For so many eras, the dark catastrophe had posed an overwhelming threat. Even the kings had been helpless against it, and so many had perished that scarcely any remained.
Even the Immortal Domain had been shattered into hundreds upon thousands of fragments, with countless lives lost or wounded. Who could hear such news now without excitement? It meant there would no longer be dark upheavals threatening to wipe out entire peoples.
Shi Hao was never one to sit still. Before long, he departed for Above the Heavens, with Lin Xuan and Little Pagoda accompanying him.
Before leaving, he severed the ages with a single sword strike, and the Boundary Sea vanished.
Meanwhile, Shi Yongheng traveled through the heavens with the Willow Deity, seeking insight.
An ancient realm floated in chaos, Dao marks interwoven across its surface. At times, they became a dragon soaring aloft; at others, a phoenix spreading its wings. Then they became a tiger roaring through mountain forests or a black tortoise opening up the seas. It was a wondrous sight.
At its center, a figure sat cross-legged like a divine statue, his eyes tightly shut. He seemed to have become one with this world, his presence impossible to detect.
"Kree!"
Above the crown of that figure's head, wondrous visions unfolded. Immortal cranes flew, petals of the Great Dao drifted down, celestial maidens danced in midair, and shimmering pure lands appeared.
The scene was dazzling and surreal, as though an immortal domain had been opened there!
Shing!
At that moment, the chaos beyond the world burst apart, and a new divine land was opened. Creative vitality surged forth, immediately stirring this place. An aura erupted, shaking the nine heavens above and awing the nether depths below.
All things possessed spirits, and all had to submit. He ruled