain Range that stretched for tens of millions of miles—shattered in less than one ten-millionth of an instant.
Or rather, it turned into Huang sand.
Countless fine, dry, lifeless grains of sand.
They merged completely with Wusheng Desert.
The endless Huang sand roared, greedily devouring the land of Kunwu Continent.
Wherever the waves of sand passed, every trace of Kunwu Continent's existence was utterly erased.
All that remained was boundless grayish-white.
Bury the Heavens.
Shen Xuanwei used his Saint authority to completely erase the final boundary between this realm of heaven and earth and Wusheng Desert.
Everything, everything at all, was assimilated by that endless Huang sand.
Even the Heaven and Earth Laws and Karma of this realm.
"Is this the debt you owed?"
Chen Yan asked in Shen Xuanwei's direction.
"That's right."
Shen Xuanwei replied with a smile:
"The destruction of Kunwu Continent was something destined long ago. Since that is so, I will personally bring an end to all of this."
Everything had come to an end.
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