"What a pity. Chaos and Hong Huang suffered terrible losses."
Samsara smiled. "They brought it on themselves. Why worry about them?
Besides, your Transcendence dispelled this Boundless Calamity and delayed its arrival. That was a blessing for all living beings.
In other words, you truly lived up to the name The One That Escaped. You dispelled the Boundless Calamity and ushered in a new era. The rule that only one person can transcend per era remains unchanged."
Pangu laughed. "So that's another way an era can begin."
Huang said, "I didn't expect it either. What a surprise."
"Haha! Come on. I'm bored. Let's play chess. Fellow Daoist Pangu and I spent an entire era playing and testing our paths against each other, yet neither of us won."
The three vanished. Apart from the fallen cultivators, Chaos was still Chaos, no longer a void vacuum.
The frozen Chaos recovered, and chaotic currents began to flow.
Every living being and every mighty cultivator lost all memory of Huang's Tribulation Transcendence and his Transcendence. Those memories had been erased.
The exceptions were the few Half-Step Rule-level experts, Huang's and Xuantian's own children, and, among the Witch Race, Houtu alone.
As far as everyone else remembered, the Boundless Calamity had arrived, and the mighty had joined forces to defend Hong Huang against its onslaught, suffering devastating losses.
When Huang transcended, Shi Fan had already reached Hongmeng Great Perfection. The boost from their bloodline did nothing for him.
Shi Feng and Shi Xuan, however, had only recently become Chaos Masters. Both broke straight through to Chaos Master Great Perfection.
Huo Ling'er, Yun Xi, and Yue Chan reached Chaos Master Great Perfection as well.
Even Huang's younger brother Qin Hao broke through to that level.
His parents and grandfather entered the Chaos Master realm.
When