Cubic Distance, Wang Wen, and Thousand Machine Strange Performance each looked into the distance from different directions. They saw the branches overhead tilt and collapse, and the entire universe far away ripple with waves of upheaval.
The era had truly changed.
Even the glorious Main Dao could not protect that Mother Tree. No one knew what the next era would be like.
In Xiang City, countless people stared blankly. They were far from Outer Heaven and could not see the Mother Tree collapse, but they could see the branches overhead tilt and fall, and other universes around them being torn apart. What had happened?
No one could say.
Only the beings in Outer Heaven who had witnessed the battle between Lu Yin and the Life Master knew.
The Mother Tree collapsed quickly, but it was so enormous that the process still lasted for decades. Countless tiny shoots continued to fall in comparison to the Mother Tree.
By then, Lu Yin had long been crushed beneath Outer Heaven. Beneath him were the Mother Tree's roots, which stretched into the void. Even after the Mother Tree collapsed, its roots remained.
The roots were vast beyond measure, their diameter comparable to that of Outer Heaven. Lu Yin had no idea where he was. He could only watch as countless beings from the Seventy-two Realms fell and died, countless buildings were buried, and the entire universe turned black.
He could not move. Though he had survived the battle, he felt more despair than he had ever felt when dying.
Death lasted only an instant. He had died more than once.
This time, however, he had suffered grievous injuries unlike any before. Armed Celestial Phenomena had left him a mangled mess, and its power had pinned him underground. All the power within him was sealed