After ten years of development, the Shocking God Array had spread to every corner of the world.
Under Empress Duanyang's rule, the people were no longer affected by demon hunters or demons. This also raised Empress Duanyang's reputation far above that of her Imperial Brother, silencing the ministers who opposed her.
The prophesied date of the Calamity That Would Destroy Heaven had long since passed, yet it had never come to pass. People began to wonder whether the Imperial Observatory had made a mistake.
Wang Yue had a rough idea of what was going on, so he hurried to gather medicinal herbs and monsters.
One day, just after he had caught a ginseng spirit, he suddenly heard the system prompt.
"Ding. The Great Dao will of this world has vanished. Host, prepare to leave."
The prompt caught Wang Yue so off guard that he nearly crushed a thousand-year-old ginseng spirit. He quickly asked through his divine sense,
"System, did you succeed in devouring it? Is that why this world's Heavenly Dao will collapsed?"
"Ding. The author of this book is about to die, so the Heavenly Dao will is collapsing."
Wang Yue felt that something was off. Seeing that the system wasn't willing to explain, he pressed on. "First you said the Great Dao will, but now you're saying the Heavenly Dao will. What's the difference?"
"Ding. The Great Dao will is the author's will. It is above this world's Heavenly Dao will. Once the author dies, this book's Heavenly Dao will immediately collapse!"
Wang Yue thought it over briefly and understood what was happening.
Every book an author wrote had a Heavenly Dao will that maintained it, and all these Heavenly Dao wills were influenced by the author.
Having figured that out, Wang Yue could make out a vague