Sword Qi crisscrossed the starry expanse, shattering the dome of the heavens.
The distance between the combatants was far too small. The entire Qiong Luo Realm trembled, and countless mountains and secluded valleys collapsed.
After striking with his sword, the Sword Emperor did not stop. Brilliant rays of light blazed from the Imperial Sword, and Sword Qi surged skyward like a rainbow, enveloping the entire starfield.
"He's going to kill everyone!"
The Yuan Emperor's heart jolted. He looked around at the surrounding stars and saw that the world-spanning Sword Qi had already formed an enormous cage, sealing all the remaining Sovereigns inside.
The only exception was the Sun Venerable, who had retreated to a corner of the starfield the instant the Sword Emperor appeared.
He huddled on a dead star, its vitality extinguished, and sealed off his five senses. His skin glimmered a deathly gray, and not a trace of vital energy stirred around him. He was like a corpse drained of every last ounce of vitality.
The Sun Venerable's aura had merged with the dead star itself. Even a Sovereign examining it from close range would spot nothing amiss.
Sword Qi crisscrossed the starry sky, its overbearing domain spanning several starfields and utterly shattering the void. Spatial passages could not be opened; there was no way in or out.
Clearly, the Sword Emperor intended to slay every Sovereign present and buy time before the next wave of powerful enemies arrived.
The Sovereigns of the Heavenly Dao Alliance had lost the divine might they displayed earlier. They fled for their lives through the Sword Domain, while some, unwilling to wait for death, tried to stake everything on one desperate counterattack.
Yet before they could get within a hundred yards of the Sword Emperor, the razor-sharp Sword Qi cleaved apart their