Mount Tai City, secret chamber.
Styx sat cross-legged. The golden radiance of the Imperial Law no longer surrounded him. Instead, it had been replaced by an aura that was more primitive and more magnificent, as if it contained the power of world creation.
This power had no tangible form, yet it was filled with tenacity, valor, indomitability, and supreme will. It was the Martial Dao Will he had driven to its limit.
After devouring the Imperial Law, the Martial Dao Will was now like a greedy giant serpent, crazily drawing in the vast Fortune of the Myriad Races gathered by the Great Xia Fortune Dynasty.
This Destiny Torrent would originally have been enough to support an Emperor breaking through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Realm, but it had now become nourishment for the Martial Dao to break free of its cocoon and transform into a butterfly.
"Martial Dao begins in humble beginnings, stands through self-strengthening, and succeeds through fearlessness... Today, with my will, I shall open this new heaven!"
Styx's mind sank into his body. The Martial Dao Seed that had fused with the Imperial Law, condensed the faith of the common people, and carried all his lifelong insights was undergoing a earth-shaking transformation.
It was no longer a seed. It was expanding, stretching, and taking shape at a frenzied pace... evolving toward a "Dao" that pierced through Chaos and supported Heaven and Earth!
"Rumble--!"
The sky above all of Mount Tai City suddenly changed, though it was not the Tribulation Cloud, but an even grander and deeper phenomenon.
Above the firmament, it was as if an invisible giant hammer were forging the canopy of heaven, producing a dull, earth-shaking boom that resounded throughout the universe.
Space rippled layer upon layer, spreading like waves upon water. Wherever it passed,